Global Payroll Manager

Accountabilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring payroll is processed accurately, compliantly, and on time.


• Review, validate, and approve payrolls before final processing, while maintaining robust controls around payroll data, calculations, and approvals.


• Partner with HR, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, and external payroll providers to ensure smooth payroll operations and regulatory compliance.


• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve payroll controls, policies, procedures, documentation, and internal processes.


• Analyze payroll and salary costs, investigate variances, reconcile data, and provide clear explanations and insights to relevant stakeholders.


• Ensure compliance with applicable payroll tax, statutory reporting, employment, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.


• Serve as the primary payroll contact for internal and external audits, coordinating responses and ensuring requested documentation is complete and accurate.


• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes and assess their impact on payroll processes, controls, and compliance obligations.


• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives that increase payroll accuracy, scalability, transparency, efficiency, and employee satisfaction.


• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies, including AI, to improve payroll reporting, analysis, operational efficiency, and accuracy.


• Manage relationships with payroll vendors and service providers, monitoring service levels, deliverables, performance, and compliance.


• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of global payroll professionals, setting direction, managing priorities, and supporting ongoing skills development.


• Identify and manage payroll-related compliance risks while ensuring alignment with internal policies and regulatory requirements.


• Contribute to scaling payroll infrastructure as the organization expands into new countries and operating environments.

Requirements

• Significant experience managing multi-country or global payroll operations, with strong knowledge of payroll compliance, taxation, controls, and regulatory requirements.


• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is preferred, alongside a strong academic track record or an equivalent professional background.


• Demonstrated experience managing payroll audits, regulatory requirements, reconciliations, and complex payroll processes across multiple jurisdictions.


• Strong proficiency with payroll systems, HRIS platforms, spreadsheets, and data-driven payroll analysis.


• Experience implementing, optimizing, or improving payroll and HRIS platforms is highly desirable.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and deliver accurate solutions.


• Proven people-management experience, including mentoring, coaching, setting direction, developing team capabilities, and maintaining high standards of performance.


• Experience supporting rapid organizational growth, international expansion, or new-country payroll launches is a plus.


• Experience in publicly traded or pre-IPO environments is desirable.


• A systems-oriented mindset with a genuine interest in automation, technology, AI, and using modern tools to improve operational processes.


• Excellent written and spoken English, with strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.


• High levels of precision, reliability, accountability, curiosity, flexibility, and self-motivation.


• Ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across multicultural, multinational, and distributed teams.


• A results-oriented approach, strong work ethic, and willingness to take ownership and exceed expectations when required.


• MBA or another relevant advanced business qualification is a plus.


• Willingness and ability to travel internationally approximately 2–4 times per year for company events, potentially lasting up to two weeks.

• Compensation shaped according to geographical location, experience, and performance.


• Performance-driven annual bonus or commission in addition to base compensation.


• Bi-annual compensation reviews to recognize performance and contribution.


• Fully distributed, home-based working environment across EMEA time zones, with an office option in London.


• Twice-yearly in-person team sprints and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues internationally.


• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.


• Company recognition and rewards programs.


• 40 days of annual leave, including public holidays and company-wide holiday periods.


• Maternity and paternity leave.


• Team Member Assistance Program and wellness platform.


• Opportunities to travel internationally and meet colleagues in different locations.


• Priority Pass access for airport lounge benefits.


• Opportunity to work in a global, technology-focused environment with significant exposure to automation, AI, and scalable operational systems.

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