Airwallex
Finance / FinServ
PayrollPartner
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“Payroll Partner at Airwallex. Skills: strategic direction to business, leading a team, payroll operations, implementations /system improvements, cost reduction, advisory, service delivery, control framework, stakeholder management, global payroll capabilities. Manage global payroll operations. ensuring accurate and efficient payroll processing”
What You'll Achieve.
accurate, timely and compliant payroll for employees across all of our entities and markets worldwide; optimize our HR and payroll systems; drive automation, controls and process improvements as we scale; ensuring every team member is paid correctly; enabling data-driven insights on people costs; supporting Airwallex’s global expansion; providing strategic direction to business; leading a team to work towards payroll operations, implementations /system improvements/ cost reduction, advisory, service delivery, control framework, stakeholder management; shape long term payroll capabilities and contribution to the overall organizational mission; maximize payroll data and workflow automations; ensure effective optimisation and best practice procedures are implemented and executed
Industry & Context.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills; ability to identify and resolve payroll discrepancies and issues; solve problems faster
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Minimum 5 years of regional experience working in end-to-end payroll processing, Familiarity with payroll vendor management, Familiarity with HRIS/payroll integration projects, Attention to detail and accuracy, Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information securely, Demonstrated problem-solving skills, Ability to identify and resolve payroll discrepancies and issues, Analytical and numerical skills, Ability to analyze data and generate meaningful reports for management
Nice to Have
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Ability to effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders at all levels, Proven ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
What You'll Do.
Manage global payroll operations
ensuring accurate and efficient payroll processing
compliance with region-specific securities regulations and employment tax requirements
month-end/year end close procedures
Review and automate employee separation calculations templates for redundancies
Provided in-depth analysis and insights on global payroll data
Identify and implement improvements to Payroll processes and sub processes
Provide advice and education to employees in relation to pay issues
resolving any payroll enquiries in a professional manner
Partner with legal and HR to drive implementation of new entity set up and “Employment of Record” services as part of international expansion efforts
Resolving employee/stakeholder queries raised via JIRA/slack channels
Developing process payroll knowledge repository in the form of documents
Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency
and employee experience in payroll operations
Lead the implementation of a single & unified global payroll solution for each entity in the organization
Maximize payroll data and workflow automations by leveraging system integrations capabilities of the payroll system
Support the evolution of payroll systems and tools to ensure effective optimisation and best practice procedures are implemented and executed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Finance, Legal and local People Operations; collaborate with internal stakeholders at all levels
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Process & Methodology
HRIS/payroll integration projects, implementation of a single & unified global payroll solution
Full Job Description
ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. ABOUT THE TEAM The Global Payroll team at Airwallex sits within our People & Talent function and is responsible for delivering accurate, timely and compliant payroll for employees across all of our entities and markets worldwide. They partner clos
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