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Global Payroll Manager

United States, San Francisco Employment contract 120000.00 - 195000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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We are looking for a hands-on and strategic Global Payroll Manager to join our dynamic Payroll team within the Finance function. This role is an individual contributor role and opportunity for a flexible, financially-minded professional to navigate a global landscape. You will manage a mix of in-house processing and outsourced vendor partnerships across the Americas. You will be instrumental in coordinating payroll for (a selection of) our 20+ entities globally, working closely with our external payroll providers. You will report directly to the Global Head of Payroll in Amsterdam and be based in our San Francisco office.

Job Responsibility

  • Execute & control: prepare and execute payrolls, focusing on the US and other countries in the Americas
  • validate inputs, manage data flows, review output from global vendors
  • Automation & process: champion data integrity and system efficiency
  • identify manual inefficiencies and design scalable workflows
  • Stakeholder management: business partner to HR and Finance teams
  • manage external payroll vendors
  • Employee support: point of contact for colleagues
  • handle payroll-related queries
  • Financial ownership: bridge Payroll and Accounting
  • responsible for General Ledger journals, month-end reconciliations, variance analysis
  • Compliance: experience with US multi-state payroll tax withholding
  • Research: monitor evolving local tax requirements and proactively implement changes

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of experience in payroll
  • solid grasp of payroll accounting principles and the General Ledger
  • flexible and thrive in an environment where processes are not always set in stone
  • naturally curious, asks 'why', digs into details
  • culturally aware and flexible to work across different time zones
  • collaborative and communicative
  • strong preference for experience with Workday and the Workday payroll module
  • natural aptitude for systems and eager to learn new tools
  • experience or strong interest in how payroll impacts the P&L and Balance Sheet
  • proactive, spots errors before they happen

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