Sr. Manager, Payroll

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. MANAGER, PAYROLL

The Sr. Manager, Payroll is a key member of the finance team and plays a critical role in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations for our rapidly growing workforce. This position combines hands-on payroll expertise with strategic process improvement, SOX compliance, and audit management in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Payroll is centrally organized for SpaceX in the US, supporting over 25,000 employees. This role will be supporting the Head of Payroll for SpaceX and will directly interact with the CFO and Corporate Controller. Significant growth potential is expected for this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build a world class payroll process for global employees

• Identify and drive process improvements, automation initiatives, and internal control enhancements

• Develop and maintain documentation of current payroll processes and procedures for both US and global entities

• Support payroll-related projects, including system implementations, integrations, and process transformations

• Assist with end-to-end payroll processing for all US employees on a weekly and biweekly basis, including exempt, non-exempt, and equity compensation

• Support annual payroll compliance reporting for the US, including the preparation, review, and audit of W-2s

• Ensure all monthly close payroll deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule

• Support SOX requirements for all US payroll, including control documentation, testing, monitoring, and remediation

• Lead inter

Department: Finance