Senior Payroll Tax Manager

Airwallex
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Organizational skills","Project-management skills","Confidentiality","Communication"]

Own and evolve Airwallex’s global payroll tax strategy and operating framework across jurisdictions. Serve as the subject-matter expert for payroll withholding, employment tax, employer social security, benefits-in-kind, and equity compensation tax/reporting. Partner with Global Payroll, People Operations, HR, Finance, Legal, Accounting, Global Mobility, HRIS teams, and external advisers to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll tax operations, controls, audits, and process automation.

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Senior Payroll Tax Manager

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Airwallex’s global payroll tax strategy and operating framework across jurisdictions. Serve as the subject-matter expert for payroll withholding, employment tax, employer social security, benefits-in-kind, and equity compensation tax/reporting. Partner with Global Payroll, People Operations, HR, Finance, Legal, Accounting, Global Mobility, HRIS teams, and external advisers to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll tax operations, controls, audits, and process automation.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own Airwallex’s global payroll tax strategy, policies, and operating framework across entities and jurisdictions.
  • •Establish payroll tax governance standards for controls, documentation, escalation, and audit readiness.
  • •Monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting employment tax, payroll withholding, and related obligations, and advise on tax implications for people lifecycle events.
  • •Partner with Global Payroll to ensure accurate payroll tax calculations, reconciliations, payments, year-end reporting, and statutory filings.
  • •Oversee payroll tax compliance and audits across multiple jurisdictions; manage external advisers/vendors and drive automation and standardization across regions.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Human Resources or a related discipline.
  • •At least 8 years of experience in payroll tax, employment tax, global mobility tax, payroll operations, or related fields.
  • •Strong experience working across multiple jurisdictions in a multinational organization.
  • •Demonstrated knowledge of payroll withholding, employer social security, benefits-in-kind, equity compensation, and employment tax compliance.
  • •Experience managing payroll vendors and partnering with HRIS, payroll, and finance system teams.
Experience:8+ yearsMultinational organizationGlobal payrollFintech
Education:Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Human Resources
Skills:Analytical skillsOrganizational skillsProject-management skillsConfidentialityCommunication
Certifications:CPACTACAACCA
Tech Stack:HRISPayroll systemsFinance systemsData and analyticsAutomationAI-enabled tools

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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