Global Payroll Specialist

GLOBAL PAYROLL SPECIALIST

ABOUT NIURAL

Niural is a modern global payroll platform that offers US Payroll, US PEO, Global EOR, Global Payroll, and Global Contractor management in a single unified platform powered by AI. Our next-gen HR and payroll platform provides a net new experience for small to large clients with its own payroll tax engine and modern payment rails. We are committed to redefining how companies operate in a new era of AI, creating truly global solutions that empower businesses to thrive in the digital economy. We offer a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented work environment.

OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Global Payroll Specialist who has personally processed payroll in multiple countries — not simply managed in-country provider (ICP) relationships or acted as a communication liaison. This role is for a true payroll practitioner who understands the end-to-end mechanics of running payroll across different jurisdictions, including gross-to-net calculations, statutory filings, and country-specific compliance requirements. You will own payroll cycles across our global footprint, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance for every employee paid through our platform.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process end-to-end payroll for employees across our global footprint, including gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions, benefits, bonuses, equity events, and off-cycle payments.
• Independently run full payroll cycles across multiple countries, with the ability to validate and audit calculations rather than relying solely on ICP outputs. You'll be expected to ramp into new countries quickly as our footprint expands.
• Manage country-specific statutory contributions, income tax withholdings, social security, pension, and other mandatory filings in accordance with local regulations.
• Reconcile payroll outputs against GL, funding files, and bank reports; investigate and resolve variances at the calculation level.
• Review, validate, and challenge in-country provider (ICP) outputs where applicable, catching errors before they reach employees rather than passing them through.
• Manage new country launches, including setting up payroll calendars, statutory accounts, registrations, and payroll parameters.
• Process new hires, terminations, leavers, transfers, and salary changes across jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local notice periods, severance rules, and final pay requirements.
• Handle multi-country year-end activities, including tax year-end reporting, statutory forms and reconciliations.
• Maintain compliance with data privacy regulations (GDPR, local equivalents) and internal SOX or audit controls.
• Partner with internal teams (payroll operations, treasury, accounting, benefits, engineering, and implementation) to resolve issues, improve workflows, and feed real-world payroll requirements into product development.
• Audit monthly client payroll invoices and funding requests for accuracy.
• Monitor global payroll deadlines, cutoffs, and statutory filing dates across time zones.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation in line with country-specific retention requirements.
• Support employees with payslip explanations, tax queries, and country-specific payroll questions.
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases, country playbooks, and SOPs based on hands-on processing experience.
• Assist with special projects, including system migrations, ICP transitions, parallel runs, and acquisition integrations.

ABOUT YOU

You'll thrive in this role if:

• You have personally processed payroll, start to finish, in multiple countries and can speak to the nuances of each.
• You can read a payslip in a country you've worked with and immediately spot when something is wrong.
• You understand statutory mechanics (not just deadlines) and can explain why a calculation came out the way it did.
• You're comfortable challenging ICPs when their numbers don't add up, rather than accepting outputs at face value.
• You're detail-oriented, numerate, and take pride in reconciliation work.
• You can juggle multiple country cycles, cutoffs, and time zones in a fast-paced environment.
• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You're curious about payroll mechanics in countries you haven't yet worked in and pick them up quickly.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on global payroll processing experience, with direct ownership of payroll cycles in at least three countries as a baseline (e.g., UK, Greece, Germany, India, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, France, Spain, Ireland, or similar). Niural operates across many more, you'll be expected to learn additional jurisdictions on the job.
• Demonstrated ability to process payroll directly including gross-to-net calculations, statutory contributions, and filings not just coordinate with ICPs.
• Strong understanding of country-specific tax regimes, social security systems, and statutory reporting requirements in the countries you've supported.
• Experience auditing and reconciling payroll outputs, including identifying ICP errors and driving corrections.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation formulas).
• GPMI CPP, CIPP (UK), or equivalent payroll certification preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to work to tight deadlines across time zones.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience launching payroll in a new country.
• Experience transitioning payroll between ICPs or from in-house to outsourced (or vice versa).
• Working knowledge of equity payroll events (RSUs, ISOs, ESPP) across jurisdictions.
• Additional language skills relevant to supported regions.