Global Payroll Manager
New York · San Francisco · USD 150,000-240,000 · 8+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- New York · San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 150,000-240,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Global Payroll Manager will own end-to-end payroll operations for core entities in the US, UK, Singapore, and Argentina while overseeing EOR countries. This role focuses on building scalable payroll controls, documentation, and automation using AI to support the company's rapid growth.
Responsibilities
- Run end-to-end payroll for the US, UK, Singapore, and Argentina, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, and commissions.
- Administer deductions and benefit contributions, including 401(k) remittances, garnishments, and pension contributions.
- Manage contractor payments and maintain worker classification documentation.
- Maintain compliance with local tax, wage and hour, social security, and statutory requirements across all jurisdictions.
- Handle payroll tax for mobile and remote employees across US states and international countries.
- Manage EOR partners for Spain and Germany, including validating inputs and reviewing outputs.
- Support equity compensation payroll processes, including withholding and reporting for exercises and vesting events.
- Administer sales commissions and variable pay in coordination with Sales Ops.
- Build and maintain payroll calendars, checklists, SOPs, and internal controls.
- Implement AI and workflow automation to reduce manual work in payroll processes.
Requirements
- 5 to 8+ years of payroll experience, including multi-country payroll.
- Hands-on experience running US payroll across multiple states.
- Experience managing payroll in more than one country.
- Experience working with an EOR or PEO to cover countries without a local entity.
- Deep knowledge of payroll tax and compliance.
- Familiarity with equity compensation mechanics and cap table tools such as Carta.
- Experience with commission and variable pay structures.
- Solid accounting fundamentals including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
- Practical AI fluency with experience using AI assistants or automation tools to improve accuracy.
- Excellent communication skills for explaining payroll to non-experts across time zones.
Preferred qualifications
- Singapore- or Argentina-specific payroll experience
- Familiarity with Rippling payroll
- Experience at a high-growth startup
- Experience standing up payroll in a new country
- Experience supporting payroll and equity audits
- Experience with cross-border mobility and shadow payroll
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Equity
Workplace
- This is an on-site role based in either the NYC or San Francisco office.
Skills
- Payroll Operations
- US Payroll
- Payroll Tax
- Equity Compensation
- Carta
- Rippling
- HRIS
- Accounting
- Workflow Automation
- Sales Commissions
