About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role 

We're looking for an experienced payroll specialist to join Rippling’s Global Payroll Operations team. We are rapidly expanding Rippling to serve the needs of employees and employers all over the world. Our Global Payroll Operations team plays a critical role in ensuring the success of our global payroll products, which combine Rippling's native engines with powerful local software integrations to deliver a seamless experience across our broader suite of products.

As Rippling expands its product offerings globally, there is a critical business need for Rippling to develop new muscles around global product operations and country-specific payroll expertise outside of the US.

This role, Global Payroll Operations Specialist, is a critical hire for the Global Payroll Operations team that will be fully dedicated to developing and executing these new capabilities. This role will own all operational aspects across Israel (and, if needed, selected countries), relationships with our external partners, and drive our expansion into new customer segments and geographies. Additionally, this role brings critical country-specific payroll expertise to support the ongoing development and optimization of Rippling’s global payroll software and footprint.

This is an exciting role that requires significant cross-departmental engagement with a major impact on the product and customer experience.

What you will do 

• Execute timely payroll, filings, and payments for all customers across Israel (and, if needed, selected countries)
• Drive issue resolution and communication with various government agencies and partners; you will directly interface with our customers and resolve issues on their behalf
• Work closely with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure that:
• • The payroll software supports key payroll and tax compliance requirements
  • Product bugs and product issues (e.g., onboarding, calculation errors, offboarding, file generation errors, etc.) are quickly addressed
  • Internal tooling requirements are properly prioritized and implemented

What you will need

• Minimum of 4+ years in a global payroll processing role, and minimum of 2+ years in a client facing role
• Strong Israeli payroll experience 
• Experience running payroll in-house with the most common Israeli payroll softwares (familiarity with Hilan / HaShavim is a strong advantage)
• Must hold a valid Certified Senior Payroll Accountant credential from a recognized Israeli professional body (e.g., The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel).
• Deep understanding of Israeli labor laws, National Insurance (Bituach Leumi) regulations, income tax brackets, and mandatory pension/study fund (Keren Hishtalmut) compliance.
• Bonus if you have experience running payroll in other EMEA countries
• Process payroll activities in accordance with company guidelines, social security, legislations and local taxes requirements.
• Experience with Google Suite or Microsoft Office, especially Docs/Sheets/Excel, for data analysis and task organization;
• Familiarity with Slack, Salesforce queues, JIRA tickets, and Confluence a plus
• Proficiency with AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
• Ability to review and validate calculations
• Must have understanding of payroll concepts, and strong knowledge of payroll regulations
• Has working experience with payroll related systems and software
• Deep understanding of the leave entitlements 
• Good knowledge of labor legislation
• Strong organizational skills and able to work under strict deadlines
• Fluent in both English and Hebrew