Payroll Manager
Justworks is a technology company that levels the playing field for all small
businesses. Through our software and as a partner, we help our customers take care of their teams, streamline their operations, and navigate the complex aspects of managing a workforce with confidence.
Job Description
Who You Are
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You are detail oriented and able to work independently. You will own and embrace improvement and proactively identify opportunities for automation while also keeping an eye on risk and compliance. As the Payroll Manager responsible for payroll & benefits, you will be expected to manage a timely and efficient payroll process within Workday to ensure completeness and accuracy around compensation including net pay and tax withholdings. Prepare or review reconciliation of related payroll and benefits accounts during the accounting close on a monthly basis. There will be a number of initiatives that you will collaborate on closely with other teams across the organization, while imbedding new processes, procedures, and systems into the accounting organization.
Your Success Profile
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What You Will Work On
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- Ensure accurate setup for employee net pay, including proper earnings and deductions, tax withholdings for bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll
- Ensure accurate setup for company level taxation
- Work closely with People team to ensure proper validation, review, and/or approval of payroll, bonuses, overtime, and other one-time payments to employees
- Build out an effective control environment around the end-to-end payroll process, identifying key stakeholders and formalizing documentation while allowing flexibility for company growth and complexity
- Experience with multi-state filings and jurisdictional requirements.
- Lead the accounting organization’s role in building out new HCM system functionality and integration into payroll platform to ensure seamless transition and data flow
- Centralize payroll-related responsibilities and own the processing of on- and off-cycle payments, review of timesheets, processing of payroll tax adjustments, and inquiries from employees
- Develop strategic analytics around payroll-related expenses and summarize findings and trends to management
How You Will Do Your Work
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As a Payroll Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
- Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
- Analytical -uses a logical reasoning process to break down and work through a situation or problem to arrive at an outcome.
- Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.
- Organizational awareness - maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
- Business insight - applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:
- Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
Qualifications
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- Minimum of 3-5 years of payroll experience
- Will be responsible for the bi-weekly & Semi-monthly processing of payroll for all Justworks employees
- Respond to and resolve employee questions regarding payroll in a timely and thoughtful manner
- Experience processing/accounting for payroll-related transactions.
- Oversee and drive the payroll processing cycle, submit and complete payroll
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of best practices payroll policies and procedures.
- Key participant in month-end close cycle
- Understanding of and experience with SOX-compliant accounting organizations
- Experience with Workday Payroll a plus
- Proficient in MS Office suite, NetSuite experience a plus
- Exhibits accountability and ownership
- Able to work independently and meet tight deadlines
- Interest in learning new processes and implementing the latest technology in a fast paced, data driven environment
The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $122,000.00 to $134,200.00 per year.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-AG1
Who You Are
You are detail oriented and able to work independently. You will own and embrace improvement and proactively identify opportunities for automation while also keeping an eye on risk and compliance. As the Payroll Manager responsible for payroll & benefits, you will be expected to manage a timely and efficient payroll process within Workday to ensure completeness and accuracy around compensation including net pay and tax withholdings. Prepare or review reconciliation of related payroll and benefits accounts during the accounting close on a monthly basis. There will be a number of initiatives that you will collaborate on closely with other teams across the organization, while imbedding new processes, procedures, and systems into the accounting organization.
Your Success Profile
What You Will Work On
- Ensure accurate setup for employee net pay, including proper earnings and deductions, tax withholdings for bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll
- Ensure accurate setup for company level taxation
- Work closely with People team to ensure proper validation, review, and/or approval of payroll, bonuses, overtime, and other one-time payments to employees
- Build out an effective control environment around the end-to-end payroll process, identifying key stakeholders and formalizing documentation while allowing flexibility for company growth and complexity
- Experience with multi-state filings and jurisdictional requirements.
- Lead the accounting organization’s role in building out new HCM system functionality and integration into payroll platform to ensure seamless transition and data flow
- Centralize payroll-related responsibilities and own the processing of on- and off-cycle payments, review of timesheets, processing of payroll tax adjustments, and inquiries from employees
- Develop strategic analytics around payroll-related expenses and summarize findings and trends to management
How You Will Do Your Work
As a Payroll Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
- Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
- Analytical - uses a logical reasoning process to break down and work through a situation or problem to arrive at an outcome.
- Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.
- Organizational awareness - maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
- Business insight - applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:
- Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3-5 years of payroll experience
- Will be responsible for the bi-weekly & Semi-monthly processing of payroll for all Justworks employees
- Respond to and resolve employee questions regarding payroll in a timely and thoughtful manner
- Experience processing/accounting for payroll-related transactions.
- Oversee and drive the payroll processing cycle, submit and complete payroll
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of best practices payroll policies and procedures.
- Key participant in month-end close cycle
- Understanding of and experience with SOX-compliant accounting organizations
- Experience with Workday Payroll a plus
- Proficient in MS Office suite, NetSuite experience a plus
- Exhibits accountability and ownership
- Able to work independently and meet tight deadlines
- Interest in learning new processes and implementing the latest technology in a fast paced, data driven environment
The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $122,000.00 to $134,200.00 per year.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-AG1
