Synthesia

Senior Manager – Global Payroll

Synthesia

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Austin • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Payroll Operations: Hands on role owning end-to-end payroll operations for global employees including regular pay, bonuses, commissions, deductions, and taxes across multiple pay cycles (semi-monthly and monthly).
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with HR, FP&A, and external providers to align payroll with organizational strategy, compensation policies, and financial goals.
  • Compliance and Reporting: Review and validate payroll calculations, ensuring compliance with local labor, tax, and statutory requirements.
  • Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement of global payroll processes, controls, and documentation to support scale, efficiency, and accuracy in a high-growth environment.
  • Internal Resource: Become the main point of contact for all payroll related questions for employees and auditors.
  • Vendor and Partner Management: Manage payroll vendor relationships and ensure partners are performing at a high level.
  • Equity Exercise Taxation: Work with payroll providers to calculate and report appropriate withholding taxes on employee equity exercises in jurisdictions where such events are treated as taxable income, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local regulations.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of payroll experience, ownership of multi-country and global payroll operations
  • Experience with high growth organizations and scaled operations with >1,000 FTE’s with a concentration on the UK and U.S.
  • Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
  • High level of discretion when handling confidential employee data.
  • Experience with enterprise HRIS and payroll platforms including integrations and automations.
Benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements
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