International Payroll Specialist, Hopper
+ Equity
Travel booking app
Job no longer available
Travel booking app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make booking travel faster, easier, and more transparent.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives in high-pressure, fast-paced environments, showcasing not only a commitment to data accuracy and analytics but also strong communication skills and effective vendor management
- Experience: 2+ years of proficiency in International Payroll is essential
- Experience in one or more countries is a definite plus: USA, Canada, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, India, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Japan, Australia and the UK
- Knowledge Base: Solid understanding of international payroll, including income tax, social security, pension/benefits, and awareness of payroll-changing legislation
- Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and collaboration skills are crucial, especially when working with individuals possessing diverse skill sets
- Adaptability: Ability to adjust rapidly to changing demands and priorities in a dynamic work environment
- Results-Oriented: A results-oriented professional with a reliable and proactive approach to tasks - someone who takes initiative and gets things done
- Deadline Management: Comfortable working with deadlines and performing effectively under pressure
- Curiosity and Growth Mindset: A “highly curious” individual with a growth mindset, eager to continuously learn and develop within the role
What the job involves
- The Finance team is actively seeking an International Payroll Specialist
- This role demands expertise in international payroll regulations, coupled with hands-on experience in efficiently managing monthly/semi-monthly payroll processes on a global scale, in collaboration with outsourced payroll vendors
- A key aspect of the role involves fostering continuous improvement and process simplification
- Reporting directly to the Head of Global Payroll, the incumbent will work closely with People Ops (HR), and external payroll vendors to ensure seamless collaboration and streamlined operations
- Payroll Inputs: Verifying payroll inputs for individual countries by consolidating information from various internal sources
- Collaboration with People Ops: Partner closely with the People Ops team to confirm and incorporate all inputs related to contractual changes and variables, ensuring adherence to agreed-upon KPIs
- Compliance and Leaver Processes: Ensure compliance with local tax regulations for all leavers, facilitating timely exit filings with local tax authorities
- Regulatory Awareness: Work closely with key internal stakeholders to keep teams informed and compliant with changes in local country-specific regulations
- Employee Queries: Handle and address employee inquiries related to payroll, ensuring timely and accurate responses. Proactively communicate updates and changes in the payroll process to foster transparency and understanding among employees
- Collaboration with Finance Team: Collaborate with People Ops and the wider finance team on monthly payroll processes
- Vendor Management: Partner closely with the Head of Global Payroll and vendors to navigate local regulations related to payroll, stocks, taxes, and social security
- Escalation Handling: Provide support and manage escalations in a timely manner, effectively handling internal and external stakeholders in the process
- Project Collaboration: Partner on specific projects aimed at process improvements and automation, contributing to the overall efficiency of payroll operations
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Hopper is a mobile application that uses big data to predict and analyse airfare and accommodation prices, delivering savings to users. The company was created to make booking travel faster, easier, and more transparent by leveraging the power that comes from combining large amounts of data with machine learning.
As well as its booking platform, the company also has a B2B offering called HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which enables travel providers to integrate Hopper's travel, fintech and eCommerce products. Major partners of this initiative include Marriott, Kayak and Capital One.
Lately, the company has focussed on innovation and international expansion, with the intent to grow its operating margins. It has not been unaffected by the economic landscape, and made a round of lay-offs in 2023, although this appears to be part of a wider move towards profitability rather than a sign of trouble.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2022
$96m
LATE VC
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES G
Total funding: $731m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions and stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business
- Open communication with management and company leadership
- Small, dynamic teams
- Access to a Retirement Savings Plan
- Immigration assistance
- Internal career mobility program
- Light internal meeting culture
- 100% employer-paid telemedicine, medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans
Company values
- Dive Deep. Leaders exhibit this principle by operating at all levels, staying immersed in the details, gathering data and employing first-hand knowledge while staying skeptical of any assumptions. It’s through diving deep that they earn the trust of others and the freedom to take real ownership of our work
- Bias for Action. Leaders deliver results, move fast and simplify problems that others find complex. Speed matters in business and most decisions are reversible. We can almost always learn more through action than through analysis. Leaders do things; they don’t just talk about things
- Take Ownership. Leaders are owners; not managers. They think long-term, believe no task is beneath them and act on behalf of the entire company. They are vocally self critical and benchmark themselves and their teams against the best
- Do the Right Thing. There are two parts to this leadership principle. The first is having the judgment to identify the right thing for the business and then doing it, most of the time. It’s important for leaders to be right a lot. The second part is taking a long-term view of what’s right for the business and our customers and acting only with the best intentions. Good judgment + good intentions = great leader
Company HQ
La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, QC
Founders
Frederic Lalonde
(CEO)Previously worked for 4 years at Expedia, first as VP of Hotel Supplier Strategy then as VP of Hotels and Packages Product Planning.
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