strava - Global Senior Payroll Manager

• Own and run Strava’s global payroll function end-to-end across the US and EMEA, ensuring accurate pay, tax withholding, and statutory filings in every jurisdiction where Strava operates. • Lead and develop two Senior Payroll Analysts across San Francisco and France, setting clear expectations and supporting their growth across a significant timezone gap. • Build and own SOX-ready payroll controls, processes, and documentation; partnering with the Assistant Controller on audit support and public-company readiness. • Own the payroll side of equity compensation as Strava moves toward IPO, including RSU vesting, ESPP, and mobility/shadow-payroll implications, in partnership with Legal and Equity. • Partner with the GL team on payroll journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations, ensuring a clean and timely month-end close. • Build strong cross-functional partnerships, working closely with People Operations and Legal teams, and managing external payroll vendors, with the judgment to know when to push and when to take a diplomatic approach to keep relationships and outcomes on track. • Communicate with clarity and impact across the function and up to leadership, synthesizing complex payroll matters into clear recommendations, weekly updates, SOX documentation, and standard operating procedures, and representing payroll confidently in both written and verbal settings. • Run payroll as a measured function: build and deliver regular operations reporting (accuracy, cycle time, exceptions, compliance SLAs) to Controllership and Finance leadership. • Drive process improvement and automation across payroll operations, including practical use of AI tooling to improve efficiency and quality. • Manage international payroll vendors and lead system implementations and optimizations as the function scales.