Payroll Specialist (London, United Kingdom or Dublin, Ireland)

Figma; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design collaboration platform is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage international payroll operations in the UK and Dublin. You'll ensure compliance with tax regulations, audit payroll data, and collaborate with various teams. Ideal candidates have over 3 years of payroll experience, strong compliance knowledge, and the ability to communicate effectively across departments. This role offers a full-time opportunity with potential for remote work.

Benefits

Opportunity to work remotely

Collaborative team culture

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• 3+ years of multi-country payroll processing experience.
• Strong knowledge of international payroll requirements and compliance.
• Ability to audit payroll data for accuracy and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile payroll data for international entities.
• Prepare journal entries related to payroll transactions.
• Oversee timely submission of payroll-related tax filings.

Skills

Full-cycle payroll processing

Stakeholder communication

Payroll compliance knowledge

Audit experience

Project management

Tools

Workday

ActivPayroll

BDO

Netsuite

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

As a Payroll Specialist on the Accounting Team, you will be a key contributor to Figma’s international payroll operations. The ideal candidate will have strong experience processing payrolls across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with regional tax regulations and statutory requirements. You’ll also be responsible for preparing payroll-related journal entries and assisting with cross-functional projects.

This role involves close collaboration with the Benefits, HRIS, People Ops, and Accounting teams to maintain accurate and timely payroll processing across the region. You will report directly to the Senior International Payroll Manager.

This is a full time role that can be held from our UK Hub or remotely in the United Kingdom or Dublin, Ireland.

What you'll do at Figma:

• Maintain, review, and reconcile payroll data for international entities using Workday, ActivPayroll and BDO
• Audit payroll data and ensure compliance with country-specific tax and social security regulations
• Prepare journal entries related to payroll transactions, ensuring alignment with accounting standards
• Partner with the Accounting and Finance teams to provide insights on payroll-related variances and trends
• Support local statutory audits and internal audits, as well as audits related to pensions, social contributions, and other regional obligations
• Oversee timely and accurate submission of payroll-related tax filings and reports as required in each jurisdiction
• Create and maintain comprehensive payroll operational process documentation
• Deliver regular and ad-hoc payroll reports to internal teams including Finance, Accounting, Tax, and Equity, tailored to international reporting requirements

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 3+ years of full-cycle, multi-country payroll processing experience
• Experience building relationships and communicating with stakeholders across all levels and functions
• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for multiple countries in partnership with third-party vendors and internal systems (e.g., Workday, Activ Payroll and BDO)
• Strong knowledge of international statutory payroll requirements, tax laws, and compliance frameworks
• Ensure payroll accuracy by auditing data inputs such as time tracking, leave of absence, benefits, and variable pay, as well as strong knowledge of international statutory payroll requirements, tax laws, and compliance frameworks

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience managing small to medium sized projects
• Experience using Netsuite
• Additional EMEA languages a plus
• Experience at a high growth B2B SaaS company
• Previous involvement in payroll transformation or system implementation projects.
• Understanding of SOX compliance and experience working in a public company environment.
• Working knowledge of equity compensation and how it affects payroll (e.g., RSUs, ESPPs).

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [e-mail]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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