Benefits Manager, OKX
$133-158k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)
Cryptocurrency trading app
Job no longer available
Cryptocurrency trading app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$133-158k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To take care of our team, promote and advance crypto globally, and empower every individual in the world.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires deep operational ownership, attention to detail, and the ability to independently reason through complex benefits–payroll scenarios in a fast-paced environment
- 5+ years of experience in Benefits, Payroll, or HR Operations, with clear ownership of benefits processes that directly impact payroll
- Strong understanding of how benefits elections flow into payroll deductions, including effective dating, pre-tax vs. post-tax handling, arrears, and retroactivity
- Experience supporting leave of absence scenarios and understanding their payroll implications
- Comfortable operating in an execution-heavy environment with frequent changes and ambiguity
- Highly detail-oriented with strong judgment around compliance, accuracy, and risk mitigation
- Confident, employee-facing communicator able to explain complex pay and benefits issues clearly
- Experience with HRIS and payroll systems (e.g., ADP, bswift, Workday, BambooHR, or similar)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
What the job involves
- We are seeking a hands-on Benefits Manager with strong experience managing benefits programs as they directly intersect with payroll execution, leave scenarios, and compliance risk
- Own day-to-day benefits administration with a strong focus on payroll-impacting events, including new hires, terminations, leaves of absence, and benefit election changes
- Partner closely with Payroll to ensure accurate deductions, proration, arrears handling, retroactive adjustments, and final paycheck compliance
- Manage benefit programs including medical, FSA, 401(k), and other offerings, ensuring proper effective dating, tax treatment, and payroll alignment
- Support complex leave scenarios (paid, unpaid, partial schedules) and understand how leave status affects earnings, deductions, and final pay
- Review and reconcile payroll and benefits data each pay cycle; identify discrepancies and resolve issues proactively
- Manage Open Enrollment end to end, including system configuration, payroll feeds, employee communication, and post-enrollment reconciliation
- Support audits and compliance activities, including 401(k) audits, vendor reconciliations, and documentation readiness
- Partner with HRIS, Payroll, and external vendors while retaining internal ownership of process accuracy and risk management
- Respond to employee inquiries related to benefits, deductions, leave impacts, and final pay with clarity and confidence
- Identify process gaps and drive improvements to controls, documentation, and workflows to reduce operational risk
Our take
While cryptocurrency holds the promise of freedom in personal finances and the possibility of large financial rewards through trading, it can be intimidating to get started. OKX, a long-standing crypto currency exchange, exists to solve that problem, removing the knowledge barriers to cryptocurrency trading with an easy-to-use, all in one platform.
OKX is one of the larger cryptocurrency exchanges, though it is a bit smaller than the market leaders Binance and Coinbase Exchange. Where it shines is in the sheer range of its services, which are designed to be versatile enough for any user, ranging from a crypto exchange to NFT and decentralised finance investment products. With a reputation for security and reliability, it has a user base of over 50+ million active accounts in over 180 countries.
OKX is using its structural position in cryptomarkets to help support the entire sector, announcing a market recovery fund to protect crypto firms facing collapse following the FTX crisis. Additionally, it is expanding into Web3 gaming with a 2023 partnership with Thirdverse, further increasing the scope of its offering to its client base. As long as it can continue to weather the tough market conditions for cryptocurrency, it should maintain its excellent position to continue its growth.
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Company
Leadership
Star Xu
(Founder & CEO)Previously an Engineer at Yahoo before becoming the Chief Technology Officer at DocIn. They later founded OKX and has recently reclaimed the title of CEO
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