Payroll Specialist
The Payroll Specialist will operationalize global equity events through compliant multi-country payrolls, advise customers, support jurisdiction-specific filings, and collaborate with Engineering on payroll workflows. The role requires at least five years of payroll or tax-compliance experience and strong data and communication skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
Customer Advisory & Payroll Execution
- Advise global customers on operationalizing equity events, including selecting earnings codes, handling taxable amounts, and setting up off-cycle pay runs.
- Process and review stock option exercises and RSU vestings through local payrolls across multiple jurisdictions.
- Explain equity outcomes to clients and employees, including imputed income, cash payouts, and tax withholding calculations.
Compliance, Filings & Technology Collaboration
- Support country-specific equity filings, including UK ERS returns, Ireland RSS1, and Australia ESS, alongside filings specialists.
- Partner with Engineering to identify logic errors, refine system workflows, and automate manual processes.
- Maintain SOPs and internal cheat sheets, and document complex cross-border rules for the broader business.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in payroll operations, tax compliance, or handling non-cash or imputed income such as benefits-in-kind, relocation, or fringe benefits.
- Multi-country payroll experience is a plus.
- Proficiency with case management tools such as Salesforce.
- Experience working with complex datasets in Excel or Google Sheets, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and logic formulas.
- Ability to translate dense, legalistic tax guidance into clear instructions for clients.
- Comfort collaborating with engineers to troubleshoot software bugs and improve internal systems.
- Adaptability in fast-paced technology environments with evolving processes.
Nice-to-Haves
- Direct experience processing US or international stock options, including NSOs, and RSUs.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary, benefits, and bonus.
- Fully remote for candidates located within British Columbia.
- Candidates located in Ontario are required to work in the office 1–3 days per week.
Skills
Payroll Operations, Tax Compliance, Multi-Country Payroll, Equity Compensation, Stock Options, Rsus, Salesforce, Excel, Google Sheets, Vlookup, Pivot Tables, Workflow Automation, International Tax, Payroll Systems
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