Rippling - Global Payroll Manager

Employtech Center India Private Limited; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Global Payroll Manager to lead our payroll support team across APAC and EMEA. You will oversee multi-country payroll operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive scalable process improvements to support global growth.

You will mentor regional payroll specialists, partner with Engineering to translate complex regional needs into actionable features, and build a robust internal control framework for payroll and related functions.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive international payroll experience.
• 5+ years of direct people management experience.
• Experience managing payroll operations across APAC and EMEA regions.
• Strong understanding of international payroll compliance and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a regional payroll team across APAC and EMEA.
• Oversee end-to-end payroll processing for multiple countries ensuring accuracy and on-time payrolls.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive efficiency and scalability.
• Translate regional payroll needs into actionable engineering requirements for product features.
• Build and scale the payroll and related support organization to support global growth.

Skills

International payroll management

People management

Multi-country operations

APAC/EMEA payroll

Job description

Description

About Rippling:Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365all within 90 seconds.Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised 1.4B from the worlds top investorsincluding Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrockand was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.NOTE:This role follows the EMEA time zone schedule: 3:00 PM to 12:0 AM IST.It is a hybrid position, and we expect you to work from our Bangalore office three days a week.

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned and strategic Global Payroll Manager to lead our payroll support team across the diverse and dynamic Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader with extensive experience managing multi-country payroll, a deep understanding of international compliance, and a passion for process excellence.

What You Will Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of regional payroll specialists and leads, fostering a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the end-to-end payroll processing for all countries within the APAC, EMEA regions, ensuring payroll is executed flawlessly and on schedule every cycle.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Develop and maintain robust payroll policies, procedures, and internal controls to support our global growth.
• Drive product improvements by converting complex regional payroll needs into actionable requirements for Engineering. Validate new features to ensure accuracy and compliance across APAC and EMEA.
• Build and scale the global support organization for our emerging product suites across HR, IT, and Finance

Required Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive experience in international payroll, with a strong focus on multi-country operations.
• 5 years of direct people management experience, leading and developing payroll teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing payroll operations across a significant number of countries in both the APAC and EMEA regions.
• Strong understanding ...