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Senior Manager, Global Payroll

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Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $142,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive experience in managing US and international payroll processes, including multi-state and multi-province payroll, tax compliance, and payroll accounting. Proficient in leading payroll teams, implementing payroll systems, and ensuring accurate payroll reporting and reconciliations.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Multi-Country Payroll ManagementUS Payroll Tax CompliancePayroll Accounting ExperiencePayroll Provider ImplementationStrong Excel and Data Analysis Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Oversee US, international and EOR payrolls
  • Lead the payroll team, approve payroll before each submission and handle complex pay, tax and compliance issues
  • Review gross-to-net results and pre- and post-payroll reconciliations for each run
  • Process off-cycle payments and final pay
  • Build the payroll roadmap for system, provider and process improvements and recommend changes to Accounting leadership
  • Train and develop the payroll team, review their work and act as escalation point for complex pay issues
  • Manage US multi-state payroll tax registrations, agency notices, amendments, and quarter-end and year-end filings
  • Manage Canadian payroll across provinces, including statutory deductions and remittances, ROEs and T4 reporting
  • Coordinate with EOR and in-country providers on international payroll and local compliance questions
  • Partner with Equity on ISO exercise reporting and NSO payroll withholding and reporting, including international equity awards
  • Work with People Operations, Legal, Accounting and Equity on pay policies and employee data and approvals feeding payroll
  • Prepare payroll journal entries, accruals, balance-sheet reconciliations and variance analysis for monthly close
  • Reconcile benefit and 401(k) deductions and remittances and support year-end 401(k) work and payroll audits
  • Document payroll procedures, maintain controls and automate manual steps
  • Run provider implementations and migrations and resolve service and data issues
  • Oversee payroll setup for new countries or entities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of payroll experience, including 3+ years of multi-country payroll with external providers
  • Hands-on experience with US multi-state and multi-province Canadian payroll
  • Strong knowledge of US payroll tax, including quarter-end and year-end filings
  • Knowledge of Canadian payroll requirements and provincial differences, and when to bring in local specialists
  • Experience with at least one payroll provider implementation or migration
  • Payroll accounting experience, including journal entries, reconciliations, audit support and equity withholding
  • Experience managing payroll staff and handling confidential pay matters under tight deadlines
  • Strong Excel and data analysis skills, and experience working with People Operations, Accounting, Equity and providers
  • EOR arrangements and HRIS-to-payroll integrations are nice to have
  • Experience with Paylocity and NetSuite; familiarity with BambooHR, Carta or Pebl is helpful
  • CPP, PCP or CPM certification is nice to have
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Start-up equity
  • Full health, vision & dental coverage
  • Catered lunches & dinners for hybrid employees
  • Commuter benefit for hybrid employees
  • Team building events & happy hours
  • Flexible PTO
  • Apple equipment plus home office budget
  • 401k plan

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Hard Skills
Payroll ProcessingGross-To-Net CalculationsTax FilingsReconciliationsOff-Cycle PaymentsPayroll Journal EntriesStatutory DeductionsEquity WithholdingData AnalysisPayroll Audits
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipTraining and DevelopmentProblem SolvingAttention to DetailConfidentiality
Tools & Technologies
PaylocityNetSuiteBambooHRCartaPebl
Certifications & Qualifications
CPPPCPCPM
Industry Keywords
EOR PayrollInternational PayrollCompliancePayroll RoadmapQuarter-End FilingsYear-End FilingsMulti-State PayrollCanadian PayrollHRIS IntegrationEmployee Data Management