Global Payroll & Equity Lead

Decagon; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life & Disability

Retirement (401K)

Parental Leave

Fertility benefits

Wellness stipend

Office lunches

Vacation policy

Job summary

Decagon is seeking a high-impact Payroll Manager to own global payroll operations, payroll accounting, and stock administration for a fast-growing startup. You will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll while building scalable processes that support rapid expansion.

This in-office role partners with Sales, People, Legal, and Operations to drive payroll excellence across U.S. and international entities, with ownership of tax, equity, and disclosures in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of progressive payroll experience with full ownership of U.S. and international payroll.
• Payroll tax fluency, including registrations, multi-state nexus, and year-end forms.
• Deep knowledge of payroll compliance, tax regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of equity compensation mechanics: ISO/NSO, exercises, dispositions, withholding, and reporting. Carta experience is a plus and the ability to pick it up quickly is not optional.
• Comfort closing the books on your own work: journal entries, accruals, reconciliations.
• Rippling experience is helpful
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to independently reconcile and resolve discrepancies.
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end payroll for the U.S. and international entities, including new hires, terminations, bonuses, commissions, and equity compensation.
• Own stock administration in Carta: grants, exercises, terminations and repurchases, and the tax and reporting that follows
• Close payroll and equity every month: accruals, reconciliations, support for stock comp expense, and the schedules auditors ask for
• Get payroll tax right across states and countries, including new registrations, mobile employees, and year-end filings
• Write the documentation and build the controls this function is missing, and automate the parts that shouldn't be manual
• Expand into broader accounting operations over-time: own T&E policy, process, and compliance; take on accounts payable and month-end reconciliations as capacity allows

Skills

Payroll experience

Payroll tax

Payroll compliance

Equity compensation

Journal entries/closing

Rippling

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Tools

Carta

Rippling

Job description

Decagon is seeking a high-impact Payroll Manager to own global payroll operations, payroll accounting, and stock administration for a fast-growing startup. You will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll while building scalable processes that support rapid expansion.

This in-office role partners with Sales, People, Legal, and Operations to drive payroll excellence across U.S. and international entities, with ownership of tax, equity, and disclosures in a dynamic environment.