Payroll Manager - EMEA at Samsara

About the role:

Samsara is looking for an International Payroll Manager to join our Finance organisation. In this role, you will own end-to-end payroll operations across our Asia and Europe regions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery for our growing international employee population. You will partner closely with HR, Finance, and Legal to manage statutory requirements, vendor relationships, and cross-border payroll complexities while driving process improvements and scalability as Samsara continues to expand globally.

This role can be office-based in our London office or fully remote within the UK.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact – helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Review and validate payroll workbooks prepared by payroll analysts, ensuring payrolls are processed in compliance with local regulations and internal policies — while continuously leveraging AI tools to drive efficiency and optimization.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on legislative changes across all jurisdictions, providing timely guidance to the business and supporting expansion into new territories.
• Act as a cross-functional partner across the organization, collaborating with Benefits on new program implementations, HR Operations on process improvements, Equity on stock-based compensation matters, Treasury on payment processing, and Controllership on journal entries and statutory audits.
• Own the relationship with our payroll vendor, CloudPay, actively monitoring performance and influencing outcomes to ensure service excellence and continuous improvement.
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 10–15 years of multinational payroll experience, with deep expertise across Asia and Europe jurisdictions.
• At least 2 years of people management experience, with a proven ability to lead, develop, and mentor a payroll team.
• Prior exp

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