International Payroll Analyst

About the role

Own accurate, on-time EMEA payrolls and provide operational coverage for APAC. This role exists to keep a fast-growing international footprint compliant and dependable—while tightening the systems and workflows that make payroll feel effortless for employees.

You’ll partner closely with Accounting, People Ops, and Benefits, and work day-to-day with local vendors across multiple countries.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and reconcile the monthly EMEA and APAC payrolls using the HCM system and local payroll vendors across all regions (Ireland, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore, and EOR)
• Liaise in local time zone with the payroll support team to ensure the accuracy, compliance, and timely processing of payroll
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (People Ops, Benefits, and Accounting) and external payroll partners to identify and improve payroll workflows
• Provide excellent employee experience as the first point of contact for all EMEA and APAC payroll inquires
• Process accurately and timely submission of all one-time payments (bonus, commissions, or severances), leave of absence amounts, fringe benefits, BIK, Bike to Work, and pension contributions
• Work closely with the International Corporate Accounting team to ensure payroll net pay, taxes, and pension payments are processed timely with the local bank and/or vendor
• Reconcile and prepare month-end EMEA/APAC payroll journal entries produced by payroll vendors
• Serve as additional support to the APAC Payroll Analyst
• Complete ad-hoc tasks and other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 4+ years of EMEA and/or APAC payroll processing experience for small to midsize organizations
• Strong knowledge of EMEA and/or APAC payroll compliance and understanding of local payroll tax and labor laws
• Proven experience managing vendors and ability to quickly adapt to new local payroll systems
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize projects to completion in a fast-paced environment
• Highly proficient in Excel (xlookups, vlookups, pivot tables, and formulas)

Skills

• To bring 4+ years of EMEA and/or APAC payroll processing experience for small to midsize organizations
• To have strong knowledge of EMEA and/or APAC payroll compliance and understanding of local payroll tax and labor laws
• To have proven experience managing vendors and ability to quickly adapt to new local payroll systems
• To have self-management and prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment
• To be highly proficient in Excel (xlookups, vlookups, pivot tables, and formulas)

Nice to haves

• To have experience with payroll system or vendor implementation
• To have experience with NetSuite as well as creating and reconciling payroll journal entries
• To have experience running America’s payroll
• To have experience with Workday HCM