Manage end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing of multi-state payroll in compliance with company policies, tax regulations, and internal controls. - Work in partnership with HR to ensure system synchronization and data accuracy across payroll, HR and equity platforms, supporting strong internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance. - Partner with HR to meet all regulatory deadlines, including EEO-1 and California Pay Data Reporting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable requirements. - Administer equity compensation programs, including stock options, RSUs, and ESPP, ensuring accurate and timely processing of grants, vesting, exercises, issuances, forfeitures, and transfers. - Prepare and validate payroll inputs including non-exempt timecards, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, and equity-related payroll events, ensuring proper approvals and reconciliation with HR systems. - Reconcile payroll, equity transactions and related general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies between payroll providers, equity platforms and internal records. - Support stock-based compensation accounting and payroll-related accounting by preparing supporting schedules and documentation for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes. - Ensure compliance with payroll tax requirements and equity-related tax reporting, including coordination of Forms 3921, 3922, 6039 reporting, and applicable payroll withholding for equity events. - Manage ESPP deduction and refund transactions, including enrollments, contribution changes, offering rollovers, purchase activity, and disposition reporting. - Prepare and support required equity-related tax and regulatory filings, including Forms 3921, 3922, 6039 reporting, and applicable 1099 reporting. - Serve as the primary point of contact for employee payroll and equity inquiries, providing guidance and education while managing payroll and stock plan communications. - Partner cross-functionally with HR, Legal, Payroll, Finance, and external service providers to ensure compliant, audit-ready equity administration and documentation. - Create and maintain desktop procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for payroll and stock plan administration processes, ensuring documentation supports internal controls and audit readiness. - Contribute to general accounting responsibilities as needed, including balance sheet reconciliations and audit schedules. - Support payroll and HRIS system enhancements or implementations, including testing, data validation, and coordination with HR, Finance, and external vendors to ensure accurate payroll and equity integrations. - Coordinate with HR and benefits providers to support payroll-related benefits administration, including 401(k) contributions, reconciliations, and compliance with plan requirements. Qualifications
