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Harbor.aiGlobal Payroll Manager
Harbor.ai is seeking a Global Payroll Manager to take charge of its evolving multi-country payroll operations. Backed by private equity, Harbor operates as a professional services…
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Harbor.ai is seeking a Global Payroll Manager to take charge of its evolving multi-country payroll operations. Backed by private equity, Harbor operates as a professional services firm offering strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence expertise through an integrated team of over 900 professionals. In this role, the selected candidate will direct a distributed team of payroll specialists while modernizing payroll and talent technologies. This is a full-time, fully remote position…
Job Description
Harbor.ai is seeking a Global Payroll Manager to take charge of its evolving multi-country payroll operations. Backed by private equity, Harbor operates as a professional services firm offering strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence expertise through an integrated team of over 900 professionals. In this role, the selected candidate will direct a distributed team of payroll specialists while modernizing payroll and talent technologies.
This is a full-time, fully remote position that can be performed from any location within the United States during Central or Eastern time zone hours. The position requires deep expertise in Workday Payroll and multi-jurisdictional compliance across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. The incoming manager will collaborate closely with internal finance, technology, and talent departments, alongside external vendors and PEO partners, to optimize system configurations, automate controls, and ensure precise, confidential wage delivery.
The ideal professional for this career opportunity brings extensive multi-country payroll management experience, a strong background in HRIS optimization, and a commitment to continuous process improvement. The role suits a detail-oriented leader energized by technology who excels at establishing global operating standards, managing compliance across borders, and delivering responsive support to employees and leadership.
Responsibilities
- Manage the accurate, confidential, and timely processing of multi-country payrolls across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada
- Oversee payrolls delivered through a PEO partner, handling approvals, issue resolution, compliance oversight, and service-level management
- Review payroll inputs, reconciliations, variance analyses, and reports to resolve exceptions before finalizing
- Process lifecycle data entries including new hires, salary increases, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, benefit changes, and separations
- Calculate special pays, retroactive payments, wage overpayments, manual checks, and separation payments in line with policies and local laws
- Partner with finance and internal teams on year-end schedules, tax returns, audit requests, and reporting requirements
- Handle unemployment claims, employment verifications, and timesheet adjustments
- Serve as the primary Workday Payroll subject matter expert to lead ongoing system optimization, integrations, configurations, and testing
- Validate benefit system configurations and process benefit-related payroll deductions
- Lead, mentor, and scale a global team of payroll professionals by establishing operating rhythms and standard operating procedures
Requirements
- At least seven years of progressive payroll experience owning complex, multi-country or multi-jurisdictional operations
- Strong knowledge of global employment, payroll, tax, and pay-practice regulations
- Advanced, hands-on Workday Payroll configuration, testing, integration, reporting, and troubleshooting experience in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada
- Demonstrated background managing, coaching, and developing a distributed team of payroll professionals
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills for generating and analyzing complex reports
Qualifications
- Experience with ADP and OSV is strongly preferred
Core Skills
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Is this position remote?
Yes, this is a fully remote, full-time role that can be performed from anywhere in the United States during Central or Eastern time zone hours.
What salary does this position offer?
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What software expertise is required for this job?
The role requires advanced, hands-on Workday Payroll experience covering configuration, testing, integrations, reporting, and troubleshooting. Experience with ADP and OSV is also strongly preferred.
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