Payroll Manager

• Administer full-cycle payroll for all employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to federal, state, and local regulations
• Oversee timely and accurate bi-weekly payroll processing, ensuring all deadlines are consistently met
• Review and validate payroll inputs - including compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, benefits, and leave - and ensure accurate calculations across pay cycles
• Serve as the payroll subject matter expert, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of tax regulations, and labor laws across all relevant U.S. jurisdictions
• Manage payroll requirements for employees on work visas, including identifying exemption eligibility (e.g., FICA exemptions) and coordinating necessary documentation
• Oversee incentive and equity-related payroll processing for RSUs, NSOs, and ISOs, ensuring precise tax calculations, accurate reporting, and timely estimated tax submissions
• Serve as the primary point of contact for payroll inquiries from employees and internal stakeholders, ensuring responsive and high-quality support

• 6+ years of hands-on payroll experience, with demonstrated expertise managing complex, multi-state U.S. payroll operations
• CPP or FPC certification is a plus, but not required
• Proven experience administering payroll
• Paylocity experience is a strong plus
• Strong understanding of federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, and tax compliance requirements
• Experience managing payroll considerations for employees on work visas, including proper application of visa-related tax exemptions (e.g., FICA exemption eligibility)
• Knowledge of equity and stock-based compensation (e.g., RSUs, NSOs, ISOs) and their associated tax and reporting implications
• Experience managing payroll inputs such as bonuses, commissions, benefits, leave-of-absence scenarios, and retroactive adjustments
• Strong analytical skills with a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain payroll concepts clearly and support employees and internal partners
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, scaling environment
• Demonstrates sound judgment, confidentiality, and integrity in handling sensitive employee data

Experience with HiBob is preferred, but not required

• competitive compensation
• startup equity
• health insurance
• other competitive benefits