Payroll Specialist (Remote - PST)

Our Customer’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through their family of apps and services, they are building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

We are seeking a Payroll Specialist on a contract basis to help support our customer’s business needs. This role is 100% remote in PST.

The Payroll Specialist is a customer-focused finance professional responsible for ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing. This role supports a fast-paced environment, manages outsourced payroll service providers, drives process improvements, and ensures adherence to payroll regulations across multiple regions.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing, including error resolution, validation, policy compliance, and payroll accounting.
• Manage outsourced Payroll Service Providers to ensure all payroll inputs and outputs are delivered and processed on schedule.
• Validate all payroll entries for new hires, terminations, wage changes, position updates, job assignments, and status changes, maintaining 100% accuracy.
• Reconcile payroll output files and financial balances against core HR data and approve required reports.
• Conduct research and resolve complex payroll issues with minimal supervision.
• Support payroll transitions to new payroll service providers, including parallel testing and reruns.
• Build and document payroll processes, ensuring strong internal controls and continuous process improvements.
• Ensure compliance with payroll tax requirements, stock-based compensation rules, benefits processing, statutory audits, and internal policies.
• Assist with monthly payroll audits, data validation, and correction of discrepancies.
• Contribute to the setup and payroll integration of new entities and M&A activities.
• Participate in weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings to support ongoing process improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally, influencing team members and stakeholders to improve payroll operations.

Qualifications

• BS/BA preferred
• 10+ years of experience in payroll or payroll operations.
• Experience in fast-growing multinational organizations.
• Strong experience with Workday Payroll.
• Expertise in process mapping using tools such as Visio or Lucidchart.
• Experience creating documentation, SOPs, procedures, and detailed process documentation (DDP).
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience with Salesforce or other CRM platforms.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel.
• Experience with Oracle HCM, SAP Payroll, or similar ERP platforms.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and experience driving process improvements.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work across distributed teams.

Preferred:

• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification.
• Experience in large, high-volume payroll environments (Big Tech or companies with 50,000+ employees).
• Experience with data privacy requirements and SOX compliance.
• Six Sigma training or process-improvement certifications.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

* Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA.

* Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.