Global Payroll Manager

Key Responsibilities

Global Payroll

Own accurate, on-time payroll for all employees across UCAN, APAC, and EMEA, whether run in-house, through in-country providers, or via Employer of Record (EOR) partners

Manage the global payroll calendar, inputs, and approvals across multiple pay frequencies and currencies

Own payroll tax withholding, filings, and remittances, including registrations as we enter new countries and states

Manage year-end reporting in every jurisdiction (W-2, T4, P60, and local equivalents)

Contingent Workforce

Own the payment process for contractors and temps - onboarding, invoicing, approvals, and payment runs

Partner with People Ops and Legal on worker classification and misclassification risk (ABC test, IR35, and local equivalents)

Manage staffing agency and EOR relationships, reconciling invoices to timesheets and contracted rates

Own 1099 and other non-employee tax reporting

Systems & Processes

Keep BambooHR as the source of truth for employee data, ensuring compensation and job changes flow cleanly into payroll

Own integrations between BambooHR, payroll providers, benefits carriers, and NetSuite

Identify and close payroll process gaps, building scalable policies and controls from scratch where they don’t yet exist

Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for month-end close and reconcile payroll liability accounts

Team

Be the go-to resource for employee payroll questions across all time zones

Partner with People Ops on onboarding, offboarding, leave, relocations, and international transfers

Act as a key finance partner to leadership on the payroll and tax implications of hiring in new countries

What You Have

8+ years of progressive payroll experience, including 2-3 years managing multi-country payroll, with meaningful time spent in a startup environment

Hands-on payroll experience across UCAN, APAC, and EMEA

Direct experience paying contractors and temporary workers at scale, with working knowledge of classification risk

Experience with BambooHR - data management, reporting, and payroll integrations

Demonstrated track record of building and improving processes, not just executing inherited ones

Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate payroll and tax complexity into plain language for employees and leadership

The Extras That Set You Apart

Familiarity with BambooHR and TriNet

CPP or FPC (PayrollOrg), CPM (Canada), or CIPP (UK) certification

Experience with global payroll platforms such as Deel, Rippling, Papaya Global, or ADP Global

Experience with equity payroll events (option exercises, etc.) across jurisdictions

Background in a Series A-C companies - you know what it means to be the first to formalize a process