Global Payroll & Equity Lead — Remote (Portugal)

Fundraise Up, Inc.; Brooklyn (OH); Remote; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Vacation days (22)

Public holidays (up to 14)

Sick leave (5)

English learning

Professional education

Gym or swimming

Home office setup assistance

Remote working

Internet/mobile allowance (€50)

Job summary

Fundraise Up is seeking a globally oriented payroll and benefits leader to own end-to-end programs across employees, contractors, and entities worldwide. You will build calendars, controls, and processes to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payments while fixing root causes rather than applying quick workarounds.

This hands-on role requires coordinating with Finance and Legal, managing EOR/PEO relationships, equity programs, and global benefits, with a strong focus on data integrity and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of global payroll, total rewards, benefits, HRIS or people operations with multi-country payroll ownership
• Experience managing direct-entity, EOR/PEO, and contractor populations across multiple jurisdictions
• Hands-on experience calculating bonuses or variable compensation and building review/approval controls
• Experience designing or administering equity and long‑term incentive programs
• Experience auditing an HRIS (e.g., BambooHR) including data governance, workflows, permissions, integrations, and reporting
• Knowledge of payroll compliance, equity tax considerations, ASC 718
• Evidence of improving complex or manual processes in a scaling, distributed organization

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end global payroll delivery for employees and contractors, ensuring payments, deductions, reimbursements, and changes are accurate, timely, compliant, and reconciled
• Calculate and validate variable compensation and bonuses for executives and non-GTM employees, coordinating inputs and payroll execution with partners
• Build and run a global payroll calendar with cutoffs, review cycles, funding timelines, and SLAs
• Design and administer equity and long-term incentive programs, maintaining records and cap-table integrity
• Own global benefits administration across markets, balancing employee value, compliance, and cost
• Monitor benefits utilization, competitiveness, employee feedback, and spend; recommend data-driven changes
• Own payroll and equity data integrity across BambooHR, Justworks, Remote, and Carta with workflows and reporting
• Manage global employment operations, including EOR/PEO relationships and provider governance
• Identify recurring failure points and implement sustainable fixes rather than workarounds

Skills

Global payroll

Total rewards

Benefits

HRIS

People operations

Multi-country payroll

Equity & incentives design

EOR/PEO management

Tools

BambooHR

Justworks

Remote

Carta

Job description

Fundraise Up is seeking a globally oriented payroll and benefits leader to own end-to-end programs across employees, contractors, and entities worldwide. You will build calendars, controls, and processes to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payments while fixing root causes rather than applying quick workarounds.

This hands-on role requires coordinating with Finance and Legal, managing EOR/PEO relationships, equity programs, and global benefits, with a strong focus on data integrity and