Senior Payroll Specialist
At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.
Lyft is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Accounting team as a Senior Payroll Specialist. The role within the Payroll team will assist in the processing of bi-weekly payrolls, maintaining related records, and developing and documenting various Payroll policies and procedures, as well as own the processing of all termination checks. This candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to work and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic and rapidly changing environment. This candidate must be a team player who can work independently.
Responsibilities:
- Own and process portions of multi-state bi-weekly payroll, including review and audit of time data
- Process tax changes, direct deposits, loan repayments, deduction goals, retroactive adjustments, prorated payments, bonuses, special pays, etc
- Own and process all termination checks
- Coordinate with the business the timely processing of time data
- Manage on and off cycle payroll processing with ADP, including reviewing initial pay results, coordinating corrections and validating pay results
- Coordinate with ADP on tax administration activities, including federal, state, local tax filings, setting up new entities, and auditing taxes
- Maintain SOX compliance in areas of responsibility
- Assist in the development and documentation of various Payroll initiatives designed to streamline the process and scale with the organization
- Maintain and reconcile payroll records for both US and Canadian employees
- Provide prompt, courteous, and efficient customer service to employees who have questions regarding their pay, deductions, paid leave balances and other payroll processes
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of W2s
- Partner closely with HR, Benefits, IT, Finance, and Accounting teams to develop and improve processes
- Prepare ad hoc reports as needed and perform other duties as assigned
Experience:
- BS degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience in payroll, including experience with multi-state taxation
- Excellent organization skills, detail-oriented, oral and written communication skills
- Advanced computer skills: Microsoft Excel and Word
- Prior Workday and ADP Globalview experience, including Time and Attendance preferred
Benefits:
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.