Senior Director, Equity

Job Description:

  • Drive Global Scale: Architect, implement, and optimize global processes for payroll and equity administration to support our rapid international expansion and growing global employee base, ensuring timely and accurate delivery in every jurisdiction.
  • Vision & Roadmap: Design and recommend new global policies, technology roadmaps, and organizational structures that are scalable and compliant across all current and future geographies.
  • Operational Excellence: Manage the entire global function (Payroll and Equity) for a complex, high-growth multinational organization, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant execution of all pay cycles and equity events.
  • Budget Management: Manage significant vendor relationships and transformation budgets, driving high-value and cost-effective solutions.
  • Lead and Inspire Multiple Teams: Oversee the Global Payroll and Global Equity Administration teams, fostering a culture of ownership, precision, and continuous improvement. Two senior leaders will report directly to this role.
  • Change Leadership: Successfully lead the team through periods of rapid evolution, including international expansion into new jurisdictions, M&A integrations and significant systems/process changes, maintaining stability and continuous improvement.
  • Complex Compliance: Establish and enforce rigorous compliance with all relevant international and domestic laws, regulations, periodic filings, and tax requirements.
  • Audit & Reporting: Serve as the primary point of contact for external audits related to payroll and equity. Ensure rigorous internal controls (SOX) are in place and adhered to.
  • Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a deep SME on global requirements and market best practices; providing clarity in highly complex or ambiguous scenarios.
  • Executive Partnership: Take a highly valued seat at the table, building trust and effective partnerships through collaboration with senior leaders and VPs across People, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Finance, and IT to align global payroll and equity strategy with overall business objectives.
  • Employee Experience: Lead with empathy while upholding a reputation of excellence in all payroll and equity related matters.

Requirements:

  • 12+ years of progressive experience managing complex Global Payroll and Global Equity functions. High-growth, multinational public company experience preferred.
  • Experience in a 2,000+ global employee environment.
  • Deep expertise in global equity administration (e.g. Schwab) and complex global payroll systems and vendors.
  • Proven track record of driving large-scale, functional transformation, including major global system implementations (e.g., Workday).
  • Expert-level knowledge of complex international compensation and tax compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated experience managing M&A integration for payroll and equity operations.
  • Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders globally.

Benefits:

  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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