Global Payroll Manager

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

fal.ai is seeking a mid-level Finance & Legal payroll specialist in San Francisco to own payroll end-to-end for US employees, contractors, and international staff via EOR providers. The candidate will navigate multi-state rules, California hourly rules, and handle bonuses, commissions, and equity events.

This role emphasizes building controls and automation to scale as the workforce grows, with AI-assisted reconciliation and data checks.

Qualifications

• Experience owning multi-state US payroll across employees and contractors.
• Knowledge of California hourly payroll rules and compliance requirements.
• Experience handling bonuses, commissions and equity events.

Responsibilities

• Own payroll end-to-end for US employees, US contractors, and overseas staff via EOR.
• Build controls and processes to scale as states/countries grow.
• Support automation and AI-assisted reconciliation and data checks.

Skills

Payroll processing

US payroll

California rules

Automation potential

Tools

Rippling

EOR

Automation scripts

Job description

Finance & Legal · San Francisco · FullTime · Mid level

This role owns payroll from start to finish for a growing, spread out workforce: US employees, US contractors, and overseas staff paid through employer of record providers. A strong candidate has run multi state US payroll themselves, handled tricky California hourly rules, and kept bonuses, commissions, and equity events paid correctly. The job also asks for someone who can build controls and processes so payroll keeps working as new states and countries are added.

How it fits the AI era

Payroll rules, tax filings, and audit trails still need a careful human who knows the regulations and checks the work. AI tools can speed up reconciliation, data checks, and repetitive steps, and the posting lists automating manual work with scripts or AI tools as a plus. The judgment calls, such as classification risk and confidential handling, stay with the person in the role.

How it builds AI experience

At a company building AI model infrastructure, this role offers a chance to apply automation to payroll operations, for example by scripting recurring checks or using AI tools to cut manual steps. Building that experience means learning the payroll systems deeply first, then testing where automation saves time without adding risk. The posting values this directly, so showing past automation wins is a practical way in.

Worth showing

• Multi state US payroll ownership
• Rippling payroll administration
• California hourly payroll rules
• EOR and contractor payments
• Payroll automation with AI tools

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About fal.ai

fal is a generative media platform for developers that hosts image, video, and audio AI models behind easy-to-use APIs, per the company.