Global Payroll Specialist

Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Rack’s AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PR’s impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently.

Founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do. 

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and process-driven Global Payroll Specialist to join our team and take ownership of payroll operations across multiple global and domestic entities.

As our Global Payroll Specialist, your mission will be to ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and efficiency while managing payroll systems across the U.S. and international locations. You should be excited about working in a fast-paced environment, improving payroll processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have strong international payroll experience, a deep understanding of tax regulations, and a meticulous approach to payroll administration.

What you’ll do:

• Run payroll in the U.S. using ADP, including setting up and maintaining state and local tax structures
• Oversee international payroll operations for remote employees through Remote.com
• Manage UK and Canadian payroll with third-party provider
• Oversee payroll for newly acquired entities in UK, Ireland, and Bulgaria
• Administer and manage the 401(k) plan and ensure compliance
• Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure payroll taxes are accurately processed
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal employee payroll inquiries
• Maintain payroll process documentation and contribute to process improvement initiatives

How success will be measured in this role:

• Payroll accuracy and timeliness—ensuring all employees are paid correctly and on time
• Compliance with tax regulations, ensuring accurate and timely tax filings
• Smooth 401(k) processing and handling of employee contributions
• Documented payroll processes that contribute to overall efficiency

If the details below describe you, you could be a great fit …