Senior Payroll coordinator – North America
We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Senior Payroll Coordinator to support payroll operations for employees across the United States and Canada. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, maintaining payroll records, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external providers, and helping ensure compliance with applicable payroll regulations.
The ideal candidate should have experience supporting North American payroll processes, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and accuracy.
What You Get to Do:
- Coordinate end-to-end payroll processing for US and Canada subsidiaries, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, and other payroll adjustments.
- Review payroll input data, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, severances, commissions, benefits deductions, and other payroll adjustments.
- Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
- Assist with the biweekly timecards review and finalization for hourly employees. Coordinate with hourly employees and managers in case of missing punch ins/outs in the system.
- Maintain and submit payroll related reports and documentation to the Finance team in a timely manner, including bi-weekly payroll journal entries and monthly payroll related account reconciliations.
- Prepare, review, and post payroll-related journal entries in accordance with company accounting policies.
- Perform value-added analysis to explain unusual and/or significant variances in salaries, other pays, and deductions.
- Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and payment issues.
- Partner with the Tax team/HR team to ensure the updates in various city, state and local taxes.
- Facilitate audits by providing required records and documentation to auditors.
- Help develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls, and documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll accuracy, efficiency, and employee experience.
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local payroll regulations and company policies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Degree in Accounting/Finance with Payroll experience.
- 5 years experience supporting payroll operations for the United States and/or Canada.
- Strong understanding of payroll concepts, including earnings, deductions, taxes, and benefits.
- Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing and internal control.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to research and resolve employee payroll inquiries accurately and professionally.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data validation, and reconciliation activities.
- Competency with G Suite (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Hangouts, Drive, etc.).
- Highly detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Ability to work flexible hours with overlap across North American business hours when required.
- Familiarity with ADP Workforce Now portal is a plus.
There is strength in numbers - We are the Numerati
Numerator is 5,800 employees strong. We have the confidence to be real and embrace what makes each Numerati unique. Our diverse experiences, ideas and backgrounds fuel our innovation.
Being part of the Numerati means that we’ll take care of you! From our Recharge Days, maximum flexibility policy, wellness resources for employees and their families, development opportunities and much more — we’re always finding ways to better support, celebrate and accelerate our team.
Skills Required
- Degree in Accounting or Finance with payroll experience
- 5 years supporting payroll operations for the United States and/or Canada
- Strong understanding of payroll concepts including earnings, deductions, taxes, and benefits
- Extensive knowledge of payroll preparation, balancing, and internal controls
- Strong problem-solving skills to research and resolve employee payroll inquiries
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, data validation, reconciliations)
- Competency with G Suite (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive)
- Highly detail-oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Strong English communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
- Ability to work flexible hours with overlap across North American business hours
- Familiarity with ADP Workforce Now portal
What We Do
Numerator is a data and tech company bringing speed and scale to market research. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Numerator has more than 2,400 employees worldwide. The company blends proprietary data with advanced technology to create unique insights for the market research industry that has been slow to change. The majority of Fortune 100 companies are Numerator clients.








