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# Payroll Specialist at Nexxen

- **Company:** Nexxen
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen/a263d4f6-c4e0-4570-beab-86bb5d33a611

## Job description

## What You'll Do

Join Nexxen's HR Operations team as a Payroll Specialist II, where you'll play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payroll across North America (NAM) and EMEA. Reporting to the Manager, Total Rewards, you'll partner closely with Human Resources, Finance, Benefits, and external payroll providers to support employees across four countries while ensuring an exceptional payroll experience. This role is based in our New York or Chicago office and follows a hybrid schedule, working in the office three days per week. This is a non-exempt position.

Each day can be different here at Nexxen, but some of the things you can expect to do include: Payroll Processing & Administration

- Process and coordinate semi-monthly payrolls for the United States and Canada and monthly payrolls for the United Kingdom and Germany.
- Review and process payroll change requests submitted through Jira.
- Review and validate bonus, commission, equity (RSU/PSU), and supplemental earnings.
- Reconcile UK pension calculations between NFP and Zedra.
- Review payroll outputs from Ceridian Dayforce Powerpay, Zedra, and DATEV against ADP Workforce Now.
- Audit payroll registers, funding reports, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
- Process off-cycle payrolls, severance payments, payroll corrections, and wire payment calculations.
- Maintain payroll calendars and ensure deadlines and banking timelines are met. Vendor & Stakeholder Partnership
- Serve as the primary contact for payroll vendors including Ceridian Dayforce Powerpay, Zedra, and DATEV.
- Partner with Finance on payroll funding and reconciliations.
- Collaborate with HR and Benefits to ensure accurate payroll data.

Employee Support

- Respond to payroll inquiries through Jira and the payroll inbox.
- Investigate employee questions regarding pay, taxes, deductions, and direct deposit.
- Document inquiries and resolutions while escalating complex issues when appropriate.

Compliance & Audit Support

- Maintain payroll records in accordance with company policy and regulations.
- Prepare documentation and reconciliations for internal and external audits.
- Assist with payroll tax registrations, year-end processing, statutory reporting, and SOX controls

## What You'll Bring

- 2+ years of payroll processing experience, preferably supporting multiple countries.
- Experience processing multi-state U.S. payroll.
- Working knowledge of ADP Workforce Now; Dayforce Powerpay, Zedra, or DATEV is a plus.
- Strong payroll compliance, reconciliation, and Excel skills.
- Excellent communication, organization, and attention to detail.
- Ability to partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, and external vendors.

Extra Credit if You Bring

- Experience supporting global payroll operations.
- Experience with SOX controls and payroll audits.
- CPP certification or willingness to obtain certification.
- Experience working with international payroll vendors. At Nexxen, we value our differences, varied experiences, and collective contributions. We know that not everyone takes the same career path, so if you don’t match this job description perfectly, don’t worry! We would rather see your application than risk missing out on your potential to make an impact. We offer a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have. In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role is $65,000 - $85,000 at the time of posting. While this is our reasonable expectation this is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, certifications, responsibility, and geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. We offer a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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Important Notice from Nexxen: Your Safety Matters At Nexxen, we care about the well-being of our current and future employees. We are aware of the growing number of online scams and fraudulent job postings, and we urge all job seekers to remain vigilant. Please be advised that Nexxen will never request payment (whether in cash, cryptocurrency, or any other form) as a condition of employment, offer positions that require you to invest in vague or dubious financial schemes, or promote roles that resemble get-rich-quick opportunities. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Nexxen or encounter a questionable job posting associated with our name, please contact us at infosec@nexxen.com to verify its legitimacy. Your trust is important to us. Stay safe and informed. [Nexxen Fraud Alert and Notice: Protect Yourself from Impersonation and Fraudulent Activity](https://nexxen.com/nexxen-fraud-alert-and-notice/)

## About Nexxen

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nexxen is a publicly traded advertising technology company that offers a unified platform of DSP, SSP, and data services to power full-funnel programmatic advertising across CTV, digital, and linear media.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: NEXN on Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA (also dual HQ in Tel Aviv, Israel)
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Technology (AdTech), Programmatic Advertising, Connected TV (CTV), Data Management
- **Target customers**: B2B — serves advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters globally
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To empower advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Nexxen DSP (Demand-Side Platform)**: A programmatic buying platform enabling advertisers to reach audiences across the open internet, including CTV, display, video, and audio.
- **Nexxen SSP (Supply-Side Platform)**: A platform for publishers and broadcasters to monetize their inventory programmatically.
- **Nexxen Data Platform**: The core data layer providing unique audience intelligence, including proprietary ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) data from 45M+ global households across the open internet [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/).
- **Programmatic Home Screens**: Capability to programmatically activate native smart TV home screen units.
- **Voice-to-Action Creative**: CTV creative prompts enabling voice-activated responses, built in partnership with Say It Now.
- **CTV Green Media**: Eco-conscious private marketplace inventory in partnership with Scope3.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$921 million (as of mid-2026) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $364.8 million (most recent fiscal year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; strategic partners include Hisense/VIDAA, PeerLogix, Comscore, Scope3, Say It Now. Has completed acquisitions of Amobee ($239M, 2022), RhythmOne ($176.5M, 2019), Unruly Group (2020), and Spearad GmbH ($14.7M, 2021) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Growth Signals**: 681 employees (+8.4% YoY); active job postings up +124.3% year-over-year with 83 open roles; operates in 14 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary ACR Data**: Exclusive access to viewership data from 45M+ global households (via Hisense/VIDAA and PeerLogix), providing unique audience insights unavailable to competitors [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/).
- **Unified Full-Stack Platform**: A single tech stack combining DSP, SSP, and data management, enabling seamless cross-channel campaign management and efficiency gains.
- **CTV Innovation First-Mover**: Early leadership in programmatic CTV with innovations like voice-to-action creative and programmatic home screen activation.
- **Eco-Conscious Media**: First-mover advantage in sustainable advertising with CTV Green Media and Scope3 integration, appealing to brand sustainability goals.

## Strategic Focus
- **CTV & Advanced TV Dominance**: Deepening capabilities in connected TV and linear TV convergence through proprietary ACR data and innovative ad formats.
- **Data-Driven Performance**: Leveraging the Nexxen Data Platform to deliver full-funnel performance from awareness to conversion.
- **Global Expansion**: Scaling presence across 14 countries, with particular growth in the US, Israel, Australia, and Asia-Pacific markets.
- **Sustainability Leadership**: Differentiating through eco-conscious programmatic inventory and green media products.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “customer-centric, curious mindset, collaborative with no ego” — the company calls this the “3 Cs” culture [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid — 3 days per week in the local office, enabling collaboration and relationship-building [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Global Presence**: 17 total offices worldwide, including New York (HQ), Tel Aviv, London, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, and major US cities [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Engineering & Tech**: 250 Product + Tech employees; tech stack includes React, Spring, Scala, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Oracle [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Growth Trajectory**: Public company with aggressive hiring (+124% YoY job posting growth), strong revenue base ($364M+), and a history of strategic acquisitions — signals stability and expansion.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company emphasizes career growth, skill enhancement, and being part of a team transforming advertising through AI and proprietary data [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/).

## Sources
1. [Nexxen Website](https://nexxen.com/)
2. [Nexxen Careers Page](https://nexxen.com/careers/)
3. [Nexxen Job Board (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen)
4. [Built In - Nexxen Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen)
5. [LinkedIn - Nexxen Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)

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