Senior Global Payroll Accountant

Job Description

Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high-value knowledge work, across agents, people, and systems. By creating production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance, Camunda uniquely delivers trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, rely on Camunda to slash time-to-value from months to days, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences.

As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of modern business. Named GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognized by Flexa for true flexibility, we’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team. If you’re excited to do meaningful work and make real impact, keep reading, this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

About the Role:

The Sr. Global Payroll Accountant will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and efficiency of payroll accounting across multiple international entities. This position requires a deep understanding of global payroll processes, reconciliations, and accounting principles. The role is responsible for managing payroll entries in compliance with IFRS and local GAAP, ensuring proper classification of payroll expenses, and maintaining strong internal controls.

Additionally, the Sr. Global Payroll Accountant will be responsible for overseeing payroll-related journal entries, variance analysis, and reconciliations between payroll systems and financial statements. This role requires collaboration with external payroll providers, HR, FP&A, and auditors to ensure payroll accounting aligns with financial reporting requirements and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in managing complex payroll structures, and expertise in multi-entity payroll accounting.

This is a key role in enhancing payroll processes, ensuring financial integrity, and driving automation to streamline payroll accounting operations across the organization.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage and oversee payroll accounting for multiple international entities, ensuring accurate classification and recording of payroll-related transactions in compliance with IFRS and local accounting standards.

• Perform payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis, ensuring alignment between payroll records and financial statements.

• Oversee and review payroll prepared by third-party providers, ensuring proper accounting treatment, compliance with tax and labor laws, and reconciliation with the general ledger.

• Collaborate with HR, FP&A, and auditors to ensure payroll-related costs, benefits, and commissions are accurately accounted for in financial statements.

• Drive process improvements and automation in payroll accounting, implementing best practices for efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience working with multi-country payroll processing, including knowledge of tax regulations in the U.S., UK, Germany, and Singapore.

• Strong expertise in payroll accounting, including experience with multi-entity payroll journal entries and reconciliations.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret payroll data and ensure compliance with financial reporting standards.

• Experience managing payroll-related audits and ensuring compliance with internal controls and external regulatory requirements.

• Ability and/or willingness to use our product.

Nice-to-haves:

• CPA, CMA, or equivalent certification preferred.

• Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred) and payroll software (e.g., Gusto, ADP, Workday).

• Prior experience in driving automation initiatives for payroll accounting and reporting.

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What We Have to Offer:

Compensation

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition.

The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) shown below spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and location, and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth:

• United States: $109,000.00 to $179,900.00

• Germany: €70,500.00 to €116,500.00

• United Kingdom: £68,500.00 to £112,600.00

• Singapore: S$135,400.00 to S$203,100

If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview.

Equity: We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

Benefits & Perks

We invest in your wellbeing, growth, and ability to connect, along with perks that support you no matter where you’re based. Our benefits are globally designed and locally delivered where applicable.

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.

• In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling,, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.

• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and an annual fitness reimbursement.

• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.

• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!

• More of what we offer globally & in your country can be found here.

”Everyone is welcome at Camunda” — it’s a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristics under applicable law. We are looking forward to your application!

Come join us and be part of Camunda’s incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!