US Payroll Manager (Remote, USA)

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a US Payroll Manager to join Grafana Labs. The successful candidate will be someone who is looking to build a payroll team from the group up, create payroll guidelines and manage the function in a rapidly growing company. This position will report to the Director, Global Payroll and work closely with our People & Accounting team.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee semi-monthly payroll processing for multi-state employees
• Responsible for leading, training, and mentoring payroll team members
• Partner with the People Team to develop payroll best practices, guidelines and procedures
• Understand payroll strategies and deliver recommendations for improving payroll process
• Support accounting for all payroll related journal entries during month end close
• Reconcile all payroll GL related accounts, payroll liabilities, PTO liability, etc
• Partner with People team to ensure proper integration of Payroll and HR system
• Support SOX key controls and quarterly reviews
• Verify and analyze W2-s prior to distribution
• Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures

Requirements

• 8-10 years minimum experience of multi-state payroll in both public and private companies
• Solid working knowledge of Workday Payroll and Excel
• Experience in system implementation and/or migration
• Excellent organizational skills and able to prioritize tasks and shift gears on short notice
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Maintain confidential information and professionalism to ensure privacy of employee records
• Detail oriented, strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of labor and payroll tax laws and regulations 
• CPP designation a plus but not required
• Knowledge and experience with ISO’s, NSO’s, RSU’s and ESPP a plus
• Experience in startup, fast-growing company strongly preferred 
• Located in the US