Payroll Specialist

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end processing of international payrolls across multiple countries in coordination with external payroll vendors.
• Collect, audit, and submit payroll inputs including compensation changes, new hires, terminations, bonuses, and time & attendance data.
• Review and validate vendor-prepared payroll reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with local regulations and employment laws.
• Reconcile payroll outputs with internal HRIS and accounting systems, ensuring proper general ledger coding and journal entries.
• Collaborate with People Operations, Equity, Accounting, and Legal teams on benefits, taxation, and year-end reporting.
• Support employee inquiries and payroll-related projects, including annual audits and resolving payroll tax issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience processing payroll specifically in EMEA and APAC regions.
• Proven experience working with external vendors for payroll administration.
• Familiarity with payroll regulations and employee tax requirements in EMEA and APAC regions.
• Proficiency in Excel and experience working with payroll and HRIS systems.
• Ability to overlap working hours with Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Workday and/or EY Payroll Operate Services.
• Payroll experience within a global public company, including processing stock transactions.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups) and proficiency with Google Suite.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for interacting with employees at all levels.
• Familiarity with payroll accounting, including journal entries, reconciliation, and flux analyses.

About the Company

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