Sr. Manager, Payroll Operations - EMEA & LATAM

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn has a fantastic opportunity for a skilled and experienced Senior Payroll Manager of EMEA & LATAM to join our Dublin-based International Controllership team. The International Controllership Team is a key part of LinkedIn’s world class controllership organization. This progressive and innovative local subgroup of the team is comprised of approx. 40 dynamic controllership professionals based at our International HQ in Dublin, Ireland, who are responsible for revenue accounting, international payroll, internal management reporting, business analysis and external statutory reporting.   

Reporting to the Director of Global Payroll Operations, the Sr. Manager, Payroll Operations – EMEA & LATAM will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for payroll delivery across 11 countries and approximately 3,000 employees, spanning multiple entities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Mexico, France, and Austria. This role serves as the regional subject matter expert, accountable for end-to-end payroll operations while driving global standardization, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, compliance, and employee experience. 

The Sr. Manager will play a key role in shaping the global payroll strategy—strengthening controls, improving data integrity, and building scalable solutions through strong vendor partnerships and cross-functional collaboration. Success in this role requires a balance of strategic vision and hands-on execution, ensuring that payroll delivery is accurate, compliant, and resilient across diverse regulatory environments. 

This is an opportunity to lead with purpose and influence within a fast-paced, innovative organization—partnering with global stakeholders to deliver best-in-class payroll operations and contribute to the company’s growth, culture, and operational excellence. 

Our Global Payroll & Employment Tax team is guided by Adaptability, Flexibility, Accountability, Integrity, Trust & Communication, and Authentic Leadership, grounded in a continual assumption of positive intent. 

Responsibilities: 

• Manage, lead, and supervise internal team of EMEAL payroll specialists  

• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing in line with statutory requirements, adhering to up-to-date payroll regulatory compliance legislation throughout the EMEAL region. 

• Manage outsourced payroll vendors that support our in-house payroll team 

• Ensure SLAs are effectively implemented and meet with Payroll Customer Services, companywide. 

• Plan and host operational review meetings to monitor payroll service levels  

• Ensure all payroll processes are documented, performed, and reviewed continually in line with SOX compliance, control requirements, wage governance, internal and external policies, laws and best practices 

• Lead and support special projects 

• Skilled at working with others, building cross-functional stakeholder relationships 

• High degree of expertise in leveraging strong analytical and problem-solving skills techniques in audit and validation to deliver accurate and robust payroll support to employees, stakeholders, and partners. 

• Develop, drive and support process standardization, remediation, and the optimization of payroll procedures by ensuring strong internal controls and risks associated with payroll activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled  

• Manage reconciliation process of all monthly payroll reports 

• Compile and maintain key operational payroll metrics & dashboards  

• Partner with key stakeholders in implementing best-in-class processes for payroll, employment ta