← All roles

Global Payroll Manager

FieldAI· Internal Ops – Finance
Apply on company site
Irvine, CA$100k - $150kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

FieldAI is looking for a Global Payroll Manager to own payroll end to end for a global, distributed workforce across UCAN, APAC, and EMEA, including contractors, from policy creation to scalable processes as the company expands into new countries.

Responsibilities

  • Own accurate, on-time payroll for all employees across UCAN, APAC, and EMEA, whether run in-house, through in-country providers, or via Employer of Record (EOR) partners
  • Manage the global payroll calendar, inputs, and approvals across multiple pay frequencies and currencies
  • Own payroll tax withholding, filings, and remittances, including registrations as we enter new countries and states
  • Manage year-end reporting in every jurisdiction (W-2, T4, P60, and local equivalents)
  • Own the payment process for contractors and temps - onboarding, invoicing, approvals, and payment runs
  • Partner with People Ops and Legal on worker classification and misclassification risk (ABC test, IR35, and local equivalents)
  • Manage staffing agency and EOR relationships, reconciling invoices to timesheets and contracted rates
  • Own 1099 and other non-employee tax reporting
  • Keep BambooHR as the source of truth for employee data, ensuring compensation and job changes flow cleanly into payroll
  • Own integrations between BambooHR, payroll providers, benefits carriers, and NetSuite
  • Identify and close payroll process gaps, building scalable policies and controls from scratch where they don’t yet exist
  • Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for month-end close and reconcile payroll liability accounts
  • Be the go-to resource for employee payroll questions across all time zones
  • Partner with People Ops on onboarding, offboarding, leave, relocations, and international transfers
  • Act as a key finance partner to leadership on the payroll and tax implications of hiring in new countries

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive payroll experience, including 2-3 years managing multi-country payroll, with meaningful time spent in a startup environment
  • Hands-on payroll experience across UCAN, APAC, and EMEA
  • Direct experience paying contractors and temporary workers at scale, with working knowledge of classification risk
  • Experience with BambooHR - data management, reporting, and payroll integrations
  • Demonstrated track record of building and improving processes, not just executing inherited ones
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate payroll and tax complexity into plain language for employees and leadership

Skills

Required:Global payroll managementBambooHRPayroll tax withholding and filingsContractor/payroll for non-employees
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About FieldAI

Robot intelligence built for the real-world.

FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured environments, providing a universal brain that works across many robots, and many tasks.

AgricultureAutomakerConstructionDatabaseEquipmentFederalIndustrialIndustrial & Energy
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at FieldAI