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 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 implications of statutory and supplemental benefit programs

Ensure robust operating procedures, controls, reconciliations, approvals, and documentation are in place to support internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory compliance

Partner with Finance and Accounting to support payroll accounting, accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, and resolution of payroll-related financial statement impacts

Support payroll projects, including process standardization, payroll transformation, vendor transitions, country implementations, system enhancements, and control improvements

Monitor, and report on payroll KPIs, metrics, service levels, operational risks, and process improvement opportunities

Drive continuous improvement across payroll operations with a focus on accuracy, compliance, scalability, employee experience, and operational efficiency

Support expansion into additional EMEA countries as the business grows

Minimum Qualifications

Significant experience managing end-to-end payroll operations across multiple EMEA countries

Strong international payroll knowledge, including payroll processing, payroll taxes, statutory reporting, benefits, timekeeping, accruals, equity compensation, and local payroll compliance requirements

Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing direct reports

Experience managing external payroll vendors and cross-functional stakeholder relationships

Strong understanding of payroll controls, audit requirements, reconciliations, and internal control concepts

Ability to assess risk, identify control gaps, and implement practical, scalable solutions

Solid understanding of payroll accounting principles and the impact of payroll activity on financial statements

Experience using payroll KPIs, metrics, dashboards, or reporting to manage performance and drive improvement

Strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with internal teams, external advisors, vendors, and senior stakeholders

Highly analytic