International Payroll Analyst

About the role

In this role, you will manage the payroll processes for EMEA and APAC, ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations while collaborating with various teams and external partners. You'll be the first point of contact for payroll inquiries, enhancing the employee experience.

Success in this position involves accurately preparing and reconciling payrolls, managing vendor relationships, and improving payroll workflows. Your ability to analyze payroll reports and handle various payroll-related tasks will be crucial in supporting Notion's operations across multiple regions.

The salary range for this role is between $120,000 and $135,000, depending on various factors including experience and location.

Skills that matter here

• payroll processing: This role requires managing payroll for multiple regions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• EMEA payroll compliance: Understanding local tax and labor laws is essential for managing payroll in the EMEA region.
• APAC payroll compliance: Knowledge of compliance requirements in the APAC region is necessary for this role.
• Excel: Proficiency in Excel is needed for generating and analyzing payroll reports.

Who this role suits

• A candidate with at least four years of payroll processing experience in EMEA or APAC.
• Someone who is detail-oriented and can manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• A person comfortable working with cross-functional teams and external vendors.
• An individual who is proactive and can prioritize projects effectively.

From the employer

What You'll Achieve:

• Prepare and reconcile the monthly EMEA and APAC payrolls using the HCM system and local payroll vendors across all regions (Ireland, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore, and EOR)
• Liaise in local time zone with the payroll support team to ensure the accuracy, compliance, and timely processing of payroll
• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams (People Ops, Benefits, and Accounting) and external payroll partners to identify and improve payroll workflows
• Provide excellent employee experience as the first point of contact for all EMEA and APAC payroll inquiries
• Process accurately and timely submission of all one-time payments (bonus, commissions, or severances), leave of absence amounts, fringe benefits, BIK, Bike to Work, and pension contributions
• Work closely with the International Corporate Accounting team to ensure payroll net pay, taxes, and pension payments are processed timely with the local bank and/or vendor
• Reconcile and prepare month end EMEA/APAC payroll journal entries produced by payroll vendors
• Assist with the preparation of payroll related month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Generate and analyze payroll reports using existing systems and data
• Serve as additional support to the APAC Payroll Analyst
• Complete ad-hoc tasks and other duties as assigned

Skills You'll Need to Bring:

• 4+ years of EMEA and/or APAC payroll processing experience for small to midsize organizations
• Strong knowledge of EMEA and/or APAC payroll compliance and understanding of local payroll tax and labor laws
• Proven experience managing vendors and ability to quickly adapt to new local payroll systems
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize projects to completion in a fast-paced environment
• Highly Proficient in Excel (xlookups, vlookups, pivot tables, and formulas)

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with payroll system or vendor implementation
• Experience with NetSuite as well as creating and reconciling payroll journal entries
• Experience running America’s payroll
• Experience with Workday HCM

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $120,000-$135,000 per year.