Job Title: Manager, Regional Payroll EMEA

Location: United Kingdom
Reports to: Global Payroll Director

About the Role

The Regional Payroll Manager, EMEA, will oversee end-to-end payroll operations across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.  This role is currently responsible for payroll operations in the United Kingdom and Germany, with potential expansion to new geographic markets throughout EMEA.  Serving as our technical payroll regulatory expert for the region, they will establish infrastructure, standardized processes, and performance frameworks that support current operations and enable scalable geographic expansion.

This position is ideal for a hands-on payroll leader who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly growing environments. The successful candidate will have deep technical expertise in EMEA payroll regulations, significant experience in payroll and HR system configuration and report customization, and a proven track record of driving operational excellence through process optimization and quality standards.

This role requires strong business process management capabilities and the ability to work effectively across time zones, partnering closely with our India-based payroll team to ensure seamless global payroll operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations, compliance, and transformation for the EMEA region, currently U.K. and Germany with potential future geographic expansion within the EMEA region.
• Serve as the technical payroll regulatory expert for the EMEA region’s payroll statutory requirements, tax compliance, and regulatory reporting (Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), federal, state/provincial, and local).
• Design, implement, and maintain foundational payroll processes, controls, and organizational infrastructure to support current and future-state operations.
• Drive payroll system configuration, integration, and reporting customization initiatives across payroll and HR platforms (ADP, SAP, BambooHR, or similar enterprise HR Information Systems).
• Lead automation and optimization initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of payroll operations.
• Establish and maintain quality oversight frameworks with quantifiable metrics and KPIs to measure payroll accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Manage business process design and documentation, ensuring standardization and scalability across regions.
• Lead system and supplier evaluations, implementations, and vendor management activities within the Americas region.
• Collaborate effectively across time zones with the India-based payroll team, providing guidance, training, and operational oversight.
• Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to ensure seamless payroll execution and issue resolution.
• Establish and maintain payroll process compliance documentation, audit controls, and SOX compliance requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis on payroll discrepancies and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and employee experience excellence.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or related field.
• 6+ years of progressive payroll experience with 3+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Deep technical expertise in multi-country EMEA payroll regulations, tax compliance, and statutory reporting requirements.  Must include expertise in the United Kingdom.
• Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments where foundational infrastructure and processes are being established.
• Understanding of payroll governance, audit, and control frameworks (SOX, COSO, ISO, or similar).
• Significant hands-on experience with payroll and HR system configuration and custom reporting.
• Demonstrated experience establishing quality oversight frameworks with quantifiable metrics (accuracy rates, SLA compliance, error reduction, cycle-time improvements).
• Strong foundation in business process management.
• Proven success supporting system implementations, vendor evaluations, and supplier management projects.
• Experience working across multiple time zones and managing or collaborating with geographically distributed teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex data, compliance requirements, and multi-system integrations.
• Proficiency with payroll, finance, and HR systems such as ADP, SAP, BambooHR, or other enterprise HRIS platforms.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all organizational levels.

Preferred Skills

• Professional payroll certifications such as CIPP or other recognized payroll credentials.
• Advanced degree (Master's in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related field).
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent process improvement certification.
• Proven track record of process optimization initiatives (ex: process redesign, RPA, RDA, AI/ML, Microsoft Power Automate, API integrations).
• Experience with EMEA payroll regulations.
• Advanced Excel/data analysis skills and experience with business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.).
• Project management certification (PMP, Agile, etc.) or demonstrated project management experience.
• Experience designing and implementing shared service or center of excellence (COE) operating models.
• Knowledge of change management principles and experience leading organizational transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with HR transformation, digital workplace initiatives, and employee self-service technologies.

