APAC Payroll Lead — Compliance, Controls & Growth

Nebius Group; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth and learning

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Opportunity to work on impactful AI

Job summary

Nebius is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist-APAC to own end-to-end payroll for APAC and support US payroll, ensuring accurate, compliant, and streamlined payroll across regions. You will standardize processes, manage complex pay items, and partner with HR Ops, Finance, and vendors to scale payroll operations for a fast-growing AI cloud company.

You will work across time zones, lead transitions, and ensure audit-ready payroll documentation while upholding SOX controls and strong governance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of payroll experience spanning APAC and US payrolls in complex environments.
• Deep knowledge of APAC payroll compliance including country-specific statutory requirements.
• Working knowledge of US payroll fundamentals and W-2 year-end processes.
• Strong controllership skills and ability to design payroll controls.
• Proven ability to lead transitions (country launches, vendor changes, system changes).
• Experience with multi-currency payroll accounting and close processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management across time zones and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end payroll for APAC entities; define execution standards for jurisdictions.
• Ensure statutory compliance, filings, and registrations across APAC.
• Administer complex pay items including bonuses, gratuity, expatriate taxation.
• Support US payroll execution; manage multi-state cycles and year-end delivery.
• Drive harmonization to reduce manual steps and off-cycle runs across APAC.
• Lead payroll transitions with planning and issue resolution.
• Maintain clean payroll accounting with consistent journals and reconciliations.
• Monitor SOX-aligned payroll controls and audit readiness.
• Govern payroll providers against SLAs and KPIs; drive remediation.
• Lead root-cause analysis and durable fixes for payroll issues.
• Provide training and guidance to new team members.

Skills

Payroll experience (APAC & US)

Employment tax compliance

US payroll fundamentals

SOX controls & audit readiness

Stakeholder management

Process standardization & automation

Multi-currency payroll experience

Vendor governance

Tools

HRIS integrations

Payroll platforms

Job description

Nebius is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist-APAC to own end-to-end payroll for APAC and support US payroll, ensuring accurate, compliant, and streamlined payroll across regions. You will standardize processes, manage complex pay items, and partner with HR Ops, Finance, and vendors to scale payroll operations for a fast-growing AI cloud company.

You will work across time zones, lead transitions, and ensure audit-ready payroll documentation while upholding SOX controls and strong governance.