Senior Payroll, Equity Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of global payroll processes for both employees and contractors, ensuring all payments, deductions, reimbursements, and adjustments are accurate, timely, compliant, and properly reconciled.

• Calculate and verify variable compensation and bonuses for both executives and non-GTM employees, coordinating final input, payroll execution, control measures, and reconciliation with the GTM variable-pay partner.

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

• Create and oversee equity and long-term incentive programs, which encompass grants, vesting, exercises, and terminations, while ensuring precise record-keeping and cap-table integrity alongside Finance and Legal teams.

• Manage global benefits administration across different markets, addressing both statutory and supplemental programs while balancing employee value, compliance, and costs.

• Monitor benefits usage, market competitiveness, employee feedback, and expenditure; propose data-driven modifications as necessary.

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

• Oversee global employment operations, particularly EOR/PEO relationships from a payroll standpoint; manage provider governance, contracts, funding, service levels, reconciliations, escalations, and performance evaluations.

• Identify recurring failure points and manual processes, implementing sustainable solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Proven experience in 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.

• Background in designing or administering equity and long-term incentive programs.

• Experience conducting audits on an HRIS (e.g., BambooHR), including aspects of data governance, workflows, permissions, integrations, and reporting.

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

• Demonstrated success in improving complex or manual processes within a scaling, distributed organization.

• Familiarity with equity platforms such as Carta, Shareworks, or Pulley.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private medical insurance for the employee and their family.

• 20 paid vacation days each year.

• 15 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.

• Home Office Setup Assistance: the company provides support for purchasing furniture (office chair, desk, monitor) and other items to create an ergonomic workspace.

• Co-working options available.

• Flexibility for remote work.