# Payroll Analyst

**Company**: Scale
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $121,600-$152,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented US Payroll Specialist to oversee our end-to-end multi-state payroll operations.

In this role, you will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for all US-based employees while managing internal payroll initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a strategic problem-solver with deep expertise in US labor laws, taxation, and ADP+Workday payroll systems.

**Responsibilities:**

- Oversee full-cycle payroll processing for over a thousand exempt and non-exempt employees across the USA.

- Ensure strict adherence to federal, state, and local tax laws, as well as FLSA regulations.

- Manage year-end payroll activities, including W-2 and W-2c generation, fringe benefit reporting, and annual tax reconciliations.

- Partner closely with HR to ensure accurate data flow for onboarding, offboarding, benefits deductions, and compensation changes.

- Act as the primary subject matter expert for our payroll system (e.g., Workday, ADP).

- Conduct regular audits of payroll data to identify and resolve discrepancies.

**Requirements:**

- 5+ years of payroll experience.

- Strong organisational skills; ability to complete priority tasks daily.

- Confidentiality and integrity.

- Accuracy under pressure and extreme attention to detail.

- Experience with ADP WorkforceNow and Workday.

- Bachelor’s degree.

- Technical proficiency.

**Nice to haves:**

- Advanced AI technical skills.

- Excellent communication skills.

**Compensation:** The base salary range for this full-time position in San Francisco is $121,600-$152,000 USD.

**Benefits:**

- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.

- Retirement benefits.

- Learning and development stipend.

- Generous PTO.

- Commuter stipend (may be eligible).

## Skills

### Required
- US labor laws
- taxation
- ADP WorkforceNow
- Workday
- payroll processing
- FLSA regulations

### Nice to have
- Advanced AI technical skills
- Excellent communication skills

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