Accountant/Payroll/HR Analyst
Denver, CO (*Local candidates only)
$25-30hr (Weekly pay + Benefits)
12 month contract (Excellent potential for extension and permanent)
Full- time M-F (Onsite 3 days a week, remote 2)
**Open to seeing candidates with HR or Accountant experience who are looking to transition full-time to Payroll Analyst role***
Our client is passionate about building software that solves problems. They partner with the most important institutions in the world to transform how they use data and technology. Their software has been used to stop terrorist attacks, discover new medicines, gain an edge in global financial markets, and more. They are a public American company that specializes in software platforms for big data analytics. The company facilitates machine-assisted and human-driven data analysis.
The Role
In this role, you will support the payroll function by accurately and timely processing multi-state payroll, assisting employees with payroll inquiries, and working cross- functionally to help drive efficiencies and optimization across teams. An ideal candidate has good attention to detail and can communicate well and proactively in a fast-paced environment.
Core Responsibilities
- Accurately process multi-state, semi-monthly US Payroll and monthly Canada Payroll - inclusive of ad-hoc and equity runs.
- Maintaining accurate payroll records to ensure statutory compliance, and documenting and maintaining payroll SOPs.
- Assisting with the review and reconciliation of local, state, and federal taxes. Ensuring compliance with all statutory payroll tax regulations.
- Assisting with annual audits including 401k, Workers’ Comp, and W2s.
- Researching, analyzing, and resolving payroll discrepancies.
- Serve as the POC for US employee inquiries, including promptly responding to questions and requests.
- Identify and drive process improvements and payroll workflows.
What We Value
- 3+ years work experience in Payroll, Accountant and/or HR looking to transition into a payroll analyst role
- Interested in processing full-cycle, semi-monthly in-house US payroll or ability to learn quickly
- Experience with Workday for processing payroll or similar (ADP Workforce Now or Safeguard) or Accounting Software’s (Netsuite, Coupa etc)
- Must have experience working for a larger or Global company supporting high volume processing,
- Proficient in MS Excel including formulas functions (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables,)
- Excellent customer service; pleasant and positive attitude.
- Must have excellent work ethics, self-starter and hard working.
- Must have experience responding to US employee inquiries, including promptly responding to questions and requests.
- Bonus: Some experience or interest in learning high volume equity transactions or abiity to learn (NSO, RSU, ISO, ESPP) with multi-jurisdiction sourcing (daily equity runs)
- Knowledge of tax and wage laws or able to learn.
- Bonus: Multi- state payroll experience is a plus (Canada, etc.) or ability to learn
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; accuracy in work products and an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
