Senior Payroll Analyst
Job Description
Superside is looking for a high-impact Senior Payroll Analyst to redefine our global payroll function. In this role, you won’t just process payroll—you’ll scale and optimize a highly complex, fast-moving global payroll system, ensuring seamless, automated, and AI-enhanced operations across 60+ countries.
You’ll be responsible for future-proofing our payroll infrastructure by implementing automation, refining variable compensation structures, and driving strategic improvements that support Superside’s rapid growth. If you love the challenge of building best-in-class payroll systems in a dynamic, high-growth environment, this is the role for you.
What You’ll Do
- Take ownership of a global payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely payments to 700+ Supersiders across 60+ countries.
- Oversee accurate and timely monthly payroll processing, including recalculations and reviews of complex variable compensation structures. Conduct payroll variance analysis and identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement, providing insights and recommendations to management.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and strengthen payroll operations. Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance and manage external audit responses.
- Maintain, upgrade, and implement payroll systems and software. Collaborate with HR, finance, and management to resolve payroll-related issues and provide guidance.
- Implement cutting-edge payroll tech and automation to minimize manual work and streamline global payment processes.
- Leverage AI-driven insights to optimize variable compensation structures, aligning incentives with company objectives.
- Reimagine payroll operations to handle rapid workforce growth, evolving regulations, and complex contractor models.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- 3+ years of hands-on global payroll experience, ideally in high-growth startups or international companies.
- Expertise in payroll automation or AI-driven solutions, with a track record of implementing scalable processes.
- Deep understanding of complex variable compensation models, including commission-based and performance-linked structures.
- Proficiency in data analysis (Excel or Google Sheets) to track trends and drive payroll decisions.
- Self-starter mentality—comfortable leading initiatives, solving complex problems, and thriving in fast-changing environments.
- Strong collaboration skills, working across Finance, HR, and Tech to align payroll with company goals.
- Obsessed with optimization, always looking for smarter, faster ways to run payroll at scale.
Why Join us?
Superside's vision is to create equal opportunities globally by accelerating the world’s transition to online work. With that in mind, we're building a fully remote company that attracts people where they are.
Remote-first. Customer-led.
Remote isn’t just a perk; it’s how we deliver better for customers. We are fully committing to our customers by hiring top talent and collaborating seamlessly across time zones.
Global team, local impact.
Join a community of 60+ nationalities working across time zones, cultures, and disciplines, all aligned on doing great work for great brands.
High performance, low ego.
Work in a fast-paced, high-trust environment where feedback is direct, growth is constant, and kindness leads collaboration.
Impact meets opportunity.
We’re in the sweet spot — big enough to be stable, small enough for you to shape what’s next. Your ideas will matter here.
Grow fast. Lead well.
You’ll gain mentorship, take on real responsibility, and grow your career while helping us disrupt a global industry.
About Superside
Superside is the leading AI-powered creative company that quickly and cost-effectively enhances in-house functions. We help over 500 ambitious brands get great creative concepts done at scale. Built to be an extension
of in-house teams, we unbottleneck marketing and creative teams so they can move faster and drive more reliable creative performance.
Superside is a fully remote company with over 700 team members working across 60+ countries and 13 timezones.
Learn more at superside.com
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We’re an equal-opportunity company. All applicants will be considered regardless of ethnicity, appearance, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran or disability status.
