Senior Payroll Specialist – EMEA & APAC

Location: Dublin, Ireland; hybrid with 3 days per week in the office. The role may require up to 10% travel for onboarding, client or partner work, team meetings, and industry events.

Base salary: €56,000–€84,000 EUR per year, depending on skills, experience, education or training, and work location. Additional compensation may include an annual cash bonus, equity, sign-on payments, and eligible health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops technology that makes first-party data accessible and actionable to support personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end payroll processing for the UK and Ireland, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
• Support payroll review and coordination across France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, and other assigned countries through CloudPay and local payroll providers.
• Review payroll inputs, calculations, variances, final outputs, statutory reporting, tax compliance, and month-end and year-end requirements.
• Perform reconciliations, validation checks, documented controls, and maintain audit-ready payroll records and documentation.
• Develop payroll SOPs, calendars, checklists, and country-specific process documentation while identifying risks and recommending solutions.
• Support process standardization, automation, system enhancements, integrations, testing, payroll projects, and cross-functional collaboration with People Operations, Benefits, People Tech, and Finance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive payroll experience, ideally within a multinational organization.
• Strong hands-on UK and Ireland payroll experience is essential.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries and working with third-party payroll providers.
• Strong understanding of payroll compliance, statutory reporting, reconciliations, and controls.
• Experience with Workday and CloudPay or comparable HRIS and global payroll platforms.
• Ability to independently manage payroll deadlines, investigate discrepancies, and resolve complex payroll issues.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and collaborate across teams and regions.
• Proactive approach to process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Comfort working in a changing environment and taking ownership of assigned responsibilities.

Nice to have

• Payroll experience in France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, or Australia.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations, integrations, or transformation projects.
• Experience developing payroll SOPs, controls, and standardized processes.
• Familiarity with automation, AI tools, or data analytics within payroll operations.
• Experience supporting internal or external payroll audits.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a growing Global Payroll team supporting an expanding international business.
• Collaborate with experienced payroll professionals and cross-functional partners.
• Help shape scalable global payroll processes and contribute to automation and innovation.
• Build expertise across multiple countries in a collaborative global team.
• Eligible employees may receive health, welfare, wellbeing, equity, bonus, sign-on, and other benefits.

Hiring process

• Participation in the interview process requires adherence to hirify.global's guidelines for using AI during interviews.
• Reasonable accommodations are available as needed.