Payroll Specialist & Administrator
Job Location:
Job Location:
McLean, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 95000 - 105000
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
23 hours ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Payroll Specialist
Exciting well-funded VC-backed software firm in the McLean/Vienna area is adding a Payroll Specialist/Admin. to its growing Accounting/Finance/HR team. This is a newly created role due to careful planning and subsequently strong growth.
***This position is in-office with reasonableness and flexibility. Come experience our amazing culture!!!***
***Note: compensation is a starting base salary of $95000 $105000 equity grant outstandingly competitive benefits***
A brief rundown about the opportunity.
This individual will own core payroll support compensation and Accounts Payable processes. This hire will create real leverage for the VP Finance/Controller by taking on meaningful projects not just transactions. He/she will help build scalable people and finance infrastructure as the company grows in headcount customers and geographies. Will have the chance to work around a technically exceptional product and team in a company that values autonomy and clear results.
The Payroll Specialist will run recurring cycles (payroll commissions AP/credit cards) while creating leverage for the VP Finance/Controller by taking on ad-hoc projects that support headcount growth international expansion and future system upgrades. This person is a core member of a lean Finance team responsible for accurate timely payroll and sales compensation while keeping day-to-day operations tight and well-controlled.
Heres a little bit about the role.
This is a hands-on operator/builder role for someone who likes clean execution simple processes and jumping in where the business needs help most:
The type of experience we would like!
Exciting well-funded VC-backed software firm in the McLean/Vienna area is adding a Payroll Specialist/Admin. to its growing Accounting/Finance/HR team. This is a newly created role due to careful planning and subsequently strong growth.
***This position is in-office with reasonableness and flexibility. Come experience our amazing culture!!!***
***Note: compensation is a starting base salary of $95000 $105000 equity grant outstandingly competitive benefits***
A brief rundown about the opportunity.
This individual will own core payroll support compensation and Accounts Payable processes. This hire will create real leverage for the VP Finance/Controller by taking on meaningful projects not just transactions. He/she will help build scalable people and finance infrastructure as the company grows in headcount customers and geographies. Will have the chance to work around a technically exceptional product and team in a company that values autonomy and clear results.
The Payroll Specialist will run recurring cycles (payroll commissions AP/credit cards) while creating leverage for the VP Finance/Controller by taking on ad-hoc projects that support headcount growth international expansion and future system upgrades. This person is a core member of a lean Finance team responsible for accurate timely payroll and sales compensation while keeping day-to-day operations tight and well-controlled.
Heres a little bit about the role.
This is a hands-on operator/builder role for someone who likes clean execution simple processes and jumping in where the business needs help most:
- Run end-to-end of all payrolls each cycle ensuring accurate timely pay deductions withholdings tax fillings and clean payroll-related JEs reconciliations and accruals.
- Maintain compliance with federal state and local payroll regulations as headcount and locations grow and help lay the groundwork for future international payroll (e.g. via EORs or local providers).
- Own calculations for sales commissions and variable compensation translating plans into clear auditable logic and preparing simple statements for eligible employees.
- Administer corporate credit card and expense program and support AP bill processing (coding operations payment scheduling vendor and tax documentation).
- Act as a responsive point of contact for employee payroll and comp questions while upholding strong documentation and controls.
- Spot and implement process improvements across payroll comp and AP to reduce manual work errors and cycle time.
- Partner closely with People Sales RevOps and Finance leadership to ensure HRIS payroll and GL data stay aligned and useful for decision-making.
- Take on ad-hoc and growth projects that create leverage for the Controller from tool evaluations and data clean-up to supporting new entities countries or compensation programs.
The type of experience we would like!
- 35 years of hands-on experience in payroll compensation operations and/or AP ideally in a high-growth or startup environment.
- Track record owning multi-state U.S. payroll and contributing to sales commission or other variable compensation calculations.
- High integrity and discretion with confidential payroll compensation and employee data with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
- Clear empathetic communicator who can explain payroll and comp topics to non-finance stakeholders and build trust with employees.
- Process- and systems-minded operator who enjoys simplifying documenting and improving how work gets done.
- Strong command of payroll fundamentals and comfort working in modern payroll/HRIS AP and expense tools (e.g. Gusto Rippling Justworks ADP Ramp Brex or similar).
- Proficiency with spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets) for building and auditing models reconciliations and simple analyses.
- Comfortable in a fast-changing lean environment and motivated to pick up ad hoc projects that support firms growth and create leverage for the VP Finance/Controller.
- Bring a great attitude team spirit and the ability to grow your career!
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Cordia Resources is a professional recruiting and staffing firm specializing in the areas of Accounting, Finance, HR, and IT in the Washington DC Metro region.
