Senior Payroll Specialist, OpenGov
$70-100k
OTE
Includes base plus a portion of variable compensation
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
Open for applications
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$70-100k
OTE
Includes base plus a portion of variable compensation
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power more effective and accountable government.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate must possess excellent analytical skills and a background in Workday payroll and time-tracking systems
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or relevant job experience
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant and progressive experience processing US payroll
- Current CPP or FPC payroll designation is strongly desired
- Proficiency in payroll systems - processing experience in Workday Payroll module preferred
- Strong knowledge of local tax regulations, social security contributions, and labor laws across multiple countries
- Hands-on experience managing time-tracking systems
- Proven ability to handle end-to-end payroll processing, including compliance, tax filings, and data reconciliation
- Strong Excel skills with the ability to perform data analysis, reconciliations, and report generation
- Ability to conduct payroll audits, identify discrepancies, and ensure data accuracy
- Proven ability to analyze payroll data, identify trends, and provide insights to Accounting and HR
- Experience participating in payroll system implementations, upgrades, or integrations with HRIS/HCM platforms
- Proven ability to improve payroll workflows, ensuring data accuracy and reducing manual efforts
- Strong communication skills to liaise with employees, HR, Finance, and external payroll vendors
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities
- High level of accuracy in processing payroll, tax filings, and compliance documentation
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving payroll processes and technologies, willingness to enhance payroll expertise
What the job involves
- The Sr. Payroll Specialist will report to the Payroll Manager and is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for our United States employees
- This role will work closely with Accounting, HR, and external stakeholders to manage payroll operations, ensure compliance with federal, state and local tax agency regulations, and drive process improvements
- Manage end-to-end US semimonthly and biweekly payroll processing in Workday Payroll and ADP SmartCompliance
- Verify employee working hours, overtime, and leave balances in compliance with local labor laws
- Ensure compliance with local tax regulations, social security contributions, labor laws, and statutory reporting
- Audit payroll transactions and stay up to date on legislation changes
- Regularly reconcile payroll reports - ensuring alignment with Accounting, HR, and external providers
- Support the Accounting team with payroll-related journal entries, tax filings, and cost reporting
- Conduct regular audits of payroll and time-tracking data to maintain data integrity
- Provide payroll analytics and insights on trends, compliance risks, and cost optimization
- Act as the primary point of contact for payroll-related queries from employees
- Work with Accounting, HR, IT, and external vendors to maintain system integrations and ensure smooth operations
- Identify inefficiencies, propose automations, and contribute to system upgrades and integrations with various Workday modules and external vendors
Our take
As the world digitizes, governments must innovate their operations in order to deliver the highest standard of service. OpenGov offers cloud software products to help governments manage performance, improve budgeting, and visualize operational intelligence, as well as providing comprehensive open data.
OpenGov is the leader in local government software. Its cloud-based products, which aided a number of public agencies through the pandemic, include citizen services, procurement, budgeting and planning capabilities - made comprehensive by a series of strategic acquisitions. The company's coherent and integrated software solution significantly reduces the stress on government systems, allowing them to work smarter and better for their citizens.
OpenGov serves over 1,600 governments across the US, and continues to secure new clients. It also has made several partnerships towards improving its range of services which will enable it to remain a powerful tool for governments wishing to digitally transform.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2022
$50m
LATE VC
Oct 2021
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $228m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Unlimited vacation
- Mission-driven colleagues
- World-class healthcare
- Professional development
Company HQ
Trinidad, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Zachary Bookman
(CEO)Prior to co-founding OpenGov, was a Principal for Formation 8 and a Special Advisor with ISAF in Afghanistan, focusing on rule of law and governance.
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