Top Payroll Manager Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

The Global Payroll Controller manages payroll for multiple entities globally, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and process automation. Responsibilities include data management, stakeholder collaboration, and reporting.

Lead and scale full-cycle US multi-state payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery. Manage payroll timelines, reconciliations, tax and year-end activities, audits, ADP/Workday configurations, process improvements, reporting, and cross-functional stakeholder partnerships. Serve as escalation point for complex payroll issues and coach payroll team members to ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Lead US payroll operations and a team in the US and Philippines; manage biweekly/semi-monthly/commission payrolls using UKG and Workday; ensure multi-state compliance, payroll accounting, reconciliations, SOX controls, audits, integrations with HRIS/ERP, and drive system implementations and process improvements.

Owner of end-to-end global payroll for multi-entity, multi-currency environments. Execute payroll across jurisdictions (US, UK, Canada, Singapore, UAE, EOR countries), manage contractor payroll, oversee pension/401(k) administration, coordinate and validate EOR/vendor outputs, process payments and GL journals, ensure regulatory filings and compliance, reconcile benefits and statutory leave top-ups, lead new-country payroll setups, support employees on payroll issues, and build scalable, auditable payroll processes.

Own end-to-end U.S. and multi-state payroll processing, reconciliations, reporting, and audit support. Administer travel & expense operations, corporate card management, AP and AR, month-end close activities, accruals, and reconciliations. Build scalable processes, controls, and automation; partner with People and Finance to support headcount growth in a fast-paced startup.

Lead end-to-end US and international payroll operations using Rippling, manage tax compliance and filings, liaise with third-party payroll/EOR vendors, produce payroll reporting and controls, support 401(k) audit coordination, and drive payroll process improvements.

Manage global payroll operations, ensure accuracy and compliance, conduct audits and reconciliations, and improve processes for Airtable's payroll across various countries.

Manage end-to-end US, UK, and EMEA payroll operations, ensure tax and labor law compliance, oversee payroll accounting and SOX controls, maintain payroll systems and integrations, lead quarter- and year-end reporting, drive process improvements, document SOPs and resolve payroll issues, and support audits and ad-hoc projects.

Manage end-to-end bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll for multi-state and multi-entity workforce; ensure compliance, cost allocation, records maintenance, employee support, and process improvement while partnering with People Operations and Finance.

Manage end-to-end payroll operations for the US and Canada, oversee team development, ensure compliance, and lead AI adoption in payroll processes.

Lead end-to-end Employer of Record (EOR) payroll operations across the Americas, manage payroll teams, ensure compliance with regional statutory requirements, drive process standardization and automation, partner cross-functionally on onboarding and escalations, and report on payroll health and risks.

Manage a team of Payroll and Tax Specialists, ensuring efficient payroll processing and tax compliance for various payroll systems. Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in payroll services, preferably in a PEO environment.