Senior Global Payroll Specialist

Sky Systems, Inc. (SkySys); États-Unis; À distance; USD 60 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Dental care

Vision care

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

SkySys is seeking a Senior Global Payroll Specialist to run payroll end-to-end across the US, Canada and other countries. You will manage international employees via EOR, handle multi‑currency payments and keep complex Excel workbooks updated and auditable.

You will work with HR, Finance and vendor partners to ensure on-time, accurate payroll and compliance. This is a remote role with US/Canada eligibility and full-time hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, including 2+ years running complex payroll operations.
• Global payroll experience across multiple countries; US, Canada and beyond.
• Strong knowledge of US payroll and international payroll (Canada, UK).
• Advanced Excel: XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, PivotTables and complex workbooks.
• Hands-on experience with Deel, Rippling, ADP, Paychex, Workday or similar platforms.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada.

Responsabilités

• Run end-to-end payroll across multiple entities and countries.
• Coordinate payroll for international employees via EOR partners.
• Process multi-currency payments and manage diverse pay schedules.
• Maintain payroll calendars, cutoffs and approval workflows; ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance and Account Managers to resolve issues.

Connaissances

Global payroll

Advanced Excel

Payroll platforms

Multi-currency payroll

Attention to detail

Outils

Deel

Rippling

ADP

Paychex

Workday

Description du poste

Position: Senior Global Payroll Specialist

Location: Remote (United States or Canada)

Employment type: Full-time

Compensation: $60,000 – $100,000 per year (confirm currency)

Benefits: Dental care, vision care, paid time off

About SkySys

SkySys is a global professional services firm operating in 60+ countries. We deliver Talent Solutions, Managed Services, Professional Services and Software Development to enterprise clients worldwide. As our global workforce grows, we’re looking for a hands‑on payroll professional to own complex, multi‑country payroll operations.

Role Overview

The Senior Payroll Specialist runs payroll end to end across SkySys’s legal entities: the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, India and other countries as we expand. The role also covers international employees engaged through Employer of Record (EOR) partners and independent contractors across many countries and currencies.

This is an operational role. It needs someone who understands payroll well beyond uploading data to a platform. You’ll build and maintain complex Excel payroll workbooks, check large volumes of payroll data, find discrepancies before they become payment errors, and own on‑time, accurate pay for every cycle.

Key Responsibilities

Global Payroll Operations

• Run payroll end to end for employees across multiple legal entities and countries.
• Coordinate payroll for international employees engaged through Employer of Record (EOR) partners.
• Process payments to independent contractors, freelancers and consultants in multiple currencies.
• Manage semi‑monthly, monthly and country‑specific pay schedules, plus the payroll calendars, cutoffs and approval workflows that go with them.
• Process salaries, hourly wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, allowances, reimbursements, deductions and final settlements.

Complex Payroll Workbooks & Advanced Excel

• Build and maintain Excel payroll workbooks that span entities, countries, clients and worker types.
• Combine inputs from timesheets, HRIS platforms, payroll systems and client reporting systems.
• Use XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, PivotTables, conditional formatting and complex formulas to reconcile large datasets.
• Catch duplicate payments, missing hours, wrong rates, calculation errors and differences between pay periods.
• Make workbooks more automated, standardized and auditable.
• Collect and reconcile timesheets from internal systems, client portals and account management teams.
• Check hours and pay against client‑approved timesheets, contract rates and employment agreements.
• Investigate missing timesheets, overtime, rate changes, retroactive adjustments and corrections.
• Work with Account Managers, Resource Coordinators, HR and Finance to resolve exceptions before payroll runs.
• Help Finance reconcile payroll costs against client billing and account profitability.

International Payroll & Compliance

• Keep working knowledge of statutory deductions, employment taxes and reporting duties in each country, including US W‑2, Canadian T4 and UK PAYE.
• Coordinate tax withholding, social security, pension and statutory benefits with local payroll providers.
• Review EOR invoices, employer contributions, statutory costs and admin fees for accuracy.
• Check foreign exchange calculations and multi‑currency payments.
• Support payroll for new‑country onboarding, transfers, terminations and compensation changes.

Payroll Systems, Vendors & Controls

• Maintain payroll data in platforms such as Deel, Rippling, ADP, Paychex, Workday or similar.
• Review payroll registers, funding requests and payment confirmations. Investigate failed payments and bank rejections.
• Manage relationships with external payroll vendors and EOR providers.
• Prepare payroll summaries and cost breakdowns by country, entity, client and resource.
• Support journal entries, GL reconciliation, accruals, month‑end close and payroll audits.
• Set up quality controls: validation before each payroll run and reconciliation after it.

Employee & Contractor Support

• Be the escalation point for complex payroll questions from employees and contractors.
• Communicate clearly about corrections, payment timelines and open issues.
• Keep all compensation, banking and personal data strictly confidential.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on payroll experience, including at least 2 years running complex payroll operations.
• Global payroll experience across multiple countries. Single‑country or US multi‑state experience alone is not enough.
• Strong knowledge of US payroll, plus hands‑on knowledge of international payroll, especially Canadian (T4, CPP/EI, source deductions) and UK (PAYE, NIC) payroll.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel: XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, PivotTables and complex multi‑source workbooks.
• Hands‑on experience with global payroll or EOR platforms such as Deel, Rippling, ADP, Paychex, Workday or similar.
• Comfortable with technology: quick to learn new systems, integrations and automation tools.
• Experience paying a mix of salaried employees, hourly workers, independent contractors and EOR employees.
• Experience with multi‑currency payments and foreign exchange calculations.
• Strong grasp of payroll accounting, deductions, payroll taxes and reconciliation.
• Able to manage several payroll deadlines at once on your own, with a high level of accuracy.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada, and based there.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at an IT staffing, consulting, professional services, workforce management or global outsourcing company.
• Payroll for a distributed workforce of several hundred employees and contractors.
• Reconciling client‑approved timesheets against payroll records.
• Exposure to payroll in Europe, Asia‑Pacific, Latin America or the Middle East.
• Power Query, Power BI, Excel macros or payroll automation tools.
• QuickBooks or similar accounting software.
• Payroll certification such as CPP, FPC, PCP or CIPP.

How We Measure Success

• Payroll accuracy of 99.9% or higher
• 100% on-time processing and funding
• Validation and reconciliation completed every cycle
• Payroll discrepancies resolved quickly
• Statutory reporting completed on time
• Fewer manual errors and more workbook automation
• Audit-ready documentation

Hiring Process

• Recruiter introductory call
• Online skills assessment (TestGorilla), before or after the first interview
• Interview with the hiring manager
• Final interview with the leadership/Finance panel (2–3 interview rounds in total)