---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-022089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYX"
cik: "0000723531"
company_name: "PAYCHEX INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:48:38.428693+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paychex appoints Elizabeth Roaldsen as SVP of Operations and Customer Experience

## Summary
- Roaldsen, age 51, will lead 6,000+ service employees serving 730,000 business customers.
- Base salary of $450,000, annual incentive target of 100% of base, and $100,000 signing bonus.
- Roaldsen has 30 years of experience at HSBC, State Street, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of New York.
- Appointment effective May 15, 2023; she joins the senior executive leadership team.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-022089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYX
- cik: 0000723531
- company_name: PAYCHEX INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023022089/0000950170-23-022089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023022089/payx-20230515.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022089
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022089.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Roaldsen was appointed as Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer Experience at PAYCHEX INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer Experience
  source text: On May 15, 2023, Paychex, Inc. (the “Company” or “Paychex”) announced that Elizabeth Roaldsen, age 51, has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer Experience, effective May 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023022089/0000950170-23-022089-index.htm

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