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# Senior Manager, Global Payroll at Zip

- **Company:** [Zip](https://feeny.ai/companies/zip)
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zip/36aac0eb-e377-4a06-b0cb-7236ad1ee11a

## Job description

## About Zip

Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before.

The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA.

Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups.

## Your Role

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Global Payroll to oversee our US, international and EOR payrolls. You'll lead the team, approve payroll before each submission and handle the most complex pay, tax and compliance issues.

You Will

- Review gross-to-net results and pre and post payroll reconciliations for each run, and process off-cycle payments and final pay.
- Build the payroll roadmap for system, provider and process improvements, and bring recommendations to Accounting leadership.
- Train and develop the payroll team, review their work and act as the escalation point for complex pay issues.
- Manage US multi-state payroll tax registrations, agency notices and amendments, and quarter-end and year-end filings.
- Manage Canadian payroll across provinces, including statutory deductions and remittances, ROEs and T4 reporting.
- Coordinate with EOR and in-country providers on international payroll and local compliance questions.
- Partner with Equity on ISO exercise reporting and NSO payroll withholding and reporting, including international equity awards.
- Work with People Operations, Legal, Accounting and Equity on pay policies and the employee data and approvals that feed payroll.
- Prepare payroll journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis for the monthly close.
- Reconcile benefit and 401(k) deductions and remittances, and support year-end 401(k) work and payroll audits.
- Document payroll procedures, maintain controls and automate manual steps.
- Run provider implementations and migrations, and resolve service and data issues.
- Oversee payroll setup for new countries or entities.

## Qualifications

- 8+ years of payroll experience, including 3+ years of multi-country payroll with external providers.
- Hands-on experience with US multi-state and multi-province Canadian payroll.
- Strong knowledge of US payroll tax, including quarter-end and year-end filings.
- Knowledge of Canadian payroll requirements and provincial differences, and when to bring in local specialists.
- Experience with at least one payroll provider implementation or migration.
- Payroll accounting experience, including journal entries, reconciliations, audit support and equity withholding.
- Experience managing payroll staff and handling confidential pay matters under tight deadlines.
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills, and experience working with People Operations, Accounting, Equity and providers.

Nice to Haves

- You've worked with EOR arrangements and HRIS-to-payroll integrations.
- You've used Paylocity and NetSuite; familiarity with BambooHR, Carta or Pebl is helpful.
- You hold a CPP, PCP or CPM certification.

The salary range for this role is $142,000 - $210,000. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

## Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

- 📈 Start-up equity
- 🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage
- 🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for hybrid employees
- 🚍 Commuter benefit for hybrid employees
- 🚠 Team building events & happy hours
- 🌴 Flexible PTO
- 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget
- 💸 401k plan

We're looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!

## About Zip

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement, orchestrating the entire purchasing process from intake to pay for large organizations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, $371M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Rujul Zaparde (CEO), Lu Cheng (CTO), Felix Meng (GTM)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Procurement orchestration, spend management, AI-powered enterprise software
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises and mid-market companies (e.g., T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, Anthropic)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To unblock innovation by helping businesses procure with the fastest process, least risk, and best value."

## Products & Services
- **Intake-to-Procure**: AI-powered platform that guides every purchasing request from intake through approval, automating workflows and policy enforcement.
- **Procure-to-Pay**: Automates purchase orders and invoice processing to close the books faster.
- **Supplier Onboarding**: Streamlines the process of vetting and onboarding new suppliers.
- **Sourcing**: Improves RFx management with AI-driven decision support.
- **Global Payments**: Ensures accurate, compliant payments globally with AI oversight.
- **Vendor Cards**: Controls card spend with real-time visibility and intelligent controls.
- **AI Superagents**: A fleet of AI agents that automate real procurement work, such as the first AI Agent that saved a customer 1,400 hours.
- **App Studio**: Allows customers to build custom integrations and extensions on the Zip platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $2.2 billion (most recent valuation, per company about page)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $371M; Annual Revenue estimated at $22.0M (per LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, Y Combinator. Partners include major ERP and systems integrators.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 62.1% YoY to 690 employees. Recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary for Source-to-Pay Suites 2026, Forbes Fintech 50, and Fast Company Most Innovative Companies. Customers have saved over $6.8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category Creator**: Pioneered the "intake and orchestration" category in procurement, giving them a first-mover advantage and deep product moat.
- **AI-Native Platform**: Built from the ground up with AI, not retrofitted, allowing for more powerful automation and insights (e.g., AI Superagents).
- **Enterprise Transformation Office**: An in-house advisory team of former CPOs from major enterprises (UnitedHealth, MGM, Discover, NASA) that helps customers redesign their procurement operations, ensuring high-value outcomes and deep customer stickiness.
- **Strong Customer Base**: Trusted by high-profile, innovation-driven companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which serves as a powerful reference and validation.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-First Innovation**: Continuing to invest heavily in AI agents to automate more complex procurement tasks and drive efficiency.
- **Global Expansion**: Supporting payments in 140+ countries and operating in 13 countries, with a focus on scaling globally.
- **Platform Depth**: Expanding the platform's capabilities (e.g., App Studio, Vendor Cards) to become the single system of record for all procurement activity.
- **Enterprise Adoption**: Deepening relationships with large enterprises through the Enterprise Transformation Office and ensuring compliance and control at scale.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes speed, collaboration ("Win as one"), and a bias for action ("Be the underdog," "Go upstream"). Described as a highly cross-functional and supportive environment where employees are encouraged to "dream big and build even bigger."
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Based in San Francisco, CA. The careers page mentions "catered in-office meals" and a "commuter benefit," suggesting a strong in-office or hybrid culture.
- **Notable Perks**: Start-up equity, health/vision/dental coverage, flexible PTO, generous home office stipend, parental leave, well-being resources, 401k plan, and shiny new Apple equipment.
- **Engineering Culture**: Product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta. The engineering blog is highlighted, and the team is described as turning concepts into high-quality realities quickly. The company is building a "Developer Platform" team, indicating investment in internal tooling and developer experience.
- **Growth Opportunity**: With 104 active job postings and rapid headcount growth, there is significant opportunity for career advancement and impact in a high-growth, well-funded company.

## Sources
1. [ziphq.com](https://ziphq.com/careers)
2. [ziphq.com](https://ziphq.com/)
3. [zip.com](https://zip.com/about)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/theziphq)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zip)

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