Senior Manager, Global Payroll

Job Description

Senior Manager, Global Payroll | Zip

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Zip, located in Remote – USA Remote. Zip provides an AI platform for enterprise procurement, enabling companies to orchestrate purchasing and secure resources more efficiently with the help of AI agents. This role is crucial for ensuring the accurate and compliant processing of all global payrolls, supporting Zip’s rapid growth and innovation by managing complex compensation, tax, and regulatory requirements across its global workforce.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote – USA Remote
• Pay: $142000–$210000 yearly
• Team: Leads a payroll team and reports to Accounting leadership.
• Mission: Oversees all aspects of global payroll, ensuring accurate and compliant processing across US, international, and EOR entities.
• Tech Stack: Paylocity, NetSuite, BambooHR, Carta, Pebl

What You’ll Actually Do
• Payroll Operations Oversight: Review gross-to-net results, complete pre and post payroll reconciliations, and process all off-cycle and final payments.
• Strategic Payroll Development: Build and execute the payroll roadmap for system, provider, and process improvements, presenting recommendations to Accounting leadership.
• Global Tax and Compliance Management: Manage US multi-state payroll tax registrations, agency notices, amendments, and oversee quarter-end and year-end filings.
• International Payroll Management: Manage Canadian payroll across provinces, including statutory deductions, remittances, ROEs, and T4 reporting, while coordinating international payroll with EOR and in-country providers.
• Financial and Equity Partnership: Prepare payroll journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis for monthly close, and partner with Equity on ISO exercise reporting and NSO payroll withholding.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Managerial level payroll professional with 8+ years of payroll experience, including 3+ years of multi-country payroll with external providers.
• Experience: Hands-on experience with US multi-state and multi-province Canadian payroll, and proven experience managing payroll staff and handling confidential pay matters under tight deadlines.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of US payroll tax, including quarter-end and year-end filings; proficient in payroll accounting, including journal entries, reconciliations, audit support, and equity withholding; strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Bonus: Experience with EOR arrangements and HRIS-to-payroll integrations; familiarity with Paylocity, NetSuite, BambooHR, Carta, or Pebl; CPP, PCP, or CPM certification.