# Global Payroll Manager

**Company:** [Writer](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/writer)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $127k – $172k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** rippling payroll, us multi-state payroll, uk paye, canadian payroll, singapore cpf, uae wps, eor payroll, 1099 filings, gl journals, month-end reconciliations, equity compensation, payroll compliance, regulatory filings, Vendor Management
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Own end-to-end global payroll operations for a multi-entity, multi-currency environment spanning the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, UAE, and EOR countries. Manage execution, compliance, reconciliations, new country setups, and scalable process improvements in a high-growth tech company.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do
- End-to-end payroll execution across all active entities and pay schedules, including multi-state US payroll with varying pay frequencies and commission cycles; UK PAYE with HMRC filings, National Insurance contributions, pension auto-enrolment, and statutory pay calculations; Canadian federal and provincial remittances, Record of Employment filings, and CPP/EI; Singapore CPF contributions, MOM compliance, and IR8A filings; UAE WPS compliance and gratuity calculations; and contractor payroll with IC agreements, payment schedules, and 1099-equivalent filings.
- Coordinate with each EOR provider, validate invoices against actuals, and resolve discrepancies.
- Process payments and support the finance team’s general ledger journals, month-end reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Work closely with the finance team to ensure payroll liabilities, accruals, and actual disbursements are reflected accurately across entities.
- Manage cycle-by-cycle processing for variable compensation, working directly with Finance and Revenue Operations to ensure timing, accuracy, and correct tax withholding.
- Stay ahead of evolving payroll tax requirements across every jurisdiction.
- Manage W-2s, P60s, P45s, T4s, and other international equivalents, and ensure regulatory filings are complete, accurate, and on time.
- Reconcile benefits deductions against carrier invoices and manage international statutory leave top-up calculations.
- Lead new country setup for Payroll operations: systems configuration, testing, and end-to-end cycle execution.
- Serve as a trusted resource for employees navigating payroll questions, tax situations, payslip discrepancies, and equity withholding.
- Identify manual inefficiencies and build scalable workflows that integrate cleanly with Finance and HR systems.

## What you need
- 6–10+ years of payroll experience, ideally in a high-growth, global technology company.
- Experience with Rippling Payroll.
- Strong command of US multi-state payroll — multi-frequency schedules, state-specific compliance.
- International payroll experience across at least two of: UK, Canada, Singapore, or UAE.
- Experience managing EOR and third-party payroll vendors — coordinating across providers, reviewing outputs for accuracy, and holding vendors to a high standard.
- Regulatory expertise and compliance instincts — proactively research evolving requirements.
- Systems proficiency, and aptitude for learning new tools quickly.
- Analytical rigor and documentation habits — high accuracy, strong attention to detail.
- Clear, effective communication — able to partner with Finance, Legal, and People teams, and explain payroll discrepancies to employees.
- Proactive, systems-minded approach — spot inefficiencies and build better processes.

## Even better if…
- Familiarity with equity compensation tax and withholding (RSUs, options).
- Experience supporting global entity setup and new-country payroll launches.
- CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or equivalent certification.
- Experience designing or managing scalable payroll audits and internal controls.
- Background working with shadow payrolls or complex expatriate payroll arrangements.
- Payroll accounting fundamentals — comfortable with GL journals, month-end reconciliations.

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