Head of Global Payroll
Harvey
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $195,000 - $280,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Implement key controls in Workday Payroll to ensure complete accuracy of payroll information
- Define and execute the comprehensive global payroll strategy for rapid growth and new countries such as in the Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, UK and more
- Build a scalable operating model (in-house plus local partners) and expansion playbook
- Hire and lead a high-performing team with a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
- Own end-to-end multi-country payroll: processing, funding, statutory remittances, reporting, and year-end (e.g., W-2, T4, P60, TDS/Forms 16, PAYG)
- Ensure accurate, timely, compliant pay for all populations and pay types, including equity and variable compensation
- Reduce cycle time while ensuring quality through root-cause analysis and automation, with strong data quality and employee focus
- Own payroll in Workday. Partner with HRIS and Finance to optimize HCM, Time & Absence, and Payroll integrations; strengthen links to finance, timekeeping, benefits, equity, and banking
- Lead configuration, testing, change management, and controls to deliver an automated, auditable environment
- Build and maintain a global payroll control framework (standard processes, reconciliations, segregation of duties, approvals)
- Ensure compliance with tax withholding, social contributions, and reporting across jurisdictions
- Partner with Legal, Tax, and Finance on regulatory changes, and benefits/equity/bonus treatment. Lead audits, remediation, and continuous control monitoring
- Launch payroll in new countries: select and manage local providers, establish banking/funding workflows, and implement statutory filings and benefits.
- Partner with People, Compensation, Stock Administration, Accounting, Finance, Legal, and IT on aligned data, policies, and processes.
- Support accounting close activities, journals, and reconciliations.
- Elevate employee experience with clear communications, self-service resources, and reliable service levels.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience, including ownership of multi-country payroll operations in high-growth tech or similarly dynamic environments.
- Demonstrated expertise implementing and operating payroll within Workday, including HCM and Time & Absence integrations.
- Deep knowledge of US payroll practices and some of the following jurisdictions: Australia, UK, Ireland, India, Canada.
- Proven track record building and leading global payroll teams and standing up new country payrolls and entities.
- Strong command of payroll compliance, statutory reporting, and controls, including SOX or similar internal control frameworks.
- Experience with equity compensation, variable pay, and pension (401K, etc) compliance and operations considerations.
- Exceptional process design, project management, and change management skills with a bias for automation and continuous improvement.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence across Finance, HR, Legal, and IT.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
- Flexible PTO
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Workday Payrollmulti-country payroll operationspayroll compliancestatutory reportingequity compensationvariable paypension complianceprocess designproject managementchange management
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationinfluenceaccountabilitycontinuous improvementdata quality focusemployee experience enhancementroot-cause analysisautomation bias