We are seeking a Payroll Manager to own and scale our global payroll function across a multi-entity, multi-country organization. This role will be responsible for end-to-end payroll operations while serving as the system owner for Deel, which will function as our primary HRIS, payroll, and EOR platform. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, systems-minded, and experienced operating payroll in a global environment.
You will play a critical role in ensuring accurate, compliant payroll while building scalable processes, strengthening internal controls, and supporting multi-entity financial reporting.
This is a Hybrid position in our Atlanta OR Barcelona office.
Key Responsibilities
- Global Payroll Operations:
- Own end-to-end payroll across U.S. and international entities (W-2 employees, EOR populations, and contractors)
- Operate Deel as the system of record for payroll and employee data
- Manage payroll calendars, pay cycles, and country-specific requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll, bonuses, commissions, and off-cycle payments
- Payroll Accounting & Close
- Prepare and review payroll journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations across multiple entities
- Partner with Accounting to support month-end close and consolidated financial reporting
- Ensure proper GL mapping and alignment between payroll outputs and financial statements
- Compliance & Controls
- Ensure compliance with U.S. and international payroll regulations, tax filings, and statutory reporting
- Maintain strong internal controls, including segregation of duties and audit-ready processes
- Partner with Director of Tax and external advisors on payroll-related filings and audits
- Systems & Process Optimization
- Serve as system owner for Deel, including configuration, maintenance, and optimization
- Drive automation and scalability of payroll processes across entities, currencies, and geographies
- Build and document standardized payroll workflows and procedures
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner with HR on onboarding, terminations, compensation changes, and employee lifecycle events
- Serve as primary point of contact for payroll-related employee and executive inquiries
- Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Operations on global workforce and compliance matters
Qualifications
Required
- 6–10+ years of payroll experience, including multi-entity and multi-country payroll
- Experience managing payroll in Deel as a primary HRIS and global payroll platform, including U.S. W-2 payroll and international populations
- Experience operating a unified global payroll platform across multiple entities and jurisdictions, including ownership of payroll accounting and system integrations
- Strong working knowledge of NetSuite, including payroll-related GL impacts
- Experience managing EOR, contractor, and employee payroll models in a global environment
- High attention to detail with a strong internal-controls mindset
- Experience operating in a fast-paced, scaling organization
- Preferred
- Experience supporting multi-subsidiary, multi-currency environments
- Prior ownership of payroll system implementations or migrations
- Strong cross-functional communication skills and comfort working onsite with leadership
- What Success Looks Like
- Payroll is accurate, timely, and compliant across all entities and jurisdictions
- Deel is fully optimized as a unified HRIS and payroll system
- Payroll accounting is clean, reconciled, and aligned with financial reporting in NetSuiteProcesses and controls scale effectively with company growth and international expansion
- Employees have a seamless payroll experience while Finance maintains strong oversight and controls
