Senior Accountant - Payroll
Skills
ADP PayrollAccountingAnalytical SkillsCertified Public AccountingFinancial AuditsGenerally Accepted Accounting PrinciplesMicrosoft Excel
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- CPA or active CPA candidacy highly preferred
- 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- At least 2 years focused on payroll or compensation accounting in a multi-entity or global organization
- Working knowledge of GAAP and ERP systems such as NetSuite SAP or Oracle
- Hands-on experience with payroll platforms and third-party providers such as ADP or Deel
- Intermediate-to-advanced Excel skills including pivot tables XLOOKUP and reconciliation modeling
- Experience supporting financial audits and SOX compliance
- Familiarity with multi-jurisdiction payroll tax compliance and international statutory reporting is a plus
- Excellent analytical problem-solving organizational and communication skills
Nice to have
- Detail-oriented
- Collaborative
- Process-improvement mindset
- High-growth environment
Day to day
- Own end-to-end global payroll accounting processes including journal entries accruals and reconciliations.
- Prepare monthly flux analysis variance commentary and financial reporting support for payroll-related accounts.
- Partner across Accounting Payroll HR Finance and external providers to maintain controls improve processes and support audits.