Job Description

Head of Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits

Head of Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC provided pay range

This range is provided by Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$225,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

Direct message the job poster from Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC

Assistant Vice President, Accounting & Finance Recruitment at Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC

Our client is hiring Head of Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits to join their team in Washington D.C. on a hybrid schedule (3 days in office). Candidates should be strong leaders with strategic and hands-on experience in payroll, compensation, and benefits who thrives in a dynamic, high-impact environment. We’re looking for a forward-thinking professional to lead the design and delivery of a best-in-class total rewards strategy that supports global growth and talent attraction. You’ll be part of a high-performing leadership team during a time of exciting growth and transformation. This role offers the opportunity to build and shape critical infrastructure that will have a lasting impact across the organization.

Job Duties include:

• Manages worldwide payroll, with a strategic focus on refining service delivery models via system and process improvements.
• Develops and implements policies to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and filing requirements, while upholding industry best practices.
• Design and execute a scalable compensation and benefits strategy that supports both immediate business needs and long-term talent growth.
• Lead compensation planning, including benchmarking, job architecture, market pricing, and incentive design.
• Oversee the development and administration of global benefits programs to ensure competitiveness, compliance, and alignment with employee needs.
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, and senior leadership to align total rewards strategies with business goals.
• Provide subject matter expertise on compensation philosophy, practices, and policies across all levels of the organization.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with all applicable compensation and benefits-related laws and reporting requirements.

Job Qualifications Include:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in compensation and benefits, including managing global programs.
• Proven ability to design and lead comprehensive total rewards strategies in complex, matrixed environments.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
• Experience implementing and managing compensation tools and systems.
• Effective communicator with a consultative approach and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Salary: $225k - $250k annually

*While PCG appreciates all applicants, only those qualified will be contacted. Thank you for your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

If you believe you are a great candidate for this position, and the salary listed does not meet your expectations, we would still love to speak to you! PCG, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at this location at the time of this posting. PCG and our clients may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.

Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that takes pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

Please refer to our website: for access to our Right to Work and E-Verify Participation Posters.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Pyramid Consulting Group, LLC by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Head of Payroll” roles.

Reston, VA $150,000.00-$180,000.00 1 week ago

Washington DC-Baltimore Area $155,000.00-$200,000.00 2 weeks ago

Washington, DC $126,000.00-$145,000.00 2 hours ago

Senior Director of Human Resources and Administration

Chevy Chase, MD $195,000.00-$315,000.00 3 hours ago

Gaithersburg, MD $143,965.59-$215,948.41 4 days ago

Senior Director, Human Resource Business Partner

Washington, DC $300,000.00-$330,000.00 1 week ago

District of Columbia, United States $152,200.00-$293,900.00 2 weeks ago

Vice President, HR Shared Services & Operations

Vice President of Human Resources and Administration

Washington, DC $150,000.00-$200,000.00 1 week ago

McLean, VA $152,200.00-$293,900.00 2 weeks ago

Washington, DC $144,200.00-$180,086.00 5 days ago

HR Director for Recruitment and Background Investigations HR DIRECTOR III

Senior Director Human Resources Business Partner

McLean, VA $133,600.00-$205,600.00 2 days ago

Chevy Chase, MD $128,000.00-$224,000.00 3 hours ago

Washington, DC $135,000.00-$150,000.00 1 month ago

Washington, DC $100,000.00-$110,000.00 2 weeks ago

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER IV

Maryland, United States $89,913.00-$131,467.00 1 week ago

Herndon, VA $150,000.00-$250,000.00 2 weeks ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs