Senior Manager, Payroll

Why join Freenome?

Freenome is a high-growth biotech company on a mission since 2014 to create tools that empower everyone to prevent, detect, and treat their disease. 

To achieve this mission, Freenome is developing next-generation blood tests to detect cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages using our multiomics platform and machine learning techniques. Our first blood test will detect early-stage colorectal cancer and advanced adenomas.

To fight the war on cancer, Freenome has raised more than $1.1B from leading investors including a16z, GV (formerly Google Ventures), T. Rowe Price, BainCapital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, Roche, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, and the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures. 

Are you ready for the fight? A ‘Freenomer’ is a mission-driven employee who is fueled by the opportunity to make a positive impact on patients' lives, who thrive in a culture of respect and cross collaboration, and whose work makes a significant impact on the company and their career. Freenomers are determined, patient-centric, and outcomes-driven. We build teams around divergent expertise, allowing us to solve problems and ascertain opportunities in unique ways. We are dedicated to advancing healthcare, one breakthrough at a time.

About this opportunity:

To support Freenome’s rapid growth, we’re looking for a proven and collaborative Senior Manager, Payroll to join our team! As a Senior Manager, Payroll, you will supervise, monitor, and evaluate all payroll activities. In addition, you will be pivotal in developing and implementing processes and systems for processing, analyzing, verifying, and reporting payroll information. In this role, you will report directly to our Director, Accounting. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in payroll operations and compliance as well as supporting process and system improvements.

What you’ll do:

• Lead semi-monthly and bi-weekly payroll timely and accurately for multi-state employees
• Maintain compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
• Subject matter expert in researching/understanding new rules and tax regulations pertaining to payroll and stock option programs
• Partner with other functional leads (including Legal and HR) to develop processes which ensure the accuracy of all payroll data including all aspects of record-keeping, withholding, reporting, reconciliation, and auditing
• Support equity administration
• Prepare month-end journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations related to areas of responsibility
• Prepare and reconcile year-end reporting preparations, such as W-2 reporting
• Assist with quarterly and year-end audit requests from auditors 
• Ensure payroll process and procedures are compliant with SOX controls
• Perform ad-hoc projects, as needed

Must haves:

• 8+ years in full-cycle payroll experience with expertise in processing and managing payrolls for a minimum of 300 employees
• An experienced leader in all facets of payroll, equity transactions, and stock administration
• Expertise in payroll accounting functions, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, workers comp, leave plans, employee relations, and benefits administration
• Developed and streamlined payroll process improvement 
• Experience with SOX compliance and procedures
• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and an ability to prioritize effectively to deliver results within reasonably established timelines
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) up and down the organization, from individuals and department leads
• Experience with payroll system and process implementation
• Proficiency in Excel and ability to learn new systems quickly
• Experience in global payroll
• Positive team player, who can take ownership of assigned responsibilities
• Experience managing direct reports

Nice to haves:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Payroll certification such as CPP

Benefits and additional information:

The US target range of our base salary for new hires is $153,000 - $235,000. You will also be eligible to receive pre-IPO equity, cash bonuses, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits dependent on the position offered.  Please note that individual total compensation for this position will be determined at the Company’s sole discretion and may vary based on several factors, including but not limited to, location, skill level, years and depth of relevant experience, and education. We invite you to check out our career page @ https://careers.freenome.com/ for additional company information.  

Freenome is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.  

• Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

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