Manager, Regional Payroll EMEA

Job title: Manager, Regional Payroll EMEA

About the Role

The Regional Payroll Manager, EMEA, will oversee end-to-end payroll operations across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, currently responsible for UK and Germany, with potential expansion across EMEA. Serving as our technical payroll regulatory expert for the region, they will establish infrastructure, standardized processes, and performance frameworks that support current operations and enable scalable geographic expansion. This hands-on leadership role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly growing environments, with deep technical expertise in EMEA payroll regulations and significant experience in payroll and HR system configuration and report customization. The role requires strong business process management capabilities and the ability to work across time zones, partnering with our India-based payroll team to ensure seamless global payroll operations.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations, compliance, and transformation for the EMEA region (UK and Germany currently) with potential expansion within EMEA.

• Serve as the technical payroll regulatory expert for the region’s statutory requirements, tax compliance, and regulatory reporting.

• Design, implement, and maintain foundational payroll processes, controls, and infrastructure to support current and future-state operations.

• Drive payroll system configuration, integration, and reporting customization across payroll and HR platforms.

• Lead automation and optimization initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of payroll operations.

• Establish and maintain quality oversight frameworks with measurable metrics and KPIs to track payroll accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

• Manage business process design and documentation for standardization and scalability across regions.

• Lead system and supplier evaluations, implementations, and vendor management within the region.

• Collaborate across time zones with the India-based payroll team, providing guidance, training, and oversight.

• Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to ensure seamless payroll execution and issue resolution.

• Establish and maintain payroll process compliance documentation, audit controls, and compliance requirements.

• Conduct root cause analysis on payroll discrepancies and implement corrective and preventative actions.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and employee experience excellence.

• What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or related field.

• 6+ years of progressive payroll experience with 3+ years in a leadership or management role.

• Deep technical expertise in multi-country EMEA payroll regulations, tax compliance, and statutory reporting requirements (must include UK).

• Experience in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments where foundational infrastructure and processes are being established.

• Understanding of payroll governance, audit, and control frameworks.

• Significant hands-on experience with payroll and HR system configuration and custom reporting.

• Demonstrated experience establishing quality oversight frameworks with quantifiable metrics.

• Strong foundation in business process management.

• Proven success supporting system implementations, vendor evaluations, and supplier management projects.

• Experience working across multiple time zones and managing or collaborating with geographically distributed teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex data, compliance requirements, and multi-system integrations.

• Proficiency with payroll, finance, and HR systems.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

• Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation details: competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility, equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment.