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Head of Global Payroll

United States, San Francisco 195000.00 - 280000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 18, 2026
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At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate — not incrementally, but end-to-end. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come. This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1000+ customers in 58+ countries, strong product-market fit, and world-class investor support, we’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched. Harvey is entering an exciting phase of global growth. Following our recent Workday implementation and global expansion to several new countries, with more to come, we are seeking a Head of Global Payroll to build, lead, and mature our global payroll function. This leader will own end-to-end payroll operations across all jurisdictions, ensure compliance and control at scale, and deliver a world-class employee experience as we expand internationally. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, systems-savvy payroll executive who has built global payroll operations in dynamic, fast-scaling environments and who can seamlessly balance strategy and execution.

Job Responsibility

  • Implement key controls in Workday Payroll to ensure complete accuracy of payroll information
  • Define and execute the comprehensive global payroll strategy for rapid growth and new countries such as in the Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, UK and more
  • Build a scalable operating model (in-house plus local partners) and expansion playbook
  • Hire and lead a high-performing team with a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
  • Own end-to-end multi-country payroll: processing, funding, statutory remittances, reporting, and year-end (e.g., W-2, T4, P60, TDS/Forms 16, PAYG)
  • Ensure accurate, timely, compliant pay for all populations and pay types, including equity and variable compensation
  • Reduce cycle time while ensuring quality through root-cause analysis and automation, with strong data quality and employee focus
  • Own payroll in Workday. Partner with HRIS and Finance to optimize HCM, Time & Absence, and Payroll integrations
  • strengthen links to finance, timekeeping, benefits, equity, and banking
  • Lead configuration, testing, change management, and controls to deliver an automated, auditable environment
  • Build and maintain a global payroll control framework (standard processes, reconciliations, segregation of duties, approvals)
  • Ensure compliance with tax withholding, social contributions, and reporting across jurisdictions
  • Partner with Legal, Tax, and Finance on regulatory changes, and benefits/equity/bonus treatment. Lead audits, remediation, and continuous control monitoring
  • Launch payroll in new countries: select and manage local providers, establish banking/funding workflows, and implement statutory filings and benefits
  • Partner with People, Compensation, Stock Administration, Accounting, Finance, Legal, and IT on aligned data, policies, and processes
  • Support accounting close activities, journals, and reconciliations
  • Elevate employee experience with clear communications, self-service resources, and reliable service levels

Requirements

  • 12+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience, including ownership of multi-country payroll operations in high-growth tech or similarly dynamic environments
  • Demonstrated expertise implementing and operating payroll within Workday, including HCM and Time & Absence integrations
  • Deep knowledge of US payroll practices and some of the following jurisdictions: Australia, UK, Ireland, India, Canada
  • Proven track record building and leading global payroll teams and standing up new country payrolls and entities
  • Strong command of payroll compliance, statutory reporting, and controls, including SOX or similar internal control frameworks
  • Experience with equity compensation, variable pay, and pension (401K, etc) compliance and operations considerations
  • Exceptional process design, project management, and change management skills with a bias for automation and continuous improvement
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence across Finance, HR, Legal, and IT

Nice to have

  • Professional payroll and/or equity certifications (e.g., CPP, CIPP, CIPP/E, Global Payroll Management certifications)
  • Experience with global payroll aggregator models and local in-country providers
  • comfort negotiating and managing vendor SLAs

What we offer

  • Offers Equity
  • Offers Bonus
  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
  • flexible PTO

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