International Payroll Manager: APAC

Overview

Lead payroll operations across the APAC regions, managing the local payroll team in Mumbai and overseeing multi-country payroll, statutory tax compliance and external payroll vendor relationships.

What you'll do

• Oversee end-to-end, multi-country payroll processing for the APAC region, ensuring adherence to strict internal calendars and Service Level Agreements
• Ensure compliance with all relevant local labor laws, tax regulations, and internal governance standards
• Partner with external payroll providers and internal stakeholders to streamline operations and resolve issues
• Serve as the escalation go-to contact for payroll questions from employees, vendors, and internal teams, ensuring clear and accurate communication
• Maintain and improve payroll-related systems, processes, and controls
• Assist with timely payroll journal entry delivery during month-end close
• Support audits and implement recommendations for continuous improvement
• Collaborate with HR to ensure data accuracy, timely delivery and alignment with employee lifecycle events (e.g. onboarding, offboarding, promotions, terminations) while adhering to the relevant jurisdictional regulations

What you'll need

• 9+ years proven experience managing multi-country payroll operations across Asia Pacific
• Strong knowledge of labor law and statutory requirements
• Exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experience managing relationships with external payroll providers across multiple countries
• Outstanding internal and external-facing customer service skills with a sense of urgency
• Must be self-driven and able to work autonomously
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and international environment
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Fluent written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Experience managing multi-country payroll operations in Hong Kong, Japan, India, South Korea and China

Details

• Location: Mumbai
• Reports to the VP, Payroll based in the United States
• Hybrid work with a flexible hybrid office setup; up to 4 weeks per year of work from anywhere