Sr. Compensation Manager, G&A

GAQ327R178 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered. We're building a finance function that stays ahead of the curve — leveraging AI, automation, and modern tooling to operate at the pace Databricks demands. The Senior Manager, Close & Consolidations, that we’re looking to add to the team will lead Databricks’ global close and consolidation process as we continue to scale. This is a hands-on, builder-oriented role responsible for overseeing the global close process across Finance, driving close discipline and accountability, and executing the global consolidation process. This role will be reporting to the Senior Director of Accounting.  Close quality is non-negotiable. Success in this role requires strong operational execution, sound technical accounting judgment, and the ability to maintain a big-picture view across entities, regions, systems, processes, and teams. You’ll provide leadership with clear updates on close status, risks, and delays, ensure issues are escalated and resolved timely, and help design how the close process should operate in the future. You’ll also play a key role in our SAP implementation and help build an offshore operating model that supports scale while maintaining strong review, judgment, and accountability. The impact you will have: * Own and drive the global close process across Finance, including key milestones, dependencies, status updates, risks, delays, and escalations. * Drive AI and automation adoption across the close and consolidation process, including automated intercompany eliminations, AI-assisted consolidation variance analysis, and leveraging Databricks to improve data quality, reduce manual journal entries, and accelerate close cycle times. * Execute and own the global consolidation process across monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring the consolidated books are complete, accurate, timely, and audit-ready. * Lead consolidation-related activities, including allocations, cost plus, eliminations, revaluation, intercompany activity, consolidated trial balance review, hedging and related technical close matters. * Own functional currency assessments for new and existing entities, including evaluating operational impacts of currency designations, monitoring for triggering events that may require reassessment, and ensuring foreign currency translation and revaluation are executed accurately across the global close. * Explain quarterly financial statement fluxes, including key drivers, for Auditors and Accounting/Finance leadership. * Support new entities, acquisitions, and changes in corporate structure by ensuring close, consolidation, intercompany, and reporting impacts are understood and operationalized. * Own chart of accounts structure and governance, ensuring the account structure supports scalable close processes, reporting needs, controls, and future-state operations. * Lead and develop team members; set clear expectations, coach through the work, and raise the bar on ownership, review quality, and timeliness. * Partner with our Transformation team to redesign close processes, reduce manual work, improve data quality, strengthen controls, and accelerate close timing. * Play a key Accounting role in the SAP implementation, including close and consolidation process design, chart of accounts structure, testing, data readiness, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization. * Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Technical Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Finance Systems, and broader Finance teams to resolve close issues at the source. What we look for: * Experience: 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including direct ownership of close and consolidation processes across multiple entities, currencies, and regions. * Leadership: 2+ years of people management experience, with a track record of setting high standards, coaching through complex accounting matters, and driving accountability across teams. * Credentials: CPA, SOX experience, and Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required. * Technical Accounting: Deep U.S. GAAP expertise covering consolidation, intercompany accounting, foreign currency translation and revaluation, allocations, cost plus, eliminations, hedging, and functional currency assessments. * Systems & ERP: Experience operating in a large ERP environment; SAP experience required. Prior ERP implementation experience strongly preferred. Comfort working with large datasets, system reports, reconciliations, and close management tools. * The Automation Mindset: Hands-on experience deploying or evaluating AI tools in a finance or accounting context, with a point of view on where automation creates real leverage in a close and consolidation environment versus where judgment and oversight remain critical. Familiarity with data platforms like Databricks is a strong plus. * Ownership & Mindset: High ownership, low ego, detail-oriented, fast-moving, direct communicator, and calm under pressure. Builder mindset — equally comfortable executing hands-on work and designing scalable future-state processes. * Scale & Agility: High-growth technology company experience strongly preferred. Experience building, managing, or partnering with offshore/shared-services teams is strongly preferred.   Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.   Zone 1 Pay Range $199,700—$274,550 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

