Senior Manager - International Payroll

<h2><strong>About the team & role:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>An International Payroll Senior Manager is a high-level strategic leader responsible for the accurate and compliant execution of payroll across multiple global jurisdictions. This role bridges the gap between finance, HR, and legal compliance, ensuring that employees are paid on time and in accordance with local labour laws, tax regulations, and corporate policies.</li> <li>We are looking for an International Payroll Senior Manager to join our payroll team. This position involves managing payroll teams for multiple regions. The International Payroll Senior Manager is part of the finance team and will report to the Sr Manager, Global Payroll. In this role, you will work closely with the Accounting, Equity, HR and Benefits teams and the external payroll vendor.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What you’ll do?</strong></h2> <p><strong>Global Strategy & Process Improvement</strong></p> <ul> <li>Vendor Management: Managing relationships with Global Managed Service Providers and conducting periodic RFPs to ensure cost-effectiveness.</li> <li>Systems Integration: Partnering with IT to ensure seamless data flow between HRIS Workday, Etrade, other external 3rd party vendors and the global payroll vendor.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Operational Excellence</strong></p> <ul> <li>Accuracy & Timeliness: Overseeing the end-to-end payroll cycle for thousands of employees across diverse regions (EMEA and APAC). Ensure accuracy and timeliness of payroll, review off- cycle payroll, ensure timely check processing and review payroll reports.</li> <li>Handles escalated field queries and resolves issues in a timely manner.</li> <li>Collaborates cross-functionally with HR department for new hire processes, terminations and leaves of absence</li> <li>Develop internal controls to ensure the quality and efficiency of all payroll functions and regulatory compliance. Communicate procedures with company leadership and field offices.</li> <li>Ensure data accuracy and process integrity</li> <li>Anticipate and promptly resolve issues when they arise, address the root cause, and recommend mitigation plans to build business resilience</li> <li>Continuously drives improvements, automation, communication, and education to increase quality, improve employee experience, and enable rapid scaling</li> <li>Proactively identify, drive, and scale improvements in payroll systems, policies, and processes</li> <li>Provide expert advice and execution to achieve business goals related to payroll. Drive payroll projects with cross-functional teams to ensure the projects are set up correctly for payroll compliance, and that the process implemented is sustainabl