Payroll Specialist
Overview
Join a fast-growing technology environment as a Payroll Specialist supporting accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations for U.S. and international employees. In this hands-on role, you’ll partner with Payroll, People, Finance, and Legal teams to manage payroll across multiple employee populations, countries, systems, and pay cycles. The ideal candidate is self-sufficient, adaptable, highly detail-oriented, and comfortable moving quickly while communicating across teams and systems.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of payroll processing experience, including multi-state and global payroll
- Hands-on experience with ADP, including reporting, compliance tools, and international payroll workflows
- Experience processing payroll for hourly and salaried employees across varying pay cycles
- Experience supporting payroll across 20+ U.S. states
- Strong understanding of wage and hour laws, tax withholdings, payroll taxes, and regulatory compliance
- Experience transitioning payroll providers or migrating payroll platforms end-to-end, including:
- Data migration
- Parallel payroll runs
- Reconciliation
- Post-implementation support
- Ability to support payroll operations for international employees
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain confidential employee information
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Comfort working between multiple systems and collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Strong technical aptitude and proficiency with payroll systems and tools
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience with Rippling
- Payroll experience in international markets such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Australia, or Korea
- Experience supporting payroll within a high-growth startup or rapidly scaling organization
- Knowledge of accounting or finance principles
- Experience coordinating time tracking and wage data for hourly employees
- Experience partnering with People or HR teams to onboard employees into payroll systems
Preferred Education and Experience
- 5+ years of progressive payroll experience is preferred
- Experience managing multi-state and international payroll is required
- Educational requirements were not specified in the available role details
Other Requirements
- Work arrangement: Hybrid; onsite in San Francisco two days per week
- Schedule: Part-time, generally 20–30 hours per week, with the opportunity for hours to increase as the organization grows; some weeks may require a full-time schedule
- Must be comfortable working in a dynamic, startup-style environment
- Must be able to support payroll operations for approximately 25 hourly employees and 500 domestic and 100 international salaried employees
- Must be able to manage weekly, biweekly, and monthly payroll cycles
- Must support payroll for employees across the United States and international locations
- Must stay current on payroll best practices, legislative changes, and compliance requirements
- Standard background check required
