Manager, Global Payroll

Summary

Join Kraken as a Global Payroll Manager and play a pivotal role in managing payroll for multiple international entities. You will leverage your expertise to process and manage payroll, ensuring timely and accurate payments. This position demands strong people management skills and collaboration with various stakeholders, including HR, Treasury, external vendors, and accounting teams. You will be responsible for resolving payroll issues, improving processes, and maintaining compliance with local and global regulations. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in payroll and accounting, team management, and international payroll compliance. A can-do attitude and willingness to contribute are essential for success in this dynamic and globally-focused role.

Requirements

• Minimum 8+ years of experience working in a payroll/accounting environment
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in team management and coaching
• Experience in payroll, payroll tax and compliance internationally (EMEA, APAC, Americas)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills is a must
• Ability to work effectively as an individual and as a team member
• Ability to take ownership of payroll processes
• Problem solving mindset & positive attitude
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work remote effectively

Responsibilities

• Prepare and/or review payroll runs globally (Cloudpay/UKG OneView and EOR vendors)
• Resolve payroll issues and errors by partnering with our business partners
• Work with various stakeholders to improve payroll process
• Work independently as well as be a strong contributor within our internal account teams (e.g. align with the regional HR sub-departments & other HR Teams)
• Stay up to date with local payroll regulations including international
• Act as a functional expert and main contact point regarding payroll related escalations
• Act as the main point of contact on the country level for internal and external audits by coordinating payroll feedback and escalating to global leaders when necessary
• Oversee relationship with external payroll providers by tracking their performance and establishing KPIs for improvement when necessary
• Drive to prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, journal and accrual reports
• Take ownership and represent the payroll function during ongoing projects
• Review and suggest process optimizations to ensure alignment with local rules and global processes, and compliance
• Understand end-to-end payroll functions and is able to relate these to company objectives
• Ensure and oversee compliance with statutory and SOX reporting and filing requirements
• Challenging As-Is and fueling projects with the concept of new/better way of working
• Deliver team targets
• Maintain, achieve and improve SLAs and create new plans if necessary
• Help achieve high-team satisfaction, motivation, and great transparency within the team
• Ensure that stakeholders receive clear and timely communication
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with start-up companies preferred
• Experience with payroll/accounting technology (ex: Workday, Netsuite, CloudPay, UKG, ADP)
• CPP or CPM is a plus
• Crypto experience is a plus