Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll

The Global Payroll team is seeking an experienced, self-motivated, and systems-savvy Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll to lead payroll operations across the EMEA region. This role will be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across multiple countries, while leading a regional payroll team, managing external vendor relationships, strengthening controls, and driving process standardization.

The Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll will partner closely with People, Benefits, Equity, Finance, Accounting, HRIS, Legal, and external payroll providers to support a high-quality employee experience and scalable payroll operations.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin or Cork for our hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end payroll operations across multiple EMEA countries, including but not limited to Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Poland

Ensure accurate and timely monthly payroll processing, including base pay, variable compensation, equity compensation, statutory benefits, supplemental benefits, payroll taxes, deductions, and related payments

Manage, mentor, and develop a regional payroll team, including oversight of workload, performance, priorities, and development needs

Serve as the regional payroll subject matter expert and primary escalation point for payroll-related matters across EMEA

Manage relationships with external payroll vendors, HRIS partners, benefits providers, stock administration, Finance, Accounting, People teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders

Monitor vendor performance, service delivery, issue resolution, and escalation management to ensure payroll obligations are met

Ensure payroll processes are compliant with local payroll tax, employment tax, statutory reporting, withholding, benefits, and employment regulations in each country of operation

Maintain a strong understanding of in-region benefits legislation and the payroll