Senior Payroll Analyst

Posted Nov 6

At Emburse our mission is to help make our users’ lives – and their businesses – better. We are dramatically transforming how organizations manage corporate expenses and invoices. We humanize work by automating manual tasks and saving users’ time, so they can focus on what matters most – their family, community, or more rewarding work. We help CFO’s give their employees a simple and amazing experience while ensuring compliance and reducing costs. Our solutions are tailored for companies from start-ups and SMBs to enterprises such as Microsoft, Pinterest, Bosch, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Estee Lauder. We have more than 18,000 customers and 12 million users globally.

This is a remote opportunity however, the candidate must live in the U.S. and on the East Coast.

The payroll team is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of semi-monthly US and Canadian payrolls. In addition, the payroll team is responsible for coordinating with outside providers on international payroll, preparing journal entries to record payroll, administering the ADP platforms, following up on payroll/payroll tax discrepancies, coordinating with the People Operations team on changes to payroll, and other tasks necessary to ensure compliance.

What you'll do:

  • Assist with processing semi-monthly payroll for multiple companies in ADP in the US and CAN
  • Assist with maintaining and reconciling payroll related general ledger accounts
  • Assist with data entry of all employee changes in ADP
  • Assist with the annual financial statements audit for all payroll related audit testing and 401k audit
  • Audit and review filings and payments made by ADP to all state and municipal tax authorities to ensure they are made timely and accurately; Follow up on any payroll tax related notices received
  • Remit semi-monthly 3rd party pass through withholdings related to HSA, FSA and transit benefits
  • Review and transmit semi-month 401k reports to company’s 401k provider
  • Internal point of contact for employee payroll related inquiries
  • Communicate with employees regarding complex payroll situations and errors
  • Escalation point for complex payroll situations
  • Assist with establishing new legal entities, state tax establishments and 3rd party payroll contracts as needed
  • Maintain confidentiality of sensitive data
  • Ad hoc projects as needed

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What we're looking for:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Experience with ADP required
  • 5+ years of experience managing payroll for large companies with US and Canadian operations
  • Demonstrated knowledge of tax compliance
  • Strong process orientation with a demonstrated ability to evaluate, design, and implement new processes and procedures
  • Organizational and time management skills to meet time-sensitive deadlines consistently
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex information to all levels of the organization
  • Self-starter with the ability to work with a sense of urgency without sacrificing accuracy

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.