Payroll Manager, Outside
$75-100k
Salary applicable to Colorado applicants only
Active lifestyle content hub
Job no longer available
Active lifestyle content hub
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$75-100k
Salary applicable to Colorado applicants only
201-500 employees
Company mission
To inspire and enable people to discover that life is best spent outside experiencing healthy, connected, and fulfilling lives.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires someone experienced in U.S. and Canadian payroll, highly proficient in Rippling, and comfortable navigating international payroll via Employer of Record (EOR) partners
- Mastery of Rippling — including payroll processing, auditing, and advanced reporting
- 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, with multi-state U.S. payroll expertise required
- Strong experience managing Canadian payroll, and exposure to German payroll practices
- Comfort working with EOR providers in the UK and France to ensure compliance and accurate payments
- Strong understanding of benefits cost structures, paycheck deductions, 401(k) plans, and tax withholdings
- Meticulous attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy
- Clear communicator, especially when explaining pay and benefits to employees
- Discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive data and employee information
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Payroll Manager to take full ownership of our multi-country payroll operations, ensuring every paycheck reflects accuracy, compliance, and care
- You’ll also lead payroll audits, support HR compliance, and act as a clear communicator to employees when it comes to understanding paycheck deductions, benefits costs, and retirement contributions
- This is both a tactical and strategic role with a direct impact on employee trust and financial accuracy
- You'll run end-to-end payroll for salaried and hourly employees in the U.S., Canada and Germany, processing multiple payroll frequencies (bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly) for various entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and tax compliance
- Act as the point of contact for payroll in the UK and France, collaborating with Employer of Record partners to ensure proper payments and documentation
- Serve as our internal Rippling expert — managing payroll workflows, audits, reporting, and system optimizations
- Work with the Benefits and People Ops teams to ensure accurate deduction setup for medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, and 401(k) programs
- Ensure accurate processing of both exempt and non-exempt employee payrolls, including complex pay structures such as overtime, bonuses, commissions, and variable compensation
- Collaborate with Finance on reconciliations, payroll allocations, and forecast modeling
- Educate employees on their paychecks, benefit deductions, tax withholdings, and retirement contributions — breaking down complex topics in a clear, helpful way
- Lead and execute regular payroll audits, ensuring compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws
- Support HR compliance-related tasks including wage garnishments, payroll records retention, pay equity reporting, and employee classification reviews
- Stay current on legislation impacting payroll, tax codes, and benefit deductions, proactively advising on necessary changes
Our take
Keeping people connected is among the many benefits of the digital world. Outside - formerly known as Pocket Outdoor Media - provides digital content for outdoor enthusiasts and athletes to find events, trade tips, and easily find the lifestyle content that is right for them.
Outside brings together a variety of traditional brands as well as additional content to create a complete user experience. Through its site, users can access meal plans, gear reviews or even online courses, as well as find the latest developments in any outdoor recreational or competitive activity.
The value of digital content is growing at an impressive rate, as is the target audience for Outdoor's content, as the popularity of outdoor activities is on the rise. As the market continues to grow, the company finds itself in a promising position for future growth, and it will be interesting to see what it focuses on next.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2021
$150m
SERIES B
Jul 2020
$14m
SERIES A
Total funding: $164m
Company benefits
- Equity: we believe that all employees are owners and that we all contribute to the success of the company
- Comprehensive benefits package: Health, Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D, and more!
- Flexible time away: we believe in both the importance of working hard AND taking time to refresh and rejuvenate
- Learning & development: we put employees first and provide resources for personal and professional advancement
- Fringe benefits: cell phone reimbursement, fitness and ClassPass access, commuter program, etc
Company HQ
Downtown, Boulder, CO
Leadership
Robin Thurston
(Founder & CEO)Former CEO of Helix and Pocket Outdoor Media. They also worked at Under Armour as an EVP and Chief Digital Officer.
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