Global Payroll Manager

JD for Global Payroll Manager -

A Global Payroll Manager is responsible for overseeing the payroll process for clients operating across multiple countries. This role is to ensure that all employees are paid accurately and on time, while complying with relevant laws and regulations in each country.

Key responsibilities of a Global Payroll Manager include -

1. Ensure payroll compliance: He/she is responsible for ensuring payroll compliance with all applicable tax, social security, and labor laws in each country. He/she needs to be familiar with tax treaties and agreements between countries that could impact payroll

2. Manage payroll team: The Global Payroll Manager must manage and lead a team of 12-14 (and growing) payroll professionals to ensure that all payroll activities are completed accurately and on time.

3. Core technical: He/she must be hands on and very much familiar with payroll process (US, Canada, EMEA, APAC primarily), onboarding, offboarding, PTO, garnishments, various reports, employee query handling, year-end employee reports (W2 and others) and other payroll reports, helping and reviewing SOPs.

4. Manage and supervise a team of payroll specialists to ensure that payroll processes are executed in a timely and accurate manner.

5. Ensure compliance with all applicable payroll regulations and tax laws for both US and EMEA regions.

6. Ensure timely filing of all payroll-related tax returns and payments.

7. Work closely with other departments such as HR, Finance, and Legal to ensure seamless coordination of payroll-related activities.

8. Transition experience: Has hands on experience in transitioning work to India, gets hands dirty at the initial phase, team the juniors on the activities to be performed, building initial impression with the client, ensuring error free, on time transition.

9. Manage relationships with the client: He/she must build and maintain relationships with the clients, understand the requirements and implement the same. Also, suggest best practices.

10. Collaborate with internal stakeholders: He/she must work closely with internal stakeholders, managers to build an efficient team, staffing needs, optimize existing resource.

11. Continuously improve payroll process: He/she must identify areas for improvement and implement changes to streamline the payroll process, reduce errors, and increase efficiency.

12. Building a strong sustainable culture: Build a strong team of culture with collaboration, team building, professionalism.

Qualification and experience required -

- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting, or related field

- 14+ years of experience in payroll management, preferably in a shared services environment

- Thorough knowledge of US and EMEA payroll regulations and tax laws

- Experience working with leading payroll applications such as ADP, Workday, UKG

- Strong leadership and supervisory skills, with the ability to motivate and manage a team.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.

- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- Knowledge of HRIS systems and reporting tools is a plus.

Work timing -

Work from office with hybrid model, preferred US hours, however flexible working from 3pm to 12am IST with flexibility during pay days or critical transition days.