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About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our Global Payroll team, supporting payroll across EMEA.
This role has primary responsibility for UK & Ireland payroll, along with coordination and review of payroll across France, Germany, Singapore, and Australia through established vendors.
In addition to delivering accurate and compliant payroll, you’ll support ongoing process improvements and automation initiatives, including the use of AI tools, while working within core payroll systems such as Workday and CloudPay.
What You’ll Do
- Own end-to-end payroll processing for UK & Ireland
- Review and coordinate payroll delivery for:
- Partner with CloudPay and in-country vendors to ensure payroll is accurate, compliant, and delivered on time
- Use Workday to manage employee data and payroll inputs
- Ensure compliance with all local payroll legislation and tax requirements
- Partner cross-functionally with:
- Perform payroll reconciliations, controls, and audit support
- Support month-end and year-end payroll activities
- Identify and drive process improvements, including:
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of payroll experience
- Strong expertise in:
- Experience working in a multi-country payroll environment
- Experience with:
- Strong understanding of:
- Exposure to or interest in automation and AI within payroll or finance operations
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across teams and regions
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience supporting payroll in at least one of the following:
- Exposure to Australia payroll
- Experience with payroll transformation or system implementations
Why Join
- Opportunity to support a global payroll footprint
- Exposure to multiple countries and payroll frameworks
- Work with established systems (Workday, CloudPay)
- Contribute to modernizing payroll through automation and AI
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Our salary range reflects the cost of labour in the country where the job post is advertised. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Base Pay Range in Local Currency:
€56.000—€84.000 EUR
This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
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