Key Competencies

• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of payroll regulations, system architecture, and compliance requirements.
• Change Leadership: Comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at building infrastructure in high-growth, evolving environments.
• Quality & Metrics Orientation: Data-driven approach to quality management with focus on measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Process Excellence: Strong business process management capabilities with ability to design scalable, efficient workflows.
• Global Collaboration: Ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones with distributed teams.
• Strategic Thinking: Balances tactical execution with strategic vision for future-state organization design.
• Innovation Mindset: Proactive identification and implementation of automation, technology, and process improvements.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong influencing and relationship-building skills across all organizational levels.

Interim, Manager, Recruiting
Location: London, UK
Contract: Interim
Department: People
Reports to: Manager, Recruiting, International

Role Overview

About the Role
We are seeking a proactive, intuitive, and relationship-driven Recruiting Manager to join e.l.f. Beauty. This role will be responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment across a variety of functions, with a strong focus on direct sourcing, delivering an exceptional candidate experience, and building effective partnerships with internal stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone with a sharp eye for talent, someone who can identify “unicorn” candidates who will thrive in and elevate our fast-paced, high-performance, and collaborative culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the full recruitment lifecycle from role briefing through to offer and onboarding
• Proactively source and attract high-quality candidates using LinkedIn and other channels
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Identify standout, high-potential talent who will succeed in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience, ensuring timely communication and engagement throughout the process
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, advise on market insights, and guide decision-making
• Effectively manage stakeholders, providing regular updates and ensuring alignment throughout the hiring process
• Conduct screening interviews and coordinate interview processes efficiently
• Promote and represent the e.l.f. Beauty employer brand in all candidate interactions

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in an in-house or agency recruitment role
• Strong direct sourcing capability, particularly via LinkedIn
• A strong instinct for talent, with the ability to spot high-potential “unicorn” candidates
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships with candidates and stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple roles simultaneously
• A proactive, solution-oriented approach with strong attention to detail
• Experience delivering a high-quality candidate experience

We are currently looking for a motivated, collaborative, and strong multi-tasker to join our dynamic, high-growth company. Reporting to the Senior Sales Manager, International. This position will be located in central London and will focus on supporting the Sales Lead in growing our portfolio of brands across the International retailer base across rest of world.

This position will be responsible for supporting the sales team to meet and exceed the sales goals and brand objectives, by providing administrative support, ensuring the sales process can run smoothly. The coordinator will be responsible for providing weekly sales data analysis, so candidates need to have strong financial skills and be comfortable with using different data sources. The role will work cross functionally, to ensure processes are being followed across all departments. The candidate will be supporting the sales leads across  multiple brands and will be supporting with any new market onboarding.

The ideal candidate is someone who embraces e.l.f.’s dynamic culture of executing with speed and quality to drive solutions. They need to be a fast learner and quick thinker, and happy to work under pressure to meet deadlines. Bringing in 2 years or more of relevant sales and/or administrative experience. The best hire is someone with outstanding organizational, administrative and problem-solving skills, as well as strong communication /customer service skills and someone who is proficient in Microsoft applications including Excel. Experience in and love for beauty is a definite plus!

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive support to Sales Leads to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness in managing the retailer base.
• Assist in all administrative and operational aspects to ensure seamless sales processes.
• Generate, analysis and provide accurate sales reports, performance data, and insights to Sales Leads.
• Maintain and update sales tracking systems to support data-driven decision-making.
• Act as a key point of contact between internal teams and retailers/ distributors, connecting cross functionally to resolve incoming queries.
• Ensure prompt and effective communication with relevant departments to facilitate smooth sales operations, including visual merchandising, marketing and finance.
• Create and monitor the end-to-end process of retailer briefs through the internal approvals process
• Support Sales Leads with the creation, processing, and management of Purchase Orders (POs) with our external vendors.
• Implement and maintain an organized and efficient documentation/filing system for sales-related records with our external partners.
• Full ownership of new product set up with retailers/ distributors
• Assisting the regulatory team with new product registrations, providing administrative support where required
• Identify inefficiencies in sales processes and suggest improvements.