Manager, Global Payroll

Snap•Chandler, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a Manager, Global Payroll to lead payroll service delivery across the Americas and APAC and contribute to the company’s global payroll approach. The role leads a regional payroll team and is responsible for service experience, regional and local country expertise, partner engagement, regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, operational excellence, and the development of scalable payroll services and solutions. The manager collaborates with payroll professionals and business partners across Snap’s finance organization. The position oversees end-to-end payroll across multiple entities, countries, pay frequencies, and calendars, including inputs, calculations, approvals, funding, payments, tax remittances, reconciliations, reporting, and issue resolution. It partners with payroll providers, tax advisors, local specialists, Accounting, Treasury, People Tech, and other functions to support accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations. The role also supports payroll implementations in new countries and entities and leads or participates in cross-functional projects such as migrations, acquisitions, reorganizations, system implementations, and process changes. Snap follows a “default together” approach, and team members are expected to work in an office 4 or more days per week. The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. U.S. base salary ranges vary by assigned pay zone: Zone A (CA, WA, NYC), $142,000–$214,000 annually; Zone B, $135,000–$203,000 annually; and Zone C, $121,000–$182,000 annually.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field; Business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline is preferred.
At least 7 years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-state U.S. payroll.
Regional multi-country payroll or HR experience.
Experience working in a multinational organization engaged in global customer delivery or similarly complex international operations.
Strong knowledge of multi-state U.S. payroll, multi-country payroll, payroll tax requirements, statutory obligations, and payroll transactions’ general-ledger impact.
Experience with payroll funding, tax payments, payroll journals, reconciliations, and cash movement.
Experience managing payroll providers, country-level advisors, service expectations, and escalations.
Proven experience designing and implementing operational improvements, payroll controls, and audit-ready processes.
Working knowledge of payroll data quality, integrations, testing, access governance, system enhancements, and change management.
Strong analytical skills, including investigating variances, identifying root causes, and translating findings into actions.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including managing recurring deadlines across multiple time zones.
Strong project management, collaboration, and communication skills, including explaining complex payroll requirements, risks, decisions, and timelines to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential employee, compensation, banking, tax, and equity information.

Nice To Haves

Workday experience, specifically the Payroll module; Workday experience is strongly preferred.
Experience with a global payroll platform such as PwC’s Global Payroll Platform, ADP Streamline, or a similar system.
Experience processing stock-based compensation and RSU-related payroll transactions.
Excel proficiency.
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification.
People management experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee Americas and APAC payroll operations and lead payroll professionals to deliver timely, accurate, compliant payroll and strong service to regional partners and Snap team members.
Own end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple entities, countries, pay frequencies, and calendars, covering inputs, calculations, approvals, funding, payments, tax remittances, reconciliations, reporting, and issue resolution.
Partner with third-party payroll providers, tax advisors, and local country specialists to establish operational and service expectations and promote teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Monitor and analyze regional and local regulatory changes and ensure payroll regulatory compliance.
Maintain operational audit readiness, coordinating with partners outside Payroll Operations.
Maintain and improve payroll controls, including approvals, gross-to-net reviews, variance analysis, headcount reconciliations, funding controls, access reviews, tax tracking, and audit evidence.
Partner with Accounting and Treasury on payroll funding, cash forecasting, tax payments, bank-file processes, payroll journal entries, general-ledger impacts, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
Ensure accurate and timely payroll, including funding deductions and statutory obligations to third parties and handling stock-based compensation and other equity-related transactions.
Coordinate with cross-functional partners on RSU processing, benefits and deduction inputs, mobility, leave adjustments, terminations, and final pay.
Partner with People Tech on Workday configuration, payroll integrations, upstream data quality, business-process changes, testing, and system enhancements.
Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify payroll through dashboards, exception management, checklists, workflow improvements, and scalable reporting.
Set and communicate department and individual goals and objectives through department meetings and performance planning.
Coach, train, and develop a focused, productive, resilient, and purpose-driven team.
Assist with payroll implementations in new countries and entities, and participate in or lead cross-functional projects involving payroll migrations, acquisitions, reorganizations, system implementations, and process changes.