# Senior Manager, Payroll Compliance & International Operations (Sydney, Australia)

**Company**: Figma
**Location**: Sydney, Australia
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Global Payroll Compliance & International Operations to help scale Figma's international payroll operations and compliance programs. In this role, you'll lead payroll operations across APAC and EMEA, ensuring employees are paid accurately, compliantly, and on time.

You'll partner closely with Payroll, Finance, People, Accounting, Legal, and external vendors to strengthen operational foundations, improve compliance visibility, and build scalable processes that support Figma's continued global growth.

This role reports to the Director, Payroll Operations. This is a full-time role that can be held remotely from Australia.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading payroll operations across APAC and EMEA, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing across multiple countries

- Partnering with global payroll vendors and local providers to resolve operational issues, maintain service quality, and drive continuous improvement

- Managing payroll compliance activities, including maintaining compliance calendars, tracking statutory requirements, and ensuring key deadlines are met

- Monitoring regulatory and legislative changes across jurisdictions, assessing impacts, and escalating risks and recommendations to leadership

- Supporting internal and external audits by coordinating documentation, responding to requests, and strengthening audit readiness processes

- Standardizing and improving international payroll processes, controls, and reporting to support scalability and operational consistency

- Leading and developing a distributed team, including an employee in EMEA and contractors in the Philippines

- Collaborating with People, HRIS, Accounting, and Legal teams on payroll initiatives, vendor implementations, and operational improvements

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

- 10+ years of experience managing global or multi-country payroll operations

- Expertise in international payroll compliance across APAC and EMEA jurisdictions

- Experience leading distributed teams and partnering with global payroll vendors

- Strong knowledge of payroll controls, audit requirements, and SOX-compliant processes

- Demonstrated ability to manage complex operational priorities and collaborate effectively across cross-functional stakeholders

While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:

- Operated in a high-growth technology or SaaS environment

- Supported international expansion or new market entry initiatives

- Managed equity, mobility, or expatriate payroll programs

- Utilized Workday, ADP, and global payroll platforms to support payroll operations

- Led vendor consolidation or global process standardization initiatives

## Skills

### Required
- Payroll Compliance
- International Operations
- Global Payroll Vendors
- Payroll Controls
- Audit Requirements
- SOX-Compliant Processes

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