Senior Payroll, Equity Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Manage the comprehensive global payroll process for employees and contractors, ensuring that payments, deductions, reimbursements, and modifications are accurate, timely, compliant, and reconciled.

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

• Develop and maintain a global payroll calendar that outlines clear cutoffs, review cycles, approval processes, funding timelines, and reimbursement service levels.

• Design and oversee equity and long-term incentive programs, including grants, vesting, exercises, and terminations, while ensuring the accuracy of records and cap-table integrity in collaboration with Finance and Legal.

• Manage global benefits administration across various markets, balancing statutory and supplemental programs with employee value, compliance, and cost considerations.

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

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

• Oversee global employment operations, managing EOR/PEO relationships from a payroll standpoint and ensuring provider governance.

• Handle contracts, funding, service levels, reconciliations, escalations, and periodic evaluations of provider performance.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Working knowledge of payroll compliance, equity tax considerations, audit requirements, and stock-based compensation accounting principles such as ASC 718.

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

• Familiarity with equity platforms such as Carta, Shareworks, or Pulley (preferred but not required).

• Proficiency in English and Russian.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private medical insurance for employees and their families.

• 23 paid vacation days annually.

• 11 paid public holidays each year.

• 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, office desk, monitor) and other items to facilitate a comfortable workspace.

• Co-working options available.

• Flexible remote working arrangements.