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Payroll Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
83 days ago
Salary
$70K - $85K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Payroll Specialist
KAYAK
• Manage monthly and fortnightly payroll cycles across all international entities via external providers (through Cloudpay and ADP), ensuring accurate and timely salary and statutory payments in multiple currencies. • Own day-to-day payroll administration, including data validation, calculations, and reporting. • Prepare and submit payroll inputs (new hires, terminations, promotions, salary changes, bonuses, commissions, equity, benefits changes, and other deductions). • Review and validate payroll outputs, resolving discrepancies prior to approval. • Ensure accurate and timely processing of all payroll elements, including salaries, bonuses, commissions, equity, benefits, and statutory deductions. • Assist with year-end processing and related reporting. • Maintain strong internal controls supporting payroll accuracy and completeness across jurisdictions. • Ensure compliance with tax, social security, employment, and other local payroll regulations in each country, staying current on legislative and tax law changes. • Administer and reconcile payroll taxes, ensuring correct employee and employer deductions and remittance to relevant authorities. • Support tax return preparation and indirect tax compliance, including reconciliations and documentation for cross-border transactions. • Contribute to a strong international finance control environment and support payroll setup as we expand into new countries. • Support internal and external audits with accurate, well-organised, and audit-ready documentation. • Prepare, review, and reconcile payroll reports, including variance analysis and period-end reconciliations. • Provide clear, timely reporting and commentary to Finance leadership and other stakeholders. • Act as a primary point of contact for payroll-related employee queries, responding with professionalism and efficiency. • Handle inquiries related to discrepancies, missing hours, deductions, and other payroll issues, providing clear and timely resolutions. • Manage payroll-linked benefits (health insurance, pensions, BIK, and other voluntary deductions) in line with company policies and local requirements. • Provide helpful and responsive support to employees across multiple jurisdictions. • Own relationships with external payroll providers (through Cloudpay and ADP), ensuring strong service delivery, accuracy, and controls. • Work closely with the People team and other departments to ensure employee data is accurate and up to date ahead of payroll cut-offs. • Coordinate on changes such as new hires, leavers, promotions, salary adjustments, benefits changes, and other data impacting payroll. • Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, automation, accuracy, and efficiency across global payroll operations.
Job Requirements
- A professional payroll qualification
- Proven experience as a Payroll Specialist, with hands-on experience in your local region
- Solid understanding of local regulations, tax laws, and benefits administration
- Proficiency in payroll software (e.g., ADP, Cloudpay, Workday, etc.) and MS Office (Word, Excel - including VLOOKUP’s, Pivot Tables, etc)
- Excellent attention to detail and a track record of accuracy in data entry and payroll processing
- Strong communication, both verbal and written, to effectively interact with employees and departments
- Solid organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
- A process-first mentality, with a focus on controls and consistency
- Excellent interpersonal skills for managing processes and cross-functional relationships
- Ability to maintain strict data confidentiality and demonstrate a strong sense of professional integrity
- Highly analytical capability with strong organization and prioritization skills, and a proven track record of meeting hard deadlines
- A dedicated, flexible, and outspoken mindset, with a creative and pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- A solution-focused, hands-on approach, with the ability to prioritise and deliver multiple tasks in order to meet conflicting timelines
- A proactive attitude: you flag issues and inefficiencies early, challenge the status quo and contribute ideas to improve how we work
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a strong process improvement mindset and a desire to further develop your career in payroll.
Benefits
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
- Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- No meeting Fridays
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
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