Senior International Payroll Specialist

3 weeks ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Proofpoint Full time

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint

The Role and the Team

Proofpoint is looking for an experienced international payroll team member to add to the Proofpoint Worldwide Payroll team.

The International Payroll Specialist will report to International Payroll Manager and will support all duties associated with the accurate and timely processing of Proofpoint’s international payrolls as well as assist in all payroll related financial close tasks. This role will work closely with Human Resources on international payroll-related matters and will interact closely with the international accounting team to complete all close related tasks. This individual will be driven, highly motived, pro-active, detail oriented and self-directed. This position offers the ability to learn, lead, guide, develop and grow their career working for a dynamic $1B+ public company.

Job Requirements

International Payroll Specialist

  • Will be one of the Leads to implement the International global payroll platform solution

  • Work closely with the international payroll vendor to process payroll for Proofpoint employees in EMEA and APAC regions

  • Responsible for reviewing new hire entries, master file changes from Workday, and reconciling payroll files from the international vendor as well as auditing the payroll system data to the corporate system of record, Workday.

  • Audit time sheets and monthly payrolls to ensure accurate and timely pay

  • Assist international employees with pay related issues

  • Responsible for processing off cycle manual payroll payments

  • Assist with monthly fluxes and provided detailed support with/to the international accounting team

  • Assist with research projects and preparation of management reports as needed

  • Ensure operational and SOX controls are properly performed within the payroll process

  • Audit payroll tax payments made by payroll vendor to ensure deposits are received timely

What you bring to the team

  • Experience of international payroll processing experience

  • Processing payroll in EMEA or APAC regions experience

  • Possess a working knowledge of international payroll-related requirements and regulations

  • Maintain confidentiality in all assignments and in all information obtained

  • Ability to organize and prioritise work to meet deadlines

  • High degree of accuracy and attention to detail

  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft business suite, specifically excel

  • Knowledge of international payroll vendor(s) software/processes

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization both internally and externally

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint #LifeAtPFPT

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us

Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

  • Build and enhance our proven security platform

  • Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture

  • Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel

  • Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.



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