Senior Payroll Manager

As Senior Payroll Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring our payroll operations across multiple countries run accurately, compliantly, and efficiently. You combine deep payroll expertise with strong leadership skills and know how to bring structure, consistency, and continuous improvement to a complex international environment.In this role, although not directly managing a team yourself, you will lead and develop local payroll teams, oversee both insourced and outsourced payroll operations, and help shape a standardized global way of working. The role has a strong focus on supporting countries from a financial payroll perspective, helping them understand payroll-related bookings, balances and reconciliations, and guiding them where needed. You understand the importance of payroll as a critical employee process and business foundation, and you know how to connect payroll topics across HR, Finance, Tax, Technology, and external providers.Share your talentsAs Senior Payroll Manager, you are responsible for driving accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across multiple countries. You support the execution of the global payroll strategy while ensuring local teams are equipped, aligned, and continuously improving.You combine operational oversight with leadership and coaching. You know how to balance detail with the bigger picture, distinguish priorities, and drive action where it matters most. With your international payroll knowledge and hands-on approach, you help ensure that processes, controls, and documentation are consistent across countries, while remaining compliant with local regulations.You will work closely with local payroll specialists, HR, Finance, Tax, Business Technology, Internal Control, and external payroll providers. Regular travel to local offices is part of the role to support, train, and align local teams.In this role, you will:Lead, coach, and develop local payroll teams across multiple countriesOversee both insourced and outsourced payroll operationsEnsure payroll processes are executed accurately, on time, and in line with local legislation and global policiesDrive standardization in payroll processes, controls, checklists, sign-off sheets, and documentationSupport local payroll teams in understanding the financial impact of payroll, including payroll-related journal entries, balance sheet items and accruals. You ensure country-specific payroll knowledge is documented, maintained, and consistently applied  Support strong collaboration between Payroll, HR, Finance, Tax, Internal Control, and external vendorsMonitor payroll data quality, compliance, and governance.Support payroll reconciliations and ensure strong connection between payroll and financial postingsIdentify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for process improvement and drive optimization initiatives, including automation and smarter ways of workingSupport system and process improvements within platforms such as ADP GlobalView, SAP, or similar payroll systemsTravel regularly to local offices to support, train, and audit payroll teams