Manager, Global Payroll

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$121,000 - $214,000•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a Manager, Global Payroll to lead best-in-class payroll service delivery across the Americas and APAC and contribute to the global payroll service delivery 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 future-focused services and solutions. The position collaborates with payroll professionals and business partners across Snap’s finance structure. The manager oversees end-to-end payroll across multiple entities, countries, pay frequencies, and calendars, working with payroll providers, tax advisors, country specialists, and cross-functional teams. The role maintains compliant, accurate, timely, controlled, and audit-ready operations; partners with Accounting, Treasury, People Tech, and other stakeholders; and drives process standardization, automation, system improvements, and team development. The position also supports payroll launches in new countries and entities and participates in projects such as migrations, acquisitions, reorganizations, and system implementations. Snap follows a “default together” approach and expects team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. The position is eligible for RSU equity. U.S. base salary ranges vary by 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 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 clear actions.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including managing recurring deadlines across multiple time zones.
Strong project management, collaboration, and communication skills, including communicating 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

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

Responsibilities

Oversee Americas and APAC payroll operations and lead a team focused on timely, accurate, compliant payroll results and exceptional service.
Own end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple entities, countries, pay frequencies, and calendars, including 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 set operational and service expectations and promote accountability and continuous improvement.
Monitor regional and local regulatory developments and ensure payroll 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 files, payroll journal entries, general-ledger impacts, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
Ensure accurate and timely processing, including funding payroll deductions and statutory obligations, stock-based compensation, and other equity-related transactions.
Coordinate with cross-functional partners on RSUs, benefits and deduction inputs, mobility, leave adjustments, terminations, and final pay.
Partner with People Tech on Workday configuration, integrations, upstream data quality, business-process changes, testing, and system enhancements.
Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify payroll using 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.
Support payroll implementation in new countries and entities and participate in or lead projects involving migrations, acquisitions, reorganizations, system implementations, and process changes.