Global Payroll Senior Accountant

Position Overview:

The Global Payroll Senior Accountant will be responsible for overseeing and managing the accounting, reconciliation, reporting, and compliance activities associated with the Company's global payroll operations.

This role will work closely with Payroll, HR, Finance, Accounting, and external payroll providers to ensure payroll is processed accurately and timely across multiple countries and that all payroll-related expenses, liabilities, taxes, and benefits are properly recorded and reconciled.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee accounting for global payroll across multiple countries and legal entities.
• Review payroll registers and ensure payroll expenses and liabilities are accurately recorded.
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and other payroll-related accounting entries.
• Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts, including payroll taxes, benefits, employee deductions, and other liabilities.
• Investigate and resolve payroll accounting discrepancies promptly.
• Ensure payroll accounting is aligned with Company accounting policies and applicable accounting standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with significant payroll accounting experience.
• Experience supporting multi-country or global payroll preferred.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close.
• Experience with payroll taxes, employee benefits, and payroll-related liabilities.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and financial analysis.
• Experience with ERP and payroll/HRIS systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience with payroll platforms such as ADP, Workday, Rippling, Paylocity, UKG, Deel, Papaya, or similar systems.
• Experience with NetSuite or other major ERP platforms.