Senior Global Payroll Manager

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertips—no SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product, marketing, and company revenue metrics, they are poised to make better decisions.

Over 9,000 paid customers, including companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, and Samsara, use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.

About the Team

Mixpanel’s Global Payroll team ensures every employee across the U.S., Spain, the U.K., France, India, and Singapore is paid accurately, timely, and in full compliance with local statutory requirements. Currently a small but high-impact function supported by a U.S.-based Payroll Analyst, the team manages end-to-end payroll operations, prepares and reviews payroll accounting entries, and partners closely with our business partners to streamline processes and enhance our systems. We take pride in delivering a seamless employee experience—removing payroll concerns so our teams can focus on doing their best work. As we continue to grow globally, payroll remains a trusted, employee-centric partner dedicated to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

About the Role

The Senior Global Payroll Manager will own and oversee global payroll operations across all entities, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery for all employees worldwide. This role will provide strategic leadership for payroll administration, systems, compliance, and reporting, while also building scalable processes that support the company’s growth.

Reporting to the Controller, this leader will act as the senior subject matter expert for payroll, partnering closely with Accounting, HR, Legal, and IT to deliver excellence in payroll operations. The Senior Global Payroll Manager will lead, mentor, and develop the payroll team, drive process improvement and automation initiatives, and ensure payroll remains a trusted, well-controlled function within Finance.

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee the timely processing of global payroll for all employees, ensuring compliance with local, state, and international regulations.
• Oversee accurate processing of new hires, terminations, pay changes, bonuses, commissions, and statutory benefits across all jurisdictions.
• Develop and enforce scalable policies, processes, and internal controls, maintaining global regulatory compliance and SOX readiness.
• Manage vendor relationships with payroll providers, driving accountability for quality, compliance, and cost effectiveness.
• Coordinate with payroll providers on required filings, payments, tax updates, and compliance nuances across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Manage payroll registrations for new jurisdictions, ensuring accurate documentation, login details, and deactivation steps.
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives, enhancing scalability, efficiency, and accuracy across payroll operations.
• Oversee the payroll accounting process, reviewing and approving payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analyses prepared by the Payroll Analyst.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure all close activities are completed accurately and on time; develop dashboards and KPIs to provide leadership insights.
• Lead and support audit readiness for all payroll-related audits (internal, external, and government), ensuring accurate documentation and successful outcomes.
• Lead payroll projects including system implementations, global compliance expansion, and compliance initiatives.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing payroll team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Act as a strategic advisor to the Controller and Finance leadership on payroll implications of organizational decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Accounting, HR, Legal, and IT to align payroll strategy with company goals.
• Develop and maintain payroll policies, processes and related internal controls and maintaining global regulatory compliance.

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required
• CPP required; SHRM-SCP or Global Payroll Management Certificate preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, with at least 3+ years managing a global team and payroll operations across a global business.
• Experience with Paylocity, UKG and/or other similar global payroll systems.
• Experience leading payroll system implementations and integrations with a bias towards automation whenever possible.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills; ability to analyze large data sets and create reporting dashboards.
• Proven ability to operate in a SOX-compliant environment and ensure strong internal controls.
• Strong project management skills with a track record of delivering process improvements and system implementations.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• A strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Bonus Points

• Based in CST or EST

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

• Make Bold Bets: We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight: We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data, experience and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
• One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
• Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
• Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
• Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.