Global Payroll Manager

Job description

The role:

Sure, you know your way around payroll ledgers, but are you ready to build, design, automate, and herd cats across time zones? As our Global Payroll Manager, you’ll command the payroll ops air traffic control tower for employees and contractors spanning the globe. Spoiler: Our favorite currency is compliance but we pay in cash too.

You’ll partner with People, Finance, and Legal, working hand-in-hand to ensure every paycheck is accurate, legal, timely and that nobody needs to ping you at midnight to ask why their bonus went to someone else’s direct deposit.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and Own: Command the entire payroll process, both regular and off-cycle, for our global roster of employees and contractors.
• Be the Expert: From bonuses and taxes to benefits and currencies, you’ll be our go-to guru for all things payroll, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, and international payroll regulations.
• Audit with Precision: Scrutinize payroll journals, prepare reconciliations, and handle variances with the accuracy of a seasoned detective.
• Solve with a Smile: Respond to payroll inquiries quickly, clearly, and with a touch of the meme-tastic.
• Manage with Authority: Hold third-party payroll providers accountable even wielding your inner payroll Jedi when needed.
• Innovate and Automate: Identify process gaps and inefficiencies, champion automation, and never settle for the dreaded “we’ve always done it this way.”
• Support and Partner: Collaborate with People, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure payroll operations are smooth, compliant, and ready to scale.

What we’re looking for:

• Detail-Oriented Dynamo: Your attention to detail is legendary, and the phrase “Oops, I forgot” is not in your vocabulary.
• Workday Whiz: You’re a seasoned pro in Workday.
• Experienced: You’ve spent 5+ years in hands-on payroll management in a global environment.
• Unflappable: You keep your cool under pressure and can juggle shifting priorities effortlessly.
• Strong Communicator: Whether it’s breaking down complex topics or sending off a clever GIF, you’re skilled at getting your point across.
• Global Payroll Providers: You’ve got experience with Deel or similar platforms.
• Startup Star: While not required, experience in a fast-paced startup environment will help you hit the ground running.
• Automation Enthusiast: You’ve handled multi-country payroll and love finding ways to streamline and automate everything.

Base Salary Range

$89,000—$102,000 USD

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry’s leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100%  Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.
• For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians” with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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