Manager, Global Payroll
About this role
About Index Exchange:
Index Exchange is a globally trusted independent supply-side platform, powering intelligent decisioning that maximizes value for media owners. As a neutral, conflict-free exchange, we help media owners connect more effectively with the world’s leading brands, enabling marketers to achieve stronger performance while advancing efficiency, transparency, and quality across the programmatic ecosystem.
With more than 20 years of industry leadership, we continue to accelerate the ad technology evolution by applying intelligence closer to the impression and reducing waste across the supply chain. Through radically transparent practices and exceptional standards, we deliver long-term value for media owners, marketers, and partners worldwide.
What’s it like to work at Index?
Index is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. You'll be able to feed your ambition, lean into trust and transparency, and feel genuine support from your colleagues. We’re built on our core values and live them each day. They're not just buzzwords.
We pride ourselves on our independence and openness, not only in our technology, but in our teams, too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward.
We have more than 550 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers, and we’re looking for talented professionals to help take us to the next level.
Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution?
The Manager, Global Payroll is responsible for the accurate, compliant, and timely delivery of payroll across multiple regions, supporting a global workforce. This role provides end-to-end ownership of global payroll operations, including vendor management, audit controls, and process optimization.
This position partners closely with People Operations, Finance, and external payroll providers to ensure payroll integrity while driving scalable and efficient processes in a fast-paced, global environment.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
Global Payroll Ownership & Delivery
- Own end-to-end payroll operations across multiple regions (EMEA, APAC, North America)
- Oversee payroll processing through external vendors, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Review and approve payroll outputs, validating calculations and resolving discrepancies
- Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements, filings, and reporting obligations
- Lead year-end payroll activities and regulatory reporting
Payroll Accounting & Financial Reconciliation
- Partner with Finance to ensure accurate payroll accounting and alignment to general ledger (GL) reporting
- Review and validate payroll journals, accruals, and postings across all regions
- Perform and/or oversee payroll reconciliations including net pay, taxes, benefits, and statutory balances
- Support month-end and year-end close processes related to payroll
- Investigate and resolve payroll variances in partnership with Finance and vendors
- Ensure payroll data integrity supports accurate financial reporting and forecasting
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary owner of global payroll vendor relationships
- Drive accountability with vendors on timelines, accuracy, and service delivery
- Partner with Finance on payroll funding, approvals, and reconciliation
- Collaborate with People Operations to ensure accurate employee data and transactions
Audit, Controls & Compliance
- Establish and maintain strong payroll controls and audit processes
- Ensure all payroll changes are supported by approved workflows and documentation
- Support internal and external audits, including documentation and variance analysis
- Monitor payroll risks and implement mitigation strategies
Process Improvement & Systems
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce risk
- Support ongoing Dayforce payroll optimization and configuration
- Standardize global payroll processes while respecting local requirements
- Build and maintain documentation for payroll processes and controls
Leadership & Ownership
- Serve as the subject matter expert for global payroll across the organization
- Provide guidance and support to People Operations team members involved in payroll inputs
- Drive accountability and clarity across payroll workflows and responsibilities
Here's what you need:
Qualifications
- 5–8+ years of global payroll experience, including multi-country payroll oversight
- Strong experience managing external payroll vendors across multiple regions
- Deep understanding of payroll compliance and statutory requirements
- Experience with Dayforce or similar global payroll systems
- Strong understanding of payroll controls, audits, and risk management
- Ability to operate independently and take ownership in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting EMEA and APAC payrolls
- Experience working through payroll transformations or system implementations
Salary: The base salary for this role is $120,000 CAD to $140,000 CAD per year. The total compensation package may vary depending on non-discriminatory factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Why you’ll love working here:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents
- Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules
- Competitive retirement matching plans
- Equity packages
- Generous parental leave available to birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents
- Annual well-being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities
- Employee assistance program
- Mental health first aid program that provides an in-the-moment point of contact and reassurance
- One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation-matching program
- Monthly town halls and regular community-led team events
- Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning
- A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment – learn more here
Equal employment opportunity
At Index Exchange, we believe that successful products are built by teams just as diverse as the audience who uses them. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunities. We celebrate diversity of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Additionally, we realize that diversity is deeper than any status or classification—diversity is the human experience. For those who show grit, passion, and humility—Index will welcome you.
Accessibility for applicants with disabilities
Index Exchange welcomes and encourages individuals with disabilities to apply to work with us.
If you require an accommodation, please share the details of your request and any information how we can assist you with the hiring recruiter when they contact you. Index Exchange will make reasonable efforts to ensure accommodation requests are met throughout the recruitment process.
Index everywhere, Index anywhere
Our corporate headquarters are in Toronto, with major offices in New York, Montreal, Kitchener, London, San Francisco, and many other global cities. As a major global advertising exchange, we are committed to operating as a tightly knit global team and embracing and empowering talent wherever our colleagues may be.
AI Disclaimer: Automated tools including artificial intelligence may be used to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this role. All hiring decisions involve human review.
Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Company at a glance
Index Exchange is a global advertising supply-side platform enabling media owners to maximize the value of their content on any screen. As a trusted partner and ally, we connect leading experience makers with the world’s largest brands to ensure a quality experience for consumers.
We’re a proud industry pioneer with over 20 years of experience accelerating the ad technology evolution. With our radically transparent business practices and dedication to total market efficiency, we’re committed to upholding the integrity of the programmatic ecosystem at large.
Our global teams are dedicated to driving industry standards and building technology that delivers scale, efficiency, and long-term value for our customers and partners.
Founded2003
Team Size501-1,000 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryTechnology, Information and Internet
Location
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Websiteindexexchange.com/li
LinkedInLinkedIn
Top Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Health Days
- Personal Obligation Days
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Retirement Matching Plans
- Equity Packages
- Parental Leave
- Annual Well-being Allowance
- Fitness Discounts
- Group Wellness Activities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health First Aid Program
- Volunteer Time Off
- Donation-matching Program
- Continuous Learning Resources
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