Payroll Manager

Doppel is building the future of social engineering defense. Our AI-native platform uses agentic AI to protect executives, employees, customers, and brands from phishing, impersonation, fraud, and other AI-powered threats across digital channels. We help some of the world's most recognized brands detect and dismantle attacker infrastructure while strengthening employee resilience through threat-informed training and simulation. By unifying Digital Risk Protection, Human Risk Management and Email Security, Doppel connects threats into a real-time intelligence graph to power faster disruption, smarter defense, and modern security awareness at scale.

Backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, and trusted by leading enterprises, Doppel is a rapidly growing Series C startup building the future of social engineering defense. Our team combines deep cybersecurity expertise, operational rigor, and startup velocity to solve some of the internet's most urgent trust and safety challenges.

At Doppel, we focus on building a culture where people feel respected, supported, and trusted to do meaningful work. We value clarity, collaboration, and solving real problems for our customers and teammates.

Payroll is one of the most critical financial operations in the company. We believe employees should be paid accurately and on time, every time, while maintaining strong financial controls, regulatory compliance, and an exceptional employee experience.

We are looking for a hands-on Payroll Accounting
Manager to own our current U.S. and global payroll operations while helping build a scalable global payroll function.

This role sits within the Accounting organization and requires someone who is both a strong payroll operator and comfortable with payroll accounting. The right candidate has a deep understanding of payroll processing, payroll journal entries, reconciliations, payroll tax compliance, month-end close support, and cross functional execution. Success in this role requires strong follow-through, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to coordinate across Accounting, People Operations, Legal, FP&A, external payroll providers, and local partners.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment where processes are still being built. This person can execute payroll accurately today while helping us mature our payroll processes, documentation, controls, and global operating model for the future.

• Own accurate and timely U.S. and global payroll processing for employees and contractors. including payroll calendars, payroll changes, approvals, off-cycle payments, and payroll-related issue resolution. Global payroll processing includes overseeing EOR pay runs and working with local payroll providers for international entities.
• Review payroll-impacting items such as new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, benefits, leave events, taxable benefits, 401(k) deductions, employer contributions, and equity-related taxable events.
• Oversee Travel & Expense reimbursements and payments using RAMP and Navan. Manage, update and communicate changes to multi-country expense policies.
• Prepare payroll journal entries, support month-end close, and reconcile payroll-related accounts, including payroll cash, accrued wages, payroll taxes, benefits, 401(k), employee deductions, employer taxes, and other payroll liabilities.
• Partner with People Operations, Legal, FP&A, AP, external payroll providers, and local advisors to ensure payroll data is complete, accurate, and processed on time.
• Support payroll tax compliance, year-end reporting, W-2 review, payroll tax notices, audit requests, and payroll-related internal controls.
• Help support international payroll setup and ongoing coordination across EOR, PEO, and direct local payroll models as the company expands globally.
• Improve payroll processes, documentation, reconciliations, controls, and system workflows so the payroll function can scale with the business.

• 6-10 years of progressive payroll experience, including global and U.S.payroll operations, payroll accounting, and payroll tax compliance.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong understanding of U.S. payroll regulations, payroll taxes, wage and hour requirements, and multi-state payroll compliance.
• Solid payroll accounting knowledge, including experience preparing payroll…