Senior Payroll, Equity Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for global payroll execution for both employees and contractors, ensuring that payments, deductions, reimbursements, and adjustments are accurate, timely, compliant, and reconciled.

• Calculate and verify variable compensation and bonuses for both executives and non-GTM personnel, coordinating inputs, payroll execution, controls, and reconciliation with the GTM variable-pay partner.

• Develop and manage a global payroll calendar that includes cutoffs, review cycles, approvals, funding timelines, and reimbursement service levels.

• Create and oversee equity and long-term incentive programs, which encompass grants, vesting, exercises, and terminations, while ensuring accurate record-keeping and cap-table integrity in collaboration with Finance and Legal.

• Supervise global benefits administration across various markets, addressing both statutory and supplemental programs.

• Analyze benefits utilization, market competitiveness, employee feedback, and expenditures; suggest data-driven improvements.

• Maintain the integrity of payroll and equity data across BambooHR, Justworks, Remote, and Carta, including workflows, integrations, permissions, and reporting.

• Oversee global employment operations, which include managing EOR/PEO relationships, provider governance, contracts, funding, service levels, reconciliations, escalations, and performance evaluations.

• Identify recurring issues and manual processes, implementing sustainable solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of progressive experience in global payroll, total rewards, benefits, HRIS, or people operations, with significant responsibility for multi-country payroll.

• Proven experience managing direct-entity, EOR/PEO, and contractor populations across various jurisdictions.

• Practical experience in calculating bonuses or variable compensation and establishing review and approval controls.

• Experience in designing or managing equity and long-term incentive programs.

• Background in auditing an HRIS (e.g., BambooHR), focusing on data governance, workflows, permissions, integrations, and reporting.

• Knowledge of payroll compliance, equity tax implications, audit requirements, and stock-based compensation accounting concepts such as ASC 718.

• Demonstrated ability to enhance complex or manual processes within a scaling, distributed organization.

• Familiarity with equity platforms like Carta, Shareworks, or Pulley.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private medical insurance for the employee and their family.

• 22 paid vacation days each year.

• Up to 14 paid public holidays annually.

• 5 company-paid sick leave days.

• English language learning courses.

• Opportunities for relevant professional education.

• Access to a gym or swimming pool.

• Assistance for home office setup, including furniture and other workspace items.

• Co-working options available.

• Flexible remote working arrangements.

• €50 monthly allowance for internet and mobile phone expenses.