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Manager, Global Payroll

Chainalysis · North Carolina · Remote

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About Chainalysis

Backed by Accel and Techstars.

About the role

Manage assigned payroll operations across countries, employee populations, payroll platforms, and third-party providers. Own payroll calendars, input cutoffs, funding readiness, processing timelines, review steps, approvals, and escalation paths.

What they're looking for

  • Five or more years of relevant payroll experience, with meaningful US payroll ownership and demonstrated leadership or transformation experience
  • Prior people-management experience, including coaching, workload allocation, performance feedback, and employee development
  • Hands-on experience processing US payroll, preferably with ADP Workforce Now or a comparable payroll platform
  • Experience with global EOR or multi-country payroll operations, including vendor relationship management and payroll review
  • Working knowledge of US payroll tax administration, filings, payments, state registrations, tax notices, tax rates, and payroll compliance requirements
  • Experience managing payroll feeds or integrations involving systems such as Workday, benefits platforms, retirement providers, or other HR and payroll technologies
More about this role

The Manager, Global Payroll is a hands-on people leader responsible for operating and continuously improving Chainalysis's US payroll and global Employer of Record (EOR) operations.

This role oversees payroll execution, provider and vendor relationships, compliance coordination, controls, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and process improvement across multiple platforms and operating partners. As a coach-player, you personally participate in payroll processing, review, reconciliations, controls, and complex issue resolution while providing day-to-day leadership to Payroll Specialists. Current systems and providers include ADP, Deel, Workday, Bswift, Fidelity, and other connected platforms, but the role is designed to remain adaptable as our operating model evolves.

Manage assigned payroll operations across countries, employee populations, payroll platforms, and third-party providers.

Own payroll calendars, input cutoffs, funding readiness, processing timelines, review steps, approvals, and escalation paths.

Process or review regular payroll cycles, off-cycle payrolls, termination calculations, new-hire onboarding, employee changes, and other payroll-impacting...

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