Global Payroll Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to own and elevate global payroll operations across the US, India, and UK. This role ensures accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery for a multi-entity, multi-country organization, with close partnership across PeopleOps, Benefits, and Accounting, as well as an offshore payroll team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end payroll operations for US, India, and UK employee populations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local statutory requirements
• Manage and develop an offshore payroll team, including coaching, quality oversight, and clear performance expectations
• Serve as the primary payroll systems owner, managing integrations between payroll platforms and inbound/outbound systems (HRIS, time & attendance, benefits, and GL/accounting)
• Lead or support payroll system implementations, migrations, and upgrades, including Workday Payroll rollouts
• Partner with PeopleOps and Benefits to ensure employee lifecycle events (new hires, terminations, leaves, benefits changes) are accurately reflected in payroll
• Own payroll accounting responsibilities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and close-cycle support in partnership with Corporate Accounting
• Support audit requests, including financial statement audits, statutory audits, and 401(k) audits, including preparing documentation and responding to auditor inquiries
• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure sensitive employee and compensation data is handled with integrity and confidentiality
• Stay current on US payroll tax regulations (federal, state, and local) to ensure timely, accurate tax filings and remittances
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate payroll processes to drive continuous improvement across systems and workflows
• Act as an escalation point for complex payroll issues, working cross-functionally to resolve discrepancies

Requirements

• Experience managing payroll operations across multiple countries, with direct experience in US, India, and UK payroll required
• Experience working with and managing an offshore team
• Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now and ADP Celergo required
• Experience with Workday Payroll is a plus
• Experience managing system integrations (inbound and outbound) between payroll and other HR/finance systems
• Prior experience with payroll system implementations, ideally including Workday
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting principles (journal entries, reconciliations, close processes)
• Solid working knowledge of US payroll tax requirements and compliance
• Experience supporting financial statement audits, statutory audits, and 401(k) audits
• Proven people management experience with a track record of developing high-performing teams
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build cross-functional partnerships, particularly with PeopleOps and Benefits
• Systems- and process-oriented mindset focused on scalability, accuracy, and efficiency
• High degree of integrity and discretion when handling confidential and sensitive employee data
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy in payroll processing and reporting

Location

Offices are located in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Seattle, India, and the United Kingdom.