Director of Payroll, Duolingo

• Payroll and Management Experience. You have knowledge in payroll operations, regulatory requirements, and SOX, and have led and/or grown a payroll team
• Public Company Experience. You have been in a payroll management role for a public company that issues various types of equity
• Communication Skills. You demonstrate that you can communicate effectively across different groups to reach our goals
• Self-Awareness and Integrity. You demonstrate a strong understanding of the confidentiality and integrity that comes with leading payroll and other employee demographic data
• Ability to work in or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
• Minimum of bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience in payroll for a multi-state and global company, including management experience and experience in a public company with equity
• Detail-orientation, organizational, and project management skills that ensure that accuracy, efficiency, and compliance are optimized and objectives are created and met
• Proficient with Workday and related payroll, HRIS, and financial systems
• Experience implementing payroll systems

Desirable

• Champion our Culture: Bring energy, vision, and initiative to help us drive our culture forward by leading a “people first” payroll function
• Be the Leader: Lead payroll strategy and operations, ensuring that they result in timely, accurate, and compliant execution of payrolls, filings, reports, and audits
• Be the Specialist: Provide experienced guidance to establishing, evaluating, updating, and scaling processes and controls in conjunction with regulatory, business, and/or system updates
• Be a Strategic Partner: Collaborate with key partners to ensure the payroll operation serves their needs and vice versa
• Be Agile: Develop and execute decision-making and organizational change plans when identifying a need to improve part of the payroll operation
• Test Everything: Aim to establish a fail-proof system of controls, guardrails, and reporting to ensure that all payroll processes and integrations are accurate and compliant
• Ensure Compliance: Collaborate across the Finance, Accounting, and Legal teams to fulfill all vital compliance, auditing, and reporting requirements
• Build Relationships: Foster relationships internally and externally to ensure a diversity of knowledge and resources are considered to develop our payroll operations
• Provide ad hoc support to the People Team, as needed