Payroll Analyst, Flock Safety
$90-110k
+ Equity
Public safety operating system
Be an early applicant
Public safety operating system
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$90-110k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create safer, happier communities and cities by pre-emptively fighting crime.
Role
Who you are
- This role demands exceptional accuracy, initiative, and the ability to meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related fields
- 5+ years of progressive payroll experience supporting organizations with 500+ employees; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Comprehensive and hands-on experience with Rippling HRIS and Payroll Processing is required (be sure to state this on your resume!)
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-state payroll for a mix of Exempt, Salaried Non-Exempt, and Non-Exempt employees
- Detailed knowledge of payroll compliance and a strong working knowledge of federal and state employment laws/regulations
- Must be highly proficient in the use of a spreadsheet program (MS Excel and/or Google Sheets) for data analysis, reconciliation, and reporting (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables)
- Excellent organizational skills, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with employees and cross-functional partners
- Exceptional ability to maintain strict confidentiality and ensure the privacy of all payroll and employee data
- Proven ability to work independently, exercise good judgment and decision-making skills, and effectively manage time under the pressure of non-negotiable deadlines
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, taking on new tasks with various levels of difficulty in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- Flock is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Payroll Analyst to be a critical member of our growing Finance team
- Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the Analyst will perform complex administrative and accounting duties necessary to prepare multi-state payroll for over 1700 employees, encompassing Exempt, Salaried Non-Exempt, and Non-Exempt employee types
- You will leverage their comprehensive payroll expertise to ensure compliance with company policy, federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations, while utilizing the Rippling HRIS and Payroll Processing platform
- Process high-volume, multi-frequency (Weekly, Bi-weekly, and Semi-monthly) multi-state payroll for over 1700 Exempt, Salaried Non-Exempt, and Non-Exempt employees, including complex Equity/Stock transactions and special payments (commissions, bonuses, relocations)
- Act as the subject matter expert for the Rippling HRIS and Payroll Processing system, utilizing it to ensure data integrity, system maintenance, and efficient payroll processing
- Perform thorough pre-transmission and post-transmission payroll auditing and reconciliation to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies, ensuring absolute accuracy and compliance
- Ensure strict compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll laws, including managing tax notifications, resolving discrepancies with Rippling support, and assisting with quarterly and year-end tax filings and W2 generation
- Prepare and submit specialized compliance documentation, including certified payroll reports and prevailing wage documentation for specific project and government contract requirements
- Manage, review, and initiate the accurate deduction and remittance of employee benefit contributions, including 401(k) and FSA plans
- Support the financial close process by providing timely payroll entries into the General Ledger (GL) and maintaining required internal payroll reconciliations and schedules
- Generate detailed payroll reports for critical requirements such as 401(k) audits, Workers Comp census, SOC1 documentation, and other ad-hoc audit and project requests
- Manage the dedicated Payroll inbox, providing timely, professional, and confidential support to all employee inquiries regarding paychecks, deductions, and tax matters
- Handle special projects and provide cross-functional backup support for the Finance/Accounting team as needed
- The First 30 Days
- Establish Relationships and Process Understanding for Flock Payroll
- Fully understand the current Payroll Processing Process and begin to own the tracking for a future pay period
- The First 60 Days
- You are independently processing the Payroll Processing for Exempt, Nonexempt, Hourly, and Last Day Payrolls
- You have completed an audit of Rippling Payroll Setup and identified any updates required
- You are the primary contact for all payroll and tax related notices
- 90 Days & Beyond
- Fully manage the 2024 W2 Reviews
- You have provided proposals for any process updates to promote efficiencies within Payroll processing
Our take
Public vehicle surveillance provides valuable insights to emergency services for the prevention of crime, but bringing information together to create leads is difficult. There's no standardised system for inter-city vehicle surveillance, and this makes it difficult for communities and law enforcement services to work together.
Flock Safety provides surveillance equipment that aims to improve the abilities of law enforcement and homeowner associations to communicate data with each other. The company focuses on vehicle surveillance, innovating on existing technology by using machine learning to categorise vehicles by color, license plate, state, and other data points.
Whilst automated surveillance equipment is used daily within federal police forces, Flock Safety builds technology systems that provide a means for smaller law enforcement agencies to quantify and share surveillance data easily. It's caught on too, with a funding round of $275 million awarded in 2025 that will be used to expand its manufacturing capabilities. lock Safety, a U.S. startup developing surveillance technology, has raised $275 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, as it invests in a manufacturing facility and expands into drone products, the company told Reuters. funding behind it, This data can then be automatically processed to help develop leads, a time-consuming process that would usually have to be completed manually.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Mar 2025
$275m
LATE VC
Mar 2024
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $857.8m
Company benefits
- 🌴Use what you need PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays and your birthday off!
- ⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match
- 👪Family Leave: We provide 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks of 100% paid leave for secondary caregivers
- 🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. We will reimburse $10,000 a year for adoption, surrogacy, or infertility
- 🧠Mental Health: All employees receive an annual subscription to Headspace
- 💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support
- 💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions
- 💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home
- 📚L&D Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more
- 🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office
- 🏢Coworking Space: If you’re not local to our ATL HQ, we’ll provide $250 a month to get you set up with an All Access Membership to WeWork (or a local coworking space in your area)
- 🐾Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies
Company HQ
Home Park, Atlanta, GA
Leadership
Garrett Langley
(Founder & CEO)They worked in Computer Services freelance for over 6 years before joining Firethorn in 2015, and Clutch Technologies in 2014. They left their position as President of Moment LLC to found Flock Safety in April 2017.
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