Senior Payroll Specialist

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As a Senior Payroll Specialist, you'll own end-to-end payroll operations across the U.S. and Canada, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and a seamless employee experience. You'll partner across teams to support payroll accounting, audits, and evolving regulations while operating in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment. Your work will drive efficiency, strengthen processes, and keep payroll running at scale.
What you'll do as a Senior Payroll Specialist

• Process bi-weekly U.S. and semi-monthly Canadian payroll for a multi-entity workforce, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Review, validate, and import timecard data for hourly employees while managing complex pay scenarios, including terminations and off-cycle payrolls.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local payroll regulations, staying current on legislative changes and applying updates proactively.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for payroll inquiries through the JustAsk ticketing system, delivering timely and accurate resolutions.
• Process and monitor garnishments, tax levies, and other involuntary deductions with precision and confidentiality.
• Partner with Human Resources, Benefits, Equity, Finance, and Accounting teams to support payroll operations and cross-functional initiatives.
• Reconcile payroll registers, funding wires, tax payments, and benefit contributions while preparing journal entries and supporting month-end close activities.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, including materials aligned with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, and identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes and systems.

What you'll bring

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-state payroll processing for organizations with 1,000+ employees.
• Experience processing U.S. payroll, with exposure to Canadian payroll strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Workday Payroll, including system enhancements, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with payroll accounting, reconciliations, and supporting audit processes.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, provincial, and local payroll tax regulations.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex payroll and accounting issues.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and discretion.

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is 84,000.00 USD - 105,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.