Head of Global Payroll

Location: Miami, United States

Company

A brand accelerator platform that acquires, integrates, and scales digital-first consumer brands through e-commerce, retail operations, M&A, and proprietary technology.

What you will do

• Own payroll processing cycles for the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and China in partnership with external providers such as ADP and Rippling.
• Manage and audit payroll data covering hires, terminations, promotions, transfers, compensation changes, timekeeping, commissions, bonuses, and deductions.
• Oversee complex U.S. multi-state payroll across weekly, bi-weekly, and semi-monthly cycles, including tax, wage and hour, overtime, garnishment, leave, ACA, and year-end requirements.
• Review payroll results, reconciliations, funding reports, tax filings, W-2s, P60s, P11Ds, PSA, ERS, and other statutory reporting.
• Process payroll accounting entries in NetSuite, perform general ledger reconciliations and variance analysis, and support month-end close.
• Improve payroll systems, reporting, controls, and automation while partnering with HR, Finance, Reward, vendors, and auditors.

Requirements

• 6–8+ years of relevant payroll management or accounting experience, including 2+ years of hands-on global payroll experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local payroll regulations, payroll taxes, wage and hour requirements, and year-end reporting.
• Knowledge of payroll requirements across the U.S., Germany, the United Kingdom, or China, including HMRC, PAYE, German social insurance and wage tax, and China individual income tax and social security.
• Strong accounting, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Fluent English required. German is a significant plus.

Nice to have

• Experience with Rippling or other payroll systems.
• Experience with payroll journal entries, reconciliations, and general ledger analysis.
• Prior experience with NetSuite ERP.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across an international workforce and multiple payroll jurisdictions.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Reward, external payroll providers, and audit stakeholders.
• Administer region-specific benefits, including U.S. 401(k), UK pension auto-enrolment, German company pension, and China housing provident fund and social insurance.
• Support global mobility, international assignments, shadow payrolls, and tax equalisation arrangements.
• Contribute to scalable HR policies, processes, systems, and data-driven management reporting.