Payroll Specialist

🔧 Responsibilities

• In this role, you will be responsible for one of the organization's most highly-visible and mission-critical functions, where you will have the opportunity to: 
• Deliver world-class care to our company’s most valuable resource: our people, by ensuring timely and accurate processing of payroll and by providing responsive and empathetic payroll support as needed
•  Process monthly and bi-weekly payroll data for a 400+ person organization across North America and EMEA, with the highest degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Effectively manage deadlines, escalate issues as they arise, and drive a mindset of process improvement as someone with a thorough understanding of the company’s payroll policies and processes
• Perform monthly reconciliations of payroll accrual accounts, record payroll-related journal entries and support other accounting functions related to payroll
• Work closely with cross-functional teams as a subject matter expert to ensure payroll compliance.
• Grow into a role where you can take the lead on performing detailed analysis of costs and other business-critical people/performance metrics to share with leadership to facilitate a more robust understanding of our business
• Perform audit/reconciliation functions and respond to complex and sensitive employee inquiries concerning pay with discretion
• Other duties as assigned

💡 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience plus 2-5 years in a payroll or accounting function is required
• Established track record of successfully leveraging technology and designing/building process improvements designed to drive efficiency
• Comfort with coordinating with and working alongside remote teams and the ability to work from an in-person office when necessary, such as to coordinate large projects or important deadlines
• Experience working with multi-state (US) and international payroll for other large or high-growth companies
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment where change is the norm; strong multitasking skills, and flexibility to quickly move from one project to the next
• Strong organizational skills, detail- and accuracy-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates our core values of passion, persistence and integrity
• Experience with our accounting tech-stack, which includes Netsuite (ERP), Paylocity (Payroll), and HiBOB (HIRS) are preferred as well as strong Excel/Google Sheets skills. 
• We are seeking candidates within a commutable distance to our Denver and Colorado Springs offices. While this role is 95% remote, you will be required to visit the office 1-2 days per month.
• Compensation: $55,000 - 85,000 | Bonus Eligible