Role Description Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, the Payroll and Benefits Manager will oversee the organization’s payroll functions and day-to-day operations of group benefit programs. This role ensures timely, accurate, and compliant payroll practices for Savara’s US operations. A keen attention to detail, strong ability to maintain confidentiality, and understanding of compliant payroll and benefits administration practices is key to this role’s success. Core Responsibilities - Payroll - Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions, creating a consistent employee experience across geographies. - Processes bi-weekly non-exempt payroll and semi-monthly exempt US payroll. - Reviews payroll pre-process in Savara’s other countries on a monthly basis. - Processes special payrolls for equity, bonuses, etc. as needed. - Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates. - Ensures timesheets are completed timely and accurately. - Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions. - Manages the end-to-end leave of absence process from a payroll perspective, including calculating pay adjustments, managing benefit deductions/arrears, coordinating with third-party administrators, and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. - Maintains SOX compliance for all payroll activities. - Ensures compliance with company documented policies, federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices. - Defines and maintains a payroll schedule for all employees. - Participates in audit process as it relates to payroll. - Answers employee questions as it relates to payroll, escalating as needed. - Liaise with third party payroll tax manager, ensuring compliance as a multi-state employer. - Benefits and Leave Administration - Administers benefits processing, including enrollments, COBRA, terminations, changes, compliance testing, distributions, and other employee changes. - Manages yearly open enrollment period from the back end, ensuring systems and materials are accurate and prepared timely. - Reconciles benefits on a monthly basis, running reports to ensure accuracy of enrollments and billing. - Completes annual ACA filing. - Maintains materials for benefits orientations, open enrollment and summary plan descriptions. - Coordinates 401(k) annual notices, responds to employee questions, and conducts nondiscrimination testing. - Manages the full lifecycle of employee leaves of absence (LOA) from initial notification and eligibility determination to documentation, tracking, and the return-to-work process, ensuring compliance with FMLA, ADA, state and local regulations, and company policy. - Answers employee questions about their benefits and LOA. - HR Systems - Manages Savara’s US HRIS, ADP Workforce Now, and benefits enrollment platform, Employee Navigator. - Ensures data integrity and privacy of sensitive employee information. - Identifies and recommends updates to software, systems, and procedures. - Creates and maintains user guides for all HR systems. - Other duties and projects as assigned. Qualifications - At least five years of experience managing multi-state payroll processes. - Experience with ADP Workforce Now strongly preferred. - Experience running equity payroll for publicly traded companies preferred. - A keen attention to detail and ability to maintain strict confidentiality. - Strong working knowledge of payroll compliance and leaves of absence within the US. - Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. - Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. - Experience managing broker and vendor relationships preferred. - Experience within Life Sciences preferred. Requirements - This role is remote within the US and requires availability to work US Eastern Time Zone. - Travel to the office outside of Philadelphia may be required based on business need. Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Flexible Spending Account for health care and dependent care expenses and Health Savings Account. - Paid time off and paid holidays, including Dec 24-Jan 1. - Paid parental leave. - 401(k) with highly competitive match. - Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance coverage. - Other supplemental insurance programs. Company Description Savara is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases. The company's lead program, molgramostim nebulizer solution, is in Phase 3 development for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP). Savara's management team has extensive experience in rare respiratory diseases and pulmonary medicine, advancing product candidates to approval and commercialization.

• Process bi-monthly company-wide payroll, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance • Review, verify, and reconcile timecard data (hours, OT, paid time off, and leave of absence balances) • Serve as the primary point of contact for employee questions regarding paychecks, deductions, and tax withholdings • Calculate and process bonuses, retroactive pay, and final paychecks for terminating employees • Manage state registration and employment taxes through our HRIS and in partnership with local municipalities • Recommend improvements to Two Chairs’ current payroll procedures for increased scalability and accuracy as we expand into new, more complex markets • Ensure all payroll processes align with federal, state, and local labor laws and tax regulations • Support internal and external payroll audits (e.g 401k 5500) • Partner closely with Finance and People Business Partners on payroll-adjacent workflows including leaves, terminations, and some benefit-related needs • Provide first-line support for employee questions regarding health, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401(k). • Assist with benefits enrollments, life event updates, and employer offerings by coordinating with external vendors. • Conduct audits of benefits data to ensure accuracy in billing, eligibility, and payroll deductions. • Support compliance activities, including ACA reporting, 401(k) audits, and state/federal requirements. • Partner with brokers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to research and resolve benefits discrepancies. • Respond to employee inquiries through the People Team ticketing system, ensuring accurate and timely resolution. • Provide support across a wide range of People Operations workflows—including onboarding, offboarding, and transfers—by ensuring payroll, benefits, and employee data are accurate and up to date. This role also offers opportunities to contribute to process improvements and cross-functional projects. • Maintain accurate employee records and documentation across HRIS, payroll, and benefits platforms. • Support reporting and data needs by building and maintaining standard People Operations reports, assisting with audits, and ensuring leadership has accurate, timely insights into payroll, benefits, and employee data.

• Oversee employee data within the HRIS (Rippling) to ensure data integrity, compliance, and proper documentation. • Manage sensitive employee data and payroll-related reporting, including data review and analysis on an ongoing basis. • Manage end-to-end payroll operations for hourly, salaried, and complex employee structures, collaborating with Data and Finance teams to administer variable pay, bonuses, and clinical compensation models. • Ensure all payroll operations comply with federal, state, and local labor laws and reporting requirements. • Maintain and improve payroll policies and internal controls to drive operational excellence. • Manage year-end payroll activities, including the production and distribution of W-2s and other regulatory filings. • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in Finance, People, and Operations to build effective, efficient systems for the company’s long-term growth. • Manage relationships with external payroll vendors and consultants to optimize service delivery. • Optimize operational processes to eliminate bottlenecks and support scalable organizational growth. • Manage the monthly benefits billing reconciliation process; audit carrier invoices against payroll deductions and enrollment data to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies. • Ensure timely and accurate resolution of benefits questions. • Oversee payroll and benefits tracking for employees on leave. • Partner with carriers, brokers and TPAs to resolve escalated claims issues and enrollment discrepancies. • Partner with People Team leadership to execute the annual Open Enrollment process, ensuring system configuration, employee communications and data transfers to carriers are handled seamlessly.

• Manage appointment administration and assist with NPA form updates for Supervisors (SVs) and Program Directors (PDs), primarily during NPA locking periods. • Run daily FLEX reports to identify billing corrections and payroll updates; send locking instructions to new staff. • Send email and text reminders to staff regarding NPA or payroll needs. • Support drive time, mileage, and lunch verification and ensure accurate entry. • Maintain and update the Drive Time/Mileage (DT/M) tracker as corrections are made for graduation programs. • Organize and maintain the Payroll Support Thread, ensuring bi-weekly reports and verifications are accurate to close and finalize payroll. • Provide support during payroll processing, including scheduling support for payroll-related needs. • Assist with ROI (Release of Information) and Change of Address follow-up with clinical staff. • Prepare and track Parent Verification Forms (PVFs) for NBRC/CCS, organizing forms and following up with guardians. • Update session locations based on Change of Address tracker. • Assist in final overtime/mileage verification for payroll. • Set up Parent Portal access as needed. • Maintain and update the ABA email roster for monthly newsletters. • Support termination verification, including following up on Staff Status updates for the NPA roster. • Provide training support as needed. • Assist with additional administrative tasks as required.