Chess.com
Global Payroll Manager
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ July 3rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Manage end-to-end payroll and payments for employees in over 65 countries.
- Oversee relationships with external payroll and Employer of Record vendors, including invoice approval.
- Develop and implement scalable payroll procedures and workflows.
- Partner with Accounting for payroll funding, forecasting, and month-end closing queries.
- Ensure compliance with compensation and tax regulations internationally, including monthly tax filings.
- Audit payroll data, processes, and vendor payments to identify and correct discrepancies.
- Proficient with Google Sheets, Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, and preferably experienced with Rippling (HRIS).
- Minimum 3 years of payroll management experience, with knowledge of global payroll regulations.
- Handle confidential information with discretion and provide timely responses to payroll queries.
- Full-time, 100% remote position with required overlap during North American business hours.
Global Payroll Manager Full Description
G&A
About Us
- Own and process payroll and payments end-to-end for team members in 65+ countries.
- Manage the relationship with external payroll and EOR vendors, including reviewing and approving invoices.
- Develop and implement processes and procedures to enhance and streamline payroll-related workflows.
- Partner with Accounting on payroll funding and forecasting for all legal entities, both inside and outside of the US.
- Support our evolution as a global employer, contributing to international entity planning and team member mobility as needed.
- Responsible for monthly payroll tax filing and payments for various countries.
- Ensure compliance with all compensation and tax regulations.
- Responsible for data integration between HRIS and any external payroll systems.
- Conduct regular audits on payroll procedures and records and correct discrepancies.
- Report to leadership on payroll issues and changes.
- Prepare ad hoc reports as needed.
- Remain current and serve as an advisor regarding our operating countries' pay legislation, payroll tax laws, and regulations.
- Support with year-end tasks for all legal entities conducting payroll.
- Manage multiple pay processes concurrently with flexibility and accuracy.
- Provide timely and accurate responses to team members’ payroll-related queries.
- Review and approve expense reports and reimbursements.
- Support internal and external payroll audit requests.
- Verify and audit data processed by external payroll providers.
- Partner with People Ops to understand and apply leave policies across various countries.
- Assist as needed with month-end closing queries as they relate to the payrolls.
- Perform other duties as needed.
Preferred Skills
- 3+ years payroll management experience, preferably with existing global payroll exposure or knowledge.
- Knowledge of evolving pay regulations across many countries and jurisdictions globally.
- Comfortable managing sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- Excellent general computing skills, and experience with cloud-based tools including Google Workspace, Slack, Notion.
- Highly Proficient with Google Sheets (formulas, pivot tables, xlookup, etc.).
- Experience working with Rippling (HRIS) strongly preferred.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and a strong communicator.
About the Opportunity
- This is a full-time position.
- We are 100% remote (always have been, always will be!).
- This role is open to candidates who are eligible to work in US/CA/ES/UK, and overlap with NAMER business hours.
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