Senior Manager, Payroll – EMEA and APAC

Overview

Senior Payroll Manager at WeWork leads international payroll delivery across EMEA and Pacific using CloudPay, ensuring accurate, timely pay with strong vendor collaboration and regulatory compliance. You will partner with the Global Head of Payroll and International Payroll Manager to run day-to-day operations and oversee payroll staff and vendors. The role blends payroll expertise with controls, audits, and cross-functional partnerships to minimize risk. This is a chance to shape a scalable payroll function in a global, fast-moving company.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day payroll operations across multiple regions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory compliance
• Coordinate with payroll team and vendors to meet service levels and control requirements
• Assist with internal/external audits (SOX, tax audits) and examinations
• Develop and coach payroll team members through knowledge sharing and feedback
• Coordinate with providers for UK PSA filing, HMRC examinations, and other tax authority requests
• Maintain relationships with People, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders
• Support Global Head of Payroll to minimize issues and avoid compliance failures
• Manage risk controls and operational processes within payroll governance

Key requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a large payroll department processing EMEA and/or Asia payrolls (UK, France, Germany)
• Experience managing a payroll team and reviewing payroll results
• Working knowledge of withholding tax, tax filings, tax policy, and employment regulations in key WeWork locations
• Strong analytical skills to interpret payroll data and explain variances to accounting
• Basic understanding of accounting principles and impact of payroll on financial statements
• Excellent verbal and written communication, cross-team collaboration
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Knowledge of CloudPay is a plus; Workday knowledge is a plus
• University degree

• strong communication
• collaboration
• critical thinking
• CloudPay
• Workday (plus)
• SOX/compliance

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