Manager, Payroll APAC

About the company

The company began in 2007 when two hosts opened their San Francisco home to three guests. Since then, it has grown into a global community of more than 5 million hosts and over 2 billion guest arrivals across nearly every country. Its platform is built around helping people experience places and communities in a more authentic way.

Team and role overview

You will join the Global Payroll team as it expands across APAC. This is a Singapore-based role for an experienced payroll leader who can own end-to-end payroll delivery for Asia-Pacific entities. The position reports to the Manager, International Payroll Operations and requires strong regional compliance expertise, hands-on systems knowledge, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, globally distributed environment.

Impact of the role

In this position, you will take full ownership of payroll operations for the APAC region, making sure employees are paid correctly, compliantly, and on schedule. The role offers broad exposure to Finance, Talent, Global Mobility, and Tax, while also requiring close coordination with local vendors and the global CloudPay and Workday platforms.

Core responsibilities

• Lead complete payroll processing for all APAC entities, including Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, and China, and ensure every cycle is completed accurately and on time.
• Oversee employee status changes such as hires, exits, promotions, and compensation adjustments so they are reflected correctly in CloudPay and Workday.
• Act as the regional expert for CloudPay and Workday, keeping country-level payroll rules, tax logic, and data mappings correctly configured.
• Monitor the Workday-to-CloudPay connection to ensure data transfers are accurate and resolve mismatches before payroll runs.
• Stay current on payroll laws, tax updates, and statutory filing obligations across all active APAC jurisdictions.
• Manage in-country payroll vendors across the region and serve as the coordination point between Airbnb, CloudPay, and local providers.
• Prepare and file payroll reports, tax submissions, and statutory payments, while maintaining audit-ready records and a clear data trail for each cycle.
• Work with Talent, Finance, Global Mobility, and Tax teams to keep employee data accurate and resolve payroll queries quickly and professionally.
• Maintain and improve country-specific process documentation and runbooks for APAC payroll operations.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, improve, and automate payroll processes across the region.
• Provide backup support for the India Payroll Manager and maintain working knowledge of India payroll processes.

Required experience and capabilities

• 6 to 8+ years of payroll experience, including 3 to 4 years in a dedicated APAC payroll management role.
• Proven, practical experience using CloudPay in an international payroll environment, including configuration, data mapping, and processing.
• Proven, practical experience with Workday Payroll or Workday HCM, including system integration work with CloudPay or a comparable platform.
• Strong understanding of payroll legislation and statutory compliance across multiple APAC countries, with Singapore required and experience in Australia, Japan, India, and/or South Korea preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong analytical thinking, curiosity, and the ability to juggle multiple payroll cycles across different legal frameworks.
• Experience managing payroll vendors and external service providers across APAC.
• Strong process-mapping and documentation skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information responsibly and maintain a high level of integrity.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with comfort working across time zones and cultures in a fully distributed team.

Inclusion and belonging

The company encourages applicants from the broadest possible talent pool and welcomes all qualified individuals to apply. It values diverse perspectives as a driver of innovation, engagement, and stronger products and services.

Additional information

Location: Singapore. Employment type: full-time, onsite. No salary, vacancy count, start date, or application deadline were specified.