[Hiring] Senior Manager, Global Payroll Vendor Operations @Remote

Role Description

As the Senior Manager, Global Payroll Vendor Partnership Management, you will own the end-to-end procurement of Global Payroll vendors, drive and maintain multiple payroll vendor projects with tight timelines, engage in positive, multi-stakeholder collaborations, and drive continuous performance management reviews with external Global Payroll partners.

• Leadership through hiring, mentoring, and supporting a high-performance global team.
• Ownership of payroll vendor scoping, contract negotiations, and relationship management.
• Drive Go-To-Market strategies for new country expansion and onboarding.
• Financial analysis partnering with FP&A and AP teams for revenue growth and cost efficiencies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of work experience in a regional or global payroll operations/processing/implementation capacity.
• 5+ years of work experience with vendor relationship/vendor procurement/contract negotiations.
• Excellent & proficient with payroll tax compliance regulations for 3 or more countries.
• Positive leader mindset with ability to work independently and take ownership.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with extreme attention to detail.
• Excellent proficiency in using G-Sheets or Excel is a must.
• Resilient and able to work in a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
• You understand the need and idea to work largely asynchronously.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Requirements

• Lead through our company values a global team that maintains vendor relationships and collaborates with cross-functional teams successfully.
• Continuous market research for best-in-class and strategically-fit payroll vendors via networking, online researching, surveys, references, memberships, and RFIs.
• Create and maintain current financial cost analysis, comparisons, future ROI, and profit margins.
• Project manage the end-to-end for all Global Payroll and EOR in-housing payroll vendor setup, from vendor selection to stakeholder alignment, migration, testing, and communications.
• Build, cultivate, and maintain strong relationships with all our contracted payroll vendors across our different service platforms and different countries (over 130 vendors and growing).
• Review the tracking of invoice costs with FP&A against PO cost analysis with Payroll Operations team and identify anomalies versus agreed contractual costs.
• Drive and manage the contract negotiations between legal teams and executives that are financially and commercially beneficial to the business strategy and profit margin growth.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours (we are async).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Learning budget.
• Home office budget & IT equipment.
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.