Finance - Accounting - Director

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

In this compelling leadership position, you will lead a critical enterprise function responsible for delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll services across the organization. You will provide strategic leadership for payroll execution and transformation initiatives, leveraging technology and automation to enhance efficiency, scalability, and employee experience.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Workday Payroll Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• In this role, you will lead a high-performing payroll team while advancing a modern, proactive, employee-centered payroll function.
• Anticipate potential payroll issues before they arise, ensuring clear and timely communication with employees, and continuously using technology, automation and data-driven insights to improve processes and strengthen trust, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Your work will directly support regulatory compliance, confidence in enterprise financial reporting, and employee confidence that they are paid accurately.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 8 years experience
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking, including post-implementation optimization, configuration decisions, and issue resolution (Time and Absence is a critical focus area).
• Ability to serve as Product Owner / Business Owner for Payroll & Time, owning decisions, prioritization, and enhancements

Desired Experiences:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Strong executive communication skills
• Experience mentoring and developing Payroll or HRIS teams.

Target Salary Range: $155,000 -$209,000 a year

Qualifications

Education:
Bachelor's Level Degree (Required), Master's Level Degree

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form.

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

Requisition compensation:
155000
to
209000

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: Fannie-JR2387

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-04-02T20:49:40