Senior Payroll Specialist

Overview

This role owns end-to-end payroll processing and payroll compliance across multiple jurisdictions for global entities, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery each cycle. You will partner with Finance, People Experience, and Legal to resolve payroll matters and support employee experience, while driving process improvements and supporting payroll transformation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end payroll processing for 6 global entities across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Singapore, Japan, and Australia, including EOR employees managed through Deel, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery each cycle.
• Manage and monitor multi-jurisdiction payroll compliance, including payroll taxes, statutory requirements, filings, year-end activities, and regulatory changes across supported countries.
• Perform and oversee payroll reconciliations, variance analysis, payroll controls, and exception handling to identify and resolve issues before payroll is finalized.
• Manage relationships with external payroll providers and partners, including issue resolution and service delivery.
• Support payroll audits, statutory requirements, reporting, and year-end activities across supported jurisdictions.
• Partner with Finance, People Experience, and Legal to resolve complex payroll matters and support a strong employee experience.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, reporting, and workflows, including leveraging automation and AI-enabled tools to reduce manual reporting and reconciliation activities.
• Support payroll transformation with the Finance team, including process redesign, data migration, configuration validation, parallel testing, UAT, and implementation activities related to the transition to Rippling.
• Proactively identify payroll risks and escalate complex or high-impact issues with clear recommendations and supporting analysis.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on UK payroll experience, including experience managing multi-entity or global payroll operations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, reconciliations, controls, and statutory requirements.
• Prior experience with payroll platforms and EOR providers (experience with Deel, ADP Workforce Now, ADP Celergo, and/or Rippling is an asset).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate and resolve payroll issues.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and work cross-functionally.
• Experience with payroll transformation, system implementation, automation, or process improvement is an asset.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary band: $72,000—$99,000 CAD
• Additional compensation may include annual bonuses, commissions, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits package (depending on the role).

Compensation notes

• The compensation range reflects expected base salary for candidates located in the posting country based on a global rate. Different compensation ranges may apply in other countries and regions, and final offers align to the candidate’s current location.
• Final compensation is determined by factors such as specific experience, technical skills, knowledge, abilities, relevant education, licensure, and certifications, as well as organizational needs and budget alignment.

Benefits and perks (availability may vary by country)

• Highly competitive salary
• Retirement/401K/pension savings globally
• Competitive paid time off packages including birthday’s off
• Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
• Health benefits from day one of employment
• Work from home reimbursements
• Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
• Robust training and onboarding program
• Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books, etc.)
• Access to programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
• Parental leave program
• Social and team events

Location

Remote work is available.