Payroll Operations Manager (12 month FTC)

MoonPay · Portugal - Remote / Poland - Remote / Spain - Remote / South Africa - Remote / United Kingdom - Remote / Netherlands - Remote / Ireland - Remote

About MoonPay

Hi, we’re MoonPay. We’re here to onboard the world to the decentralized economy by making digital money move as universally and effortlessly as the internet.

Why?

Because crypto, stablecoins and blockchain aren’t just technologies. They’re tools for global financial empowerment. They give people and businesses more control over their money, their digital assets, and their future, opening access to legacy financial systems that have been out of reach for many.

What we do
MoonPay is a unified payments platform for digital currency. We make it easy for anyone, anywhere, to buy, sell, swap and pay in digital currencies as easy as sending an email. That simplicity is intentional, our focus is reducing complexity so people can participate confidently, without needing to be crypto experts. We power the entire flow between fiat and crypto end to end, with compliance, identity checks, fraud prevention, and settlement all built in. This end-to-end approach reflects how we work internally: with accountability, rigor, and trust built into everything we ship.

Proven at scale

Trusted by over 30 million customers and over 500 ecosystem partners, our secure, enterprise-grade platform is driving mainstream crypto adoption worldwide. Behind those numbers are millions of real people and organizations relying on MoonPay every day.

We collaborate with innovative brands and projects to build secure, scalable solutions for a blockchain-powered future. This is an opportunity to help shape systems, not just scale them. And we’re committed to doing it right. Fully licensed in the U.S. and regulated across the UK, EU, Canada, and Australia, because trust and compliance are non-negotiable.

But we’re just getting started. We’ve launched a consumer app that makes crypto accessible, intuitive, and usable for everyone, and it’s growing fast. We’re iterating every day to make it the best it can be.

If you believe financial freedom should be for everyone. If you believe in building a fairer, more open financial system - we want you with us. To build systems that benefit all, we need contributions from all, regardless of background.

Come build the future of payments and the decentralized economy with MoonPay. Let’s make financial freedom and autonomy the new normal.

Locations Supported 🌍

  • Portugal, Spain, Poland, South Africa, Romania, Netherlands, UK and Ireland

Relocation available: No

Work pattern:

  • Remote

About the Opportunity

As we expand across jurisdictions and integrate multiple entities, payroll complexity is increasing - across vendors, compliance frameworks, and ways of working. While payroll execution remains critical, the next phase of maturity requires more streamlined, automated, and efficient payroll operations.

This role sits alongside the Payroll Manager and is designed to improve how payroll operates, not just support it. You will focus on simplifying workflows, reducing manual effort, improving data accuracy, and introducing practical automation to create consistency across regions. You will act as the bridge between Payroll, People, Finance, and Systems, ensuring that payroll operations are not only accurate and compliant, but also efficient, well-structured, and easy to scale operationally.

This is a builder role - ideal for someone who sees inefficiencies and instinctively improves processes

 

 

What You Will Do

  • Own and optimise global payroll operations processes, identifying inefficiencies and driving standardisation across entities, providers, and workflows

  • Design, build, and test robust payroll processes, ensuring they are efficient, repeatable, and audit-ready

  • Introduce practical automation and workflow improvements to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy (e.g. process improvements, system configurations, better use of existing tools)

  • Partner closely with the Payroll Manager to support payroll delivery while enabling them to focus on strategic ownership and governance

  • Build and maintain operational frameworks including documentation, controls, calendars, SLAs, and performance tracking

  • Support payroll-related transformation initiatives, including M&A integrations, new country launches, and vendor/process improvements

  • Improve payroll data quality, reporting, and visibility across Finance, Legal, and People teams to support better decision-making

 

About You

  • Strong experience in process building, optimisation, and improvement, with the ability to design and test robust, scalable payroll workflows

  • Experience in payroll operations within a multi-entity or international environment, with exposure beyond pure payroll execution

  • Experience working with UK and US payroll is highly beneficial, including understanding of compliance, statutory requirements, and operational nuances

  • Comfortable working with our current systems and platforms e.g. Workday, ADP, Deel, Payassist, etc.) 

  • Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation tools to augment workflows, automate processes, and analyse payroll data

  • Strong ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, balancing BAU support with operational improvement initiatives

  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with a proactive, service-oriented mindset and a focus on identifying root causes and driving sustainable solutions

  • Confident communicator with Finance, Legal, People, and external partners

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