Paylocity names Williams chief financial officer

Paylocity Holding Corp. in Arlington Heights announced Toby Williams has joined Paylocity as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 18.

Williams will lead all accounting, finance, and security efforts at Paylocity. He brings a breadth of experience across corporate finance and strategy, most recently as chief product and strategy officer at Ellucian. Prior to joining Ellucian in 2011, Williams was director of corporate development at Paychex, where he led all mergers and acquisitions and corporate development efforts from 2006 to 2011. Prior to Paychex, Williams worked in investment banking at Citigroup and as a corporate attorney.

He holds a B.A. from Houghton College and an M.B.A. and J.D. from The Ohio State University.