• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global payroll team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accuracy, and exceptional service • Set strategic goals and objectives for the payroll department, ensuring alignment with the company's overall business strategy and operational demands • Develop strong stakeholder relationships and maintain a reputation as a team that ensures cross-functional collaboration • Oversee the end-to-end processing of complex multi-state and international payrolls, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with diverse global regulation • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, local, and international payroll laws and regulations, including timely filing of all payroll tax returns, W-2s, and equivalent international tax documentation • Proactively monitor and adapt to changes in payroll laws and regulations globally, implementing necessary updates to systems and processes • Prepare and analyze comprehensive payroll reports for management, finance, and other stakeholders, providing actionable insights • Lead the evaluation, selection, implementation, and optimization of payroll systems, with significant experience in ADP or similar large-scale payroll software (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Ceridian Dayforce) • Collaborate closely with HR, Finance, and IT departments to streamline processes, integrate systems, and enhance the overall employee experience • Drive special projects related to payroll, such as system migrations, new country expansions, or M&A integrations • Act as the primary point of contact for complex payroll-related inquiries from senior leaders, employees and managers across all levels and regions • Resolve escalated payroll issues in a timely, accurate, and professional manner, maintaining high employee satisfaction.

***** Fully Remote. US PST Hours ***** Who We Are We’re building the future of real estate — today. HomeLight is the essential technology platform used by hundreds of thousands of homebuyers and sellers to partner with top real estate agents and win at any step of the real estate journey, whether that’s finding a top agent, securing a competitive mortgage, or ensuring on-time, easy close. HomeLight facilitates billions of dollars of real estate on its platform every year. Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying for all. Our team breaks barriers every day while staying committed to HomeLight's goals and core values, which is a crucial element to our shared success. Who You Are HomeLight, a fast-growing Series D company, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support end-to-end payroll operations across multiple entities. This role owns accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing while partnering closely with HR and Finance. You’ll play a key role in maintaining payroll data integrity, supporting audits, and improving payroll efficiency in a high-growth, fast-paced environment. What You’ll Do Here - Own end-to-end payroll processing for U.S. employees, including wages, taxes (federal, state, local), benefits, and garnishments - Ensure compliance with IRS regulations, FLSA, and state-specific labor laws - Manage payroll for St. Lucia–based employees, including PAYE, NIC, and statutory deductions; remain current on local labor laws - Manage payments and compliance for international contractors - Process terminations, final paychecks, incentives, gifts, and off-cycle payroll adjustments - Track leaves of absence to ensure accurate classification and pay treatment - Set up and manage employee garnishments and loans - Maintain employee and organizational data; review and approve employee-initiated changes - Monitor and respond to payroll-related inquiries - Perform payroll audits and reconciliations; identify and resolve discrepancies - Ensure accurate year-end reporting (W-2s, 1099s, and international equivalents) - Partner with HR and Finance on onboarding, offboarding, and payroll-related matters - Lead annual 401(k) audits and support payroll-related audits - Work with payroll systems to automate processes, troubleshoot issues, and support scalable operations - Monitor payroll tax law changes and review regulatory filings to mitigate compliance risk - Document and update payroll processes and procedures What You Bring - Degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience) - 3–5 years of payroll experience supporting multi-entity, multi-state U.S. payroll and global contractors - FCP, APA, CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or equivalent certification required - Proficiency with Paylocity, Rippling, Cube, Deel or other similar HRIS or payroll processing systems - Strong knowledge of U.S. payroll tax regulations and international contractor compliance - Experience in a high-growth or rapidly changing environment - High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines - Clear, professional communicator able to explain payroll concepts to non-experts Let’s chat! #Remote

• Collecting and importing all hours and earnings files from various systems and sources for weekly and bi-weekly payroll processing. • Processing gross to net calculations in the payroll software. • Auditing hours, gross and net payroll expenses to ensure they are in line with previous pay periods; investigate and explain if variances. • Adhere to all internal financial controls to ensure accuracy of payroll expenses for SOX compliance. • Responsible for the accurate application of earnings and deduction codes and appropriate pay rates to ensure accuracy of employee pay and tax reporting. • Effectively communicate with appropriate departments and field branches on payroll issues and questions; ensure timely resolution of all payroll issues. • Review weekly reports to ensure all pay rates are entered properly for new employees and all that all final payments for terminations are processed according to state laws. • Adherence to HIPAA laws and PHI rules and guidelines. • Must follow all federal, state and local wage and hour laws and guidelines. • Maintains confidentiality of all payroll information.

• Collecting and importing all hours and earnings files from various systems and sources for weekly and bi-weekly payroll processing. • Processing gross to net calculations in the payroll software. • Auditing hours, gross and net payroll expenses to ensure they are in line with previous pay periods; investigate and explain if variances. • Adhere to all internal financial controls to ensure accuracy of payroll expenses for SOX compliance. • Responsible for the accurate application of earnings and deduction codes and appropriate pay rates to ensure accuracy of employee pay and tax reporting. • Effectively communicate with appropriate departments and field branches on payroll issues and questions; ensure timely resolution of all payroll issues. • Review weekly reports to ensure all pay rates are entered properly for new employees and all that all final payments for terminations are processed according to state laws. • Adherence to HIPAA laws and PHI rules and guidelines. • Must follow all federal, state and local wage and hour laws and guidelines. • Maintains confidentiality of all payroll information.