Global Payroll Manager: AI-Driven, Multi-Country

Profound; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Profound seeks a Payroll Manager to own payroll for our US, UK, Singapore, and Argentina entities and to oversee related EOR activities. You will partner with Finance, People, Legal, and Accounting to ensure accurate and timely payroll, while embracing AI and automation to reduce manual work.

The role requires 5–8+ years of multi-country payroll experience, strong tax/compliance knowledge, and expertise with equity compensation and HRIS tools.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of payroll experience (including multi-country payroll).
• Hands-on experience running US payroll across multiple states and managing payroll in more than one country.
• Experience working with an EOR or PEO to cover countries without a local entity.
• Deep knowledge of payroll tax and compliance.
• Familiarity with equity compensation mechanics and cap table tools such as Carta.
• Experience with commission and variable pay structures.

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end payroll for the US, UK, Singapore, and Argentina, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, commissions, and other variable pay.
• Administer deductions and benefit contributions, including 401(k) remittances, garnishments, and pension contributions, working with benefits and retirement providers.
• Manage contractor payments and keep worker classification documented with People and Legal.
• Respond to employee questions on pay, deductions, taxes, and benefits, and protect the confidentiality of all payroll data.
• Maintain compliance with local tax, wage and hour, social security, pension, and statutory requirements in every jurisdiction, including registrations, filings (e.g., Form 941), year-end reporting, and responses to tax authority notices.
• Handle payroll tax for mobile and remote employees across US states and countries.
• Manage our EOR partner for Spain and Germany: validate inputs, review outputs and invoices, and coordinate onboarding, offboarding, and employee questions.
• Own relationships with payroll providers, benefits administrators, and local tax and accounting advisors, and hold them to clear service levels.
• Support equity compensation payroll processes, including withholding and reporting on exercises and vesting events, in coordination with Legal and Carta, plus UK EMI-related items.
• Administer sales commissions and other variable pay with Sales Ops to ensure plans are paid accurately and on schedule.
• Build and maintain payroll calendars, checklists, SOPs, and internal controls, including approvals, segregation of duties, and audit trails.
• Use AI and workflow automation to remove manual work, such as pre-run variance and anomaly checks, input validation, reconciliations, SOP drafting, and triaging routine employee questions.
• Evaluate AI-enabled payroll and HRIS features and automation tools, and recommend what to adopt based on accuracy, cost, and risk.
• Set clear rules for where AI output needs human review and how sensitive employee data is protected when AI tools are used.
• Lead the payroll side of expansion into new countries, from registrations and provider selection to first-run readiness.

Skills

US payroll multi-state

Multi-country payroll

EOR/PEO experience

Payroll tax & compliance

Equity compensation (ISO/NSO, RSUs)

Carta familiarity

HRIS tooling

AI/automation in payroll

Data privacy & security

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Carta

Rippling

Job description

Profound seeks a Payroll Manager to own payroll for our US, UK, Singapore, and Argentina entities and to oversee related EOR activities. You will partner with Finance, People, Legal, and Accounting to ensure accurate and timely payroll, while embracing AI and automation to reduce manual work.

The role requires 5–8+ years of multi-country payroll experience, strong tax/compliance knowledge, and expertise with equity compensation and HRIS tools.