Payroll Analyst, Emea

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Dublin, Ireland

Meta is seeking a Payroll Analyst to support payroll operations across the EMEA region. This role involves accurate and timely processing of multi-country payroll, ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements, tax regulations, and labor laws. The analyst will partner with HR, Finance, and external vendors to deliver a seamless payroll experience and contribute to process improvements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with the outsourced payroll support team and outsourced payroll processors to manage payroll for entities across EMEA, including France, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium, Bulgaria, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, and Denmark, while rotating across payrolls internationally and ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local requirements
  2. Maintain robust internal controls and evaluate current work processes to drive process improvements, enhancing efficiencies, accuracy, and ensuring compliance with SOX and other regulatory requirements
  3. Collaborate and manage relationships with internal stakeholders including HR, Benefits and Equity Team, and external partners such as Payroll Service Providers, authorities, and auditors for business initiatives or payroll escalations
  4. Take ownership of payroll compliance and filings, including responding to ad hoc requests from local statutory authorities and Internal Audit
  5. Analyze and prepare data analytics for leadership review, and identify opportunities for process improvement

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in regional Payroll Operations within International payroll
  • Experience with ADP Celergo and/or SAP
  • Working knowledge of EMEA payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance requirements
  • Experience in managing offshore payroll teams and working effectively with outsourced payroll vendors and geographically dispersed teams
  • Proven experience with processing end to end Payroll
  • Demonstrated curiosity and initiative in driving process improvements and exploring innovative solutions within payroll operations
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English
  • Experience supporting Payroll Operations across 10 or more EMEA countries simultaneously
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel for payroll reconciliation and reporting

Nice to have

  • Experience applying them to multi-country payroll processing
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Familiarity with GDPR requirements as they apply to employee payroll data handling and retention
  • Experience contributing to payroll system implementations, migrations, or process automation initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

What the JD emphasized

  • multi-country payroll
  • compliance with local statutory requirements
  • tax regulations
  • labor laws
  • SOX
  • EMEA payroll regulations
  • tax laws
  • compliance requirements
  • GDPR requirements