Director, Payroll
Job Description
A health-care employer in Brentwood, TN is seeking a senior-level Director of Payroll. This is a hybrid role requiring regular in-person reporting to the Brentwood, TN location, with up to 20% travel expected. Partial relocation assistance is available; visa sponsorship is not supported.
The role. The Director of Payroll will provide executive-level leadership over payroll operations within a large, complex enterprise environment. This individual will serve as the payroll business lead and subject matter expert, partnering closely with HRIS and IT to maintain, optimize, and support Oracle Payroll systems post-go-live — including quarterly testing, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, and system validation. The role carries accountability for leading payroll teams, ensuring compliance across multiple states, and driving operational integrity at scale.
What we're looking for.
- 10+ years of progressive payroll leadership within a large, complex organization
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Payroll (Oracle Fusion Payroll / Oracle Payroll Cloud) and supporting Oracle post-go-live activities including quarterly testing, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, payroll validation, and system optimization
- Strong payroll operations background with demonstrated experience leading payroll teams
- Experience serving as the payroll business lead or subject matter expert partnering with HRIS/IT
- Multi-state payroll leadership in an enterprise environment
- Preferred: Oracle implementation experience
- Preferred: Shared Services environment experience
- Preferred: Payroll process improvement and automation experience
- Preferred: Payroll accounting and GL reconciliation experience
- Preferred: Healthcare industry experience (strongly preferred)
Compensation. $145,000 - $160,000 per year
Meet Your Recruiter
Brent McKenzie
Franchise Partner (Southwest FL)
Brent McKenzie’s career in hospitality began at his family’s resort, where he learned the business from the ground up. From there, he moved into restaurants, starting as a dishwasher and working through every role a restaurant has to offer. Over 25 years, that hands-on experience grew into more than a decade of management, including opening several new businesses of varying sizes. He capped off his hospitality career running restaurant operations at a large luxury convention hotel. Along the way, he developed a sharp eye for talent: the ability to recognize who’s ready to perform on day one, and who has the potential to grow into something bigger.
When COVID reshaped the hospitality industry in 2020, Brent brought those same instincts into healthcare recruiting. Six years in, he’s built a reputation for taking the time to understand what each client actually needs, not just the job description, but the team dynamics, the culture, and the kind of person who’ll thrive there. For candidates, he’s the kind of recruiter who listens first. He wants to know where you’re trying to go in your career, what you’re looking for in your next role, and what would make a move worth making. That way, when he brings an opportunity to the table, it’s one worth considering.
Brent is dedicated to seeing every search through. His attention to detail, persistence, and genuine interest in the people on both sides of the hire are what his clients and candidates come back for.