We are seeking a highly experienced Director – Global Payroll, Accounts Payable & T&E Operations to lead and scale our global payment and expense operations from India, supporting a US-listed, SOX-compliant multinational environment.

This role will have direct responsibility for global Payroll, Accounts Payable, and T&E teams, with end-to-end ownership of operations, controls, systems, and continuous improvement. The position requires deep operational expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to partner closely with global stakeholders across Finance, HR, IT, and the business.

The ideal candidate brings 20+ years of experience, with significant exposure to global payroll operations, complex multi-country environments, and strong leadership in SOX, internal controls, and audit readiness. 

Key Responsibilities

Global Operations Ownership

• Lead Global Payroll Operations across regions including India, US, Europe, Australia, and Singapore, working with vendors such as CloudPay, ADP, Allsec, and other regional providers.
   
• Own Global Accounts Payable and Global T&E operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing.
   
• Manage teams directly responsible for Payroll, AP, and T&E operations.
   
• Establish and continuously refine best-practice operational processes that balance compliance, efficiency, scalability, and experience for employees, vendors, and business teams.

Hiring Team Description: Our team builds and maintains the core products that power Global Sales Compensation, ensuring accurate, scalable, and compliant compensation processing. We also own and operate all Finance integrations, delivering reliable, real-time data flows across 50+ systems. In parallel, we are developing an AI platform to rapidly onboard Finance AI use cases and enable intelligent agents that improve automation, decision-making, and operational efficiency.

This role will be based in Bangalore, India.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of new features in GSC systems
• Work across the full stack — backend, frontend, APIs, data flows
• Architect and build AI agents for Finance use cases
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Guide junior engineers and provide technical leadership
• Work closely with PMs, Finance partners, and cross-functional teams
• Ensure data accuracy and support critical compensation cycles
• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation