The Global Payroll team is seeking an experienced, self-motivated, and systems-savvy Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll to lead payroll operations across the EMEA region. This role will be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across multiple countries, while leading a regional payroll team, managing external vendor relationships, strengthening controls, and driving process standardization. The Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll will partner closely with People, Benefits, Equity, Finance, Accounting, HRIS, Legal, and external payroll providers to support a high-quality employee experience and scalable payroll operations. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin or Cork for our hybrid working model. Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end payroll operations across multiple EMEA countries, including but not limited to Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Poland Ensure accurate and timely monthly payroll processing, including base pay, variable compensation, equity compensation, statutory benefits, supplemental benefits, payroll taxes, deductions, and related payments Manage, mentor, and develop a regional payroll team, including oversight of workload, performance, priorities, and development needs Serve as the regional payroll subject matter expert and primary escalation point for payroll-related matters across EMEA Manage relationships with external payroll vendors, HRIS partners, benefits providers, stock administration, Finance, Accounting, People teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders Monitor vendor performance, service delivery, issue resolution, and escalation management to ensure payroll obligations are met Ensure payroll processes are compliant with local payroll tax, employment tax, statutory reporting, withholding, benefits, and employment regulations in each country of operation Maintain a strong understanding of in-region benefits legislation and the payroll implicatio
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We are looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to serve as a subject matter expert on our Global Payroll team, with ownership of payroll operations across LATAM (Brazil and Mexico). Reporting to the Senior Payroll Manager, this role partners closely with HR, Finance, and external vendors to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Cork for our hybrid working model. Responsibilities: Prepare and review advance, monthly and supplemental payrolls for our LATAM operations including salary, equity, benefits, and variable pay Manage Brazil 13º salário (13th month salary), férias (vacation), and rescisão (termination) calculations and payments Manage Mexico Christmas Bonus, profit sharing and terminations calculations and payments Single point of contact (POC) for all LATAM issues. Resolve all issues in a timely manner and
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Fluent in Portuguese (a must) and Spanish (a plus) Experience with Brazil and Mexico end to end payroll Experience with Brazil payroll statutory obligations is required, i.e. hands-on experience with eSocial, FGTS Digital, INSS, IRRF and related filings Advance proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Google Applications Experience with ADP Celergo and SuccessFactors is a plus Minimum 6+years of LATAM payroll experience Subject matter expert in Brazil compliance and regulation including but not limited to vacation, collective bargaining agreements, 13th month salary calculations etc Ability to partner and collaborate with various stakeholders to fulfill common goals Strong verbal and written communication skills required to clearly communicate complex payroll matters to both employees and stakeholders Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced, high volume environment About MongoDB MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally d
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