Senior Payroll Tax Manager (Fintech)

Location: Singapore

Company

Airwallex provides a global payments and financial platform covering business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance.

What you will do

• Own the global payroll tax strategy, policies, governance framework, controls, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Oversee payroll tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including withholding, employer contributions, social security, pensions, local levies, year-end reporting, and statutory filings.
• Review payroll registers, tax calculations, payroll journals, reconciliations, and payments to identify and resolve discrepancies before deadlines.
• Advise on the payroll tax treatment of hires, terminations, bonuses, commissions, benefits, allowances, equity awards, and employee relocations.
• Manage payroll tax audits, authority correspondence, external advisers, and payroll vendors.
• Standardise payroll elements and reporting, improve data quality, and use automation and analytics to identify anomalies, control gaps, and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in payroll tax, employment tax, global mobility tax, payroll operations, or a related field.
• Strong experience working across multiple jurisdictions in a multinational organisation.
• Knowledge of payroll withholding, employer social security, benefits-in-kind, equity compensation, reconciliations, statutory filings, controls, and audits.
• Experience managing payroll vendors and working with HRIS, payroll, and finance systems.
• Strong analytical, organisational, project-management, communication, discretion, and attention-to-detail skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in a global technology, financial services, or fintech organisation.
• Experience with payroll transformation, platform implementation, HRIS and payroll integrations, or cross-border employee mobility.
• Experience with equity compensation tax and reporting, including RSUs, ESOPs, or share awards.
• CPA, CTA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience using data, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve tax and payroll processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with Global Payroll, People Operations, HR, Finance, Legal, Accounting, Global Mobility, HRIS, and external advisers.
• Operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with ownership of high-impact global payroll processes.
• Work alongside a global team supporting payroll across multiple entities and markets.
• Handle confidential employee, payroll, and compensation information with a high level of discretion.