GAQ127R57 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered. Databricks is looking for a Senior Manager, Payroll to own end-to-end payroll delivery for the United States and Canada. This is a hands-on leadership role — you will run the operations, lead the team, own the compliance, and be the subject matter expert the business turns to when it matters. You will sit within the Global Payroll function, reporting directly to the Senior Director, Head of Global Payroll, and will be an active member of the Payroll Leadership Team — contributing to global strategy, cross-regional alignment, and function-wide initiatives beyond your direct remit. You will manage a team of four to five payroll professionals and be accountable for accurate, timely, and compliant payroll for a fast-scaling workforce across multiple US states and Canadian provinces. This is not a coordinator role with a manager title. We need someone who has been in the engine room, knows what good looks like, and can build it here. The impact you will have: PAYROLL OPERATIONS * Own the full payroll cycle — semi-monthly and off-cycle runs — for all US and Canadian employees, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and a clean audit trail on every run * Manage the payroll calendar, cut-off deadlines, and coordination with HR and Finance to ensure data integrity from hire to final pay * Serve as the primary escalation point for payroll discrepancies, employee queries, and operational issues — resolving with speed and precision * Drive continuous improvement across payroll processes, reducing manual effort and increasing controls without sacrificing responsiveness TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS * Work within Workday Payroll and Workday HCM as the primary payroll platform — managing pay runs, earnings and deduction codes, and audit reporting * Utilise ADP Smart Compliance for multi-state and provincial tax filing, remittance, and amendment management * Partner with HRIS and IT on system upgrades, open enrolment changes, and configuration changes requiring payroll impact assessment * Identify opportunities to reduce manual reconciliation and improve data accuracy across the payroll tech stack TAX COMPLIANCE — US & CANADA * Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax obligations across all US jurisdictions including multi-state nexus, SUI, SDI, and local levies * Manage Canadian payroll tax compliance across all provinces — CPP, EI, provincial income tax, and Quebec-specific requirements (QPP, QPIP) * Own year-end processes end to end — W-2, W-2c, T4, T4A, RL-1 — from reconciliation through employee distribution and agency filing * Manage tax registration, filing, amendment, and penalty response across all active jurisdictions * Stay ahead of legislative changes — federal and sub-national — and translate them into process and system updates before they become compliance gaps EQUITY & SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION * Manage payroll processing and tax withholding for RSU vesting events, including coordination with Stock Administration on vest schedules, sell-to-cover mechanics, and supplemental withholding rates * Ensure correct treatment of ESPP, NQSOs, ISOs, and other equity instruments from a payroll tax perspective * Partner with Legal and Tax on equity income sourcing and IRS / CRA reporting obligations on equity-derived income * Reconcile equity payroll data to stock admin records each quarter with zero tolerance for mismatch TEAM LEADERSHIP * Lead, develop, and performance-manage a team of four to five payroll professionals — setting clear expectations, managing workload, and building capability * Create a team culture where accuracy is non-negotiable, deadlines are owned not managed around, and problems surface early * Build redundancy and cross-training so the function is never single-threaded on any critical process * Coach the team on technical depth — tax law, equity mechanics, compliance — so they grow into the next generation of payroll leaders CONTROLS, AUDIT & GOVERNANCE * Design and maintain SOX-compliant payroll controls, including segregation of duties, approval workflows, and exception reporting * Lead payroll's response to internal and external audits — preparing documentation, managing timelines, and closing findings without repeat * Maintain payroll policy documentation and desktop procedures, updated with every legislative or system change * Produce monthly payroll metrics and variance analysis for Finance and HR leadership What we look for: * 8+ years of hands-on US and Canada payroll experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role managing a team * Deep working knowledge of US multi-state payroll tax — nexus determination, reciprocity agreements, SUI/SDI, supplemental withholding rates * Solid understanding of Canadian payroll compliance — CPP/QPP, EI/QPIP, provincial tax, T4/RL-1 year-end * Proven experience managing RSU and equity payroll — from vest event processing through W-2/T4 reconciliation * Strong command of payroll reconciliation, general ledger mapping, and accrual processes * Experience leading teams of four or more people — you know how to delegate, develop, and hold people accountable * CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or equivalent certification preferred NICE TO HAVE * Experience with Workday Payroll and Workday HCM — working knowledge of the platform in a payroll operations context is a strong advantage * Hands-on experience with ADP Smart Compliance for multi-jurisdictional tax filing and agency management is a strong advantage * Experience supporting a high-growth technology company through rapid headcount scaling across new US states and Canadian provinces * Familiarity with Shareworks for stock plan administration and equity payroll integration is an added advantage * Experience with payroll and equity tax rules for mobile employee populations * Exposure to global payroll coordination and vendor management beyond North America   Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.   Zone 1 Pay Range $189,300—$260,250 USD Zone 2 Pay Range $170,300—$234,200 USD Zone 3 Pay Range $160,900—$221,200 USD Zone 4 Pay Range $151,400—$208,250 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.