Senior Manager, Payroll Compliance & International Operations (Sydney, Australia)

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll operations across APAC and EMEA, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing across multiple countries
• Manage payroll compliance activities, including maintaining compliance calendars, tracking statutory requirements, and ensuring key deadlines are met
• Monitor regulatory and legislative changes across jurisdictions, assess impacts, and escalate risks and recommendations to leadership
• Support internal and external audits by coordinating documentation, responding to requests, and strengthening audit readiness processes
• Standardize and improve international payroll processes, controls, and reporting to support scalability and operational consistency
• Lead and develop a distributed team, including an employee in EMEA and contractors in the Philippines
• Collaborate with People, HRIS, Accounting, and Legal teams on payroll initiatives, vendor implementations, and operational improvements

Requirements

• Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.
• From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world.
• experience managing global or multi-country payroll operations
• Experience leading distributed teams and partnering with global payroll vendors
• Strong knowledge of payroll controls, audit requirements, and SOX-compliant processes
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex operational priorities and collaborate effectively across cross-functional stakeholders
• Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

Experience

• We'd love to hear from you if you have: 10+ years of

Benefits