Expatriate Payroll Senior Associate - Global Mobility

We are seeking an experienced Expatriate Payroll Senior Associate to support and manage global expatriate payroll and shadow payroll operations in our Houston, TX office. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery for internationally mobile employees and serves as a key contact for client payroll matters.

This position is designed as a developmental role with a clear and accelerated path to Manager, offering exposure to complex international payroll matters, process improvement initiatives, and team leadership responsibilities.

• Manage expatriate payroll processing, including shadow payroll calculations and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• Support the delivery of accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations for assigned clients
• Act as a primary point of contact for payroll inquiries, issue resolution, and coordination with clients
• Coordinate payroll inputs, approvals, validations, and reconciliations
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders and other responsible team members to ensure end‑to‑end payroll accuracy
• Support payroll reconciliations, quarterly and annual reviews, and variance analysis
• Contribute to automation, standardization, and process improvement initiatives within expatriate payroll operations
• Support payroll implementations, system upgrades, and integrations
• Document and improve payroll workflows and controls
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff, supporting their technical and professional development

• 3+ years of payroll experience, including exposure to international or expatriate payroll
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Demonstrated experience supporting payroll implementations, transitions, or upgrades
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise sound and mature judgment
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, client‑facing environment
• Interest in people development and mentoring junior team members
• Additional language skills are a plus

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including:
  • Pivot tables
  • VLOOKUP / data analysis
  • Payroll reconciliation models
• Payroll software experience required;
  Thomson Reuters ACS experience is a strong plus

• Senior‑level role with high visibility across global mobility and payroll leadership
• Clear and accelerated progression toward a Manager position based on performance
• Opportunity to influence payroll process design, automation, and standardization initiatives
• Continuous learning through exposure to complex international payroll matters and global clients

• Enjoys solving complex international payroll challenges
• Wants client interaction combined with technical ownership
• Is ready to move beyond execution into leadership, mentoring, and process ownership
• Is looking for a clear path to management within a global mobility expatriate tax practice

• 401K plan (with up to 5% salary paid employer contributions)
• Medical coverage
• Paid Dental coverage
• Employee and Dependent life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Vision insurance
• Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid Day of Service annually
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous paid time off – 25 days for all full‑time employees!
• Paid holiday
• Additional paid holiday following 4/15 deadline
• Paid parking/public transportation reimbursement
• Mobile phone reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement & training
• Paid time off on days sitting for CPA Exam
• Monetary bonus for passing the US CPA exam

Rödl Management, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.