Senior Manager

Summary

Join OpenTable, a Booking Holdings company, as the Senior Manager, Global Payroll, leading global payroll activities. Oversee payroll systems, implementations, and integrations, ensuring timely and accurate processing and reporting. This role requires managing the day-to-day payroll for NORAM and overseeing international payroll, ensuring compliance with regulations. You will proactively identify process improvements, support payroll integration issue remediation, and review and approve transactions. The position also involves developing and leading a high-performing payroll team, managing year-end activities, and partnering with cross-functional teams. You will serve as a subject matter expert for payroll and payroll taxes.

Requirements

• 15+ years’ work experience managing payroll for multiple entities, multi-state and international payroll and taxes
• Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline
• Experience with global stock plan payroll processing
• Willing to “roll-up the sleeves” in order to accomplish all necessary tasks
• Ability to lead a team and manage the team’s workload in a SOX compliant environment
• Experience onboarding new payroll solutions globally
• Experience with Executive Payroll Processing
• Advanced Excel skills including v-lookups and pivot tables
• Excellent understanding of payroll accounting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to effectively communicate across departments and at all levels
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify issues and propose solutions to complex or non-standard situations
• Strong work ethic and ability to be productive and successful in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner
• Problem solving and decision-making capacity in a high growth environment
• Ability to build and sustain relationships at multiple levels within and outside of finance, as well as with external partners

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the day-to-day payroll activities for NORAM (US, Canada and Mexico), and oversee/support the International Payroll Manager for various international legal entities (including, but not limited to, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Germany, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Singapore), ensuring accurate & timely processing in compliance with Company's policies and local tax and labor regulations
• Proactively identify areas of process improvement within global payroll operations and implement solutions to automate and streamline processes to scale and drive efficiencies while maintaining strong quality controls
• Identify and support remediation of payroll integration issues
• Review and approve payroll transactions
• Ensure correct taxation of payroll & benefits according to country-specific regulations
• Ensure timely filings with appropriate government authorities
• Develop and lead a successful Payroll Team, cultivating a high performing, professional and supportive environment
• Manage and/or oversee year-end payroll activities globally
• Partner with cross functional groups within the Company including Legal, Finance, Equity and Human Resource teams on global equity, global mobility and new business activities to ensure global payroll needs are identified, considered and communicated
• Manage audit processes related to payroll, including SOC1 and 401k. Own Payroll SOC1 Controls
• Assist with the preparation of special reports for senior management
• Serve as subject matter expert for payroll, payroll taxes and payroll systems for employees and internal partners. Assist and consult on ad-hoc projects. Advise senior management and business leads on tax related matters

Preferred Qualifications

• Global Payroll experience with Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Germany, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Switzerland, and/or Singapore is a plus
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now, ADP Celergo, Cloudpay, and Workday HRIS preferred

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
• Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
• No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• Free lunch 5 days per week
• Beautiful office in the Empire State Building with lots of building amenities, such as a gym, multi-purpose room, in-building Starbucks, and more
• Health benefits
• Flexible spending account
• Retirement benefits
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays)
• Parental leave benefits
• This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus