Global Payroll Senior Manager

Job Title: Senior Manager, Global Payroll 

Reports to (Direct Title): VP of Accounting – Controller 

Department: Finance 

Location: US-Remote or US-Hybrid

 

Position Summary 

The Senior Manager, Global Payroll is responsible for managing and strengthening the company’s global payroll function for a PE-backed, multi-entity cybersecurity and application security SaaS company. This hands-on leader role oversees payroll execution, controls, vendor coordination, compliance support, audit readiness, process documentation, and practical improvement efforts while partnering across Finance, HR, Legal, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Enterprise Applications, and external service providers. 

 

Essential Functions/Responsibilities 

• Manage recurring global payroll operations to ensure employees are paid accurately, timely, and in compliance with applicable company policies and local requirements. 

• Oversee payroll inputs, validations, approvals, funding coordination, reconciliations, close support, and post-payroll reporting. 

• Support payroll processing for wages, bonuses, commissions, benefits deductions, leaves, terminations, retroactive adjustments, equity-related payroll items, and other compensation changes. 

• Maintain payroll controls, documentation, approval evidence, reconciliations, and audit-ready support in partnership with Accounting, HR, Tax, Legal, and external providers. 

• Coordinate timely resolution of payroll issues, employee escalations, provider errors, audit requests, and compliance questions. 

• Manage day-to-day relationships with global payroll providers, EOR partners, payroll tax providers, benefits administrators, and related third-party service providers. 

• Maintain practical vendor routines, including open issue tracking, recurring check-ins, escalation paths, service expectations, and performance follow-up. 

• Partner with HR, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Procurement, and Enterprise Applications to support payroll execution, funding, reporting, compliance, and employee lifecycle events. 

• Recommend practical improvements to provider performance, service quality, process consistency, cost effectiveness, and issue resolution. 

• Help improve payroll data flows, integrations, reporting, and controls across payroll, HRIS, ERP, benefits, equity, tax, and treasury processes. 

• Identify and support opportunities to standardize processes, reduce manual effort, improve reporting, and strengthen payroll accuracy and governance. 

• Maintain useful payroll metrics and reporting, including cycle timeliness, open issues, error trends, off-cycle payments, reconciliation status, and control completion. 

• Support payroll-related system changes, provider transitions, integration enhancements, entity expansion, and M&A or transformation activities as needed. 

• Lead and develop payroll team members by setting clear expectations, operating rhythms, and accountability for accurate and timely execution. 

• Build team depth through cross-training, backup coverage, documentation discipline, and shared operating knowledge. 

• Maintain payroll calendars, standard operating procedures, process narratives, approval matrices, and recurring close or compliance checklists. 

• Other tasks and activities as assigned. 

 

Required Education/Experience & Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field. 

• 8+ years of progressive payroll experience, including meaningful responsibility for multi-state U.S. payroll and international payroll operations. 

• At least 3 years of payroll leadership experience, including oversight of payroll team members, outsourced providers, or cross-functional payroll operations. 

• Demonstrated experience managing payroll in a multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction environment with outsourced payroll providers and/or EOR partners. 

• Strong working knowledge of payroll tax, wage and hour requirements, statutory deductions, benefits deductions, payroll accounting, reconciliations, and payroll compliance processes. 

• Experience supporting controls-focused environments, including audit support, process documentation, reconciliations, evidence retention, and practical process improvement. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain payroll issues clearly to employees, Finance leaders, HR partners, providers, and auditors. 

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation strongly preferred. 

• Experience in SaaS, cybersecurity, technology, software, PE-backed, or global private-company environments preferred. 

• Experience with ADP, ADP Celergo, Workday, NetSuite, EOR platforms, or similar payroll/HRIS/ERP environments preferred. 

• Experience supporting non-U.S. payroll operations through outsourced providers, in-country partners, or EOR arrangements preferred. 

• Experience supporting statutory audit requests, benefit audits, worker classification considerations, global provider management, or payroll-related compliance matters preferred. 

• Experience supporting payroll-related entity expansion, provider transitions, system changes, M&A integration, or Finance improvement initiatives preferred. 

• Hands-on, delivery-oriented leadership style with strong integrity, discretion, judgment, and a controls-minded approach to governance, audit readiness, and risk mitigation. 

• Collaborative, service-oriented, and able to influence across Finance, People, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Enterprise Applications, external providers, employees, and leadership. 

• Process improvement mindset with a proactive interest in automation, practical workflow improvements, and scalable payroll routines. 

 

Physical Requirements 

• General office environment and responsibilities requiring: 

• Extensive use of the computer which involves viewing a monitor and keyboarding for most of the workday 

• Placing and receiving phone calls 

• Occasionally moving and lifting objects up to 20 pounds 

• May require up to 10% travel as needed 

 

At Black Duck, you'll join a company at the forefront of application security and software risk management, helping organizations around the world build more secure software. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact within a growing global organization where your ideas, expertise, and leadership will help shape how we scale for the future. You'll work alongside collaborative, talented teams who value partnership, innovation, and continuous improvement. Most importantly, you'll be part of a culture that empowers people to take ownership, solve meaningful challenges, and grow their careers while making a real difference.