Manager, International Payroll Operations APAC

Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are As Justworks’ Manager, International Payroll (APAC), you will be responsible for leading the strategy and execution of payroll and payroll tax operations to ensure they are run on-time and accurately across all active APAC countries and other international jurisdictions. You are a seasoned leader and the regional expert on the execution of payroll activities, tax payments, and statutory reporting. You ensure total compliance with regional and local tax regulations while maintaining a global perspective that includes international contractor payments and multi-jurisdictional expansion. You are accountable for managing a high-performing regional team, optimizing our current systems, and partnering with Product teams to innovate and build scalable, automated payroll solutions for the future. You work closely with customer-facing teams to ensure invoicing is seamless and serve as the final escalation point for complex payroll-related inquiries from workers and customers. You are a natural leader who can manage high-pressure situations with ease, possessing both a deep technical understanding of global payroll and the creative mindset required to build world-class products. Your Success Profile What You Will Work On Team Leadership: Manage and develop a regional payroll team, providing mentorship and oversight to ensure high standards of operational excellence and compliance. Regional Operations: Oversee end-to-end payroll processes in all active APAC countries and other assigned jurisdictions, including daily adjustments, tax processing, and accurate statutory remittances. Scalable Strategy: As the APAC region and other international markets evolve, design and implement localized workflows that allow team members to take ownership of regional execution while maintaining global consistency. Subject Matter Expertise: Provide internal payroll expertise and strategic guidance to cross-functional partners, including customer-facing teams, International Finance, Legal, and Operations. Global Reconciliation: Ensure accurate quarterly and year-end processing, including tax reconciliations across all international jurisdictions where we operate. Compliance Oversight: Stay current on evolving payroll-related laws and regulations across the APAC region and beyond to ensure the organization remains fully compliant. Product Innovation: Act as a key stakeholder and subject matter expert, partnering with Product and Engineering teams to automate and scale payroll products around your operational expertise. Audit & Controls: Support internal control and compliance efforts, including process testing, documentation updates, and remediation as needed. Other Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned. How You Will Do Your Work As a Manager, International Payroll, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following: Strategic Oversight - exercises extreme attention to detail while maintaining a high-level view of regional trends and operational health. Regional Payroll Authority - robust foundational knowledge in APAC payroll, with a broad understanding of international contractor compliance. Adaptability - the ability to adjust your approach or leadership style in response to rapid changes in the external regulatory environment or internal business needs. Consultative Leadership - focuses on building relationships, understanding complex problems, and developing long-term solutions through active listening and cross-functional collaboration. Standardization & Reporting - drives the creation of accurate records, reporting frameworks, and documented processes to ensure regional scalability. In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for: Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others. Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others. Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude. Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.  Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Qualifications 6+ years of experience in international payroll operations, specifically within the EOR, PEO, or HR Tech space. 2+ years of experience managing a regional or international payroll team. Strong knowledge of payroll tax regulatio