[ref. m142500] Payroll Supervisor/Manager/Director

apartmentRobert Half placeBerkeley calendar_month 

Sr. Manager - Payroll & Equity

This will be responsible for the full payroll function, including equity-based compensation, as well as developing and strengthening internal controls and processes related to payroll and equity. This role will be responsible for managing the Company’s equity compensation process, including option grants and the ESPP plan.
The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and transactions as well as month-end accounting close as related to payroll and equity. Ideal candidates will have a background working on both payroll and equity management in industry and the ability and desire to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

This individual will work closely to support all employees and across various functions including HR, Legal, payroll/benefits provider, transfer agent, broker, and financial auditors.

Responsibilities
  • Responsible for ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing of semi-monthly and monthly payrolls for employees located in multi-state locations.
  • Review and process transactions including benefit changes, special compensation, other adjustments.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls, federal/state/local requirements, deadlines.
  • Manage regulatory filings, notices, audits, and other communications from federal and state agencies.
  • Work with payroll vendor on system administration, maintenance, reporting needs.
  • Manage, reconcile, and report on employee benefit programs, including 401(k) and FSA, and work with service providers to resolve inquiries and/or provide employee training.
  • Prepare journal entries, payroll and benefit reconciliations, and assist with quarterly reporting and external financial audits.
  • Ad hoc projects including compensation research for annual compensation process and employee changes, board reports.
  • Prepare and process new equity awards, exercises, cancellations and releases promptly, including off-cycle payrolls for tax withholdings.
  • Track and report W-2 income from stock exercises and dispositions
  • Execute trading blackout periods and enforcement of insider trading policy restrictions.
  • Manage open enrollment process and purchases for ESPP including monitoring limits.
  • Interact with transfer agent to ensure that trades are settled timely.
  • Prepare journal entries related to equity and stock-based compensation expense, reconciliations, and assist with quarterly reporting and external audits.

Key Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 10 plus years of relevant work experience
  • Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing.
  • Positive team attitude with a willingness to work on both smaller and large tasks to help get the job done.
  • Candidate with experience in a fast-growing company is preferred.
  • Experience with ADP WFN, Equity Edge, Computershare and NetSuite preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, advanced Excel skill
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