Payroll Operations Support Specialist, Seso
Workforce platform focusing on the agricultural industry
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Workforce platform focusing on the agricultural industry
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the premier platform for agribusiness to hire and manage their workforce and improve the lives of agricultural workers.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in payroll operations, payroll implementation, or a related function
- Strong understanding of payroll processes, payroll tax compliance, and payroll operations best practices. Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification is a plus
- Experience with payroll implementation, including auditing payroll data and setting up tax configurations
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve payroll-related issues efficiently
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to build relationships and advocate for clients
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and provide valuable insights to product development teams
- Experience working with payroll software and external payroll vendors
- Comfort in a startup environment where processes evolve and adaptability is key
- Demonstrated ability to improve and document operational processes for efficiency and compliance
- Excitement to work with agricultural employers across the country
- Bilingual in Spanish (preferred but not required)
What the job involves
- Seso’s payroll operations are growing, and we are seeking our first Payroll Operations Support Specialist. This role will report to the Head of Payroll Operations and play a key role in our growing payroll team by providing ongoing customer support, assisting with implementation processes, and driving process and product improvements
- As the first hire in this position, the Payroll Operations Support Specialist will have a unique opportunity to shape the future of the role by defining best practices, optimizing workflows, and influencing how payroll operations scale at Seso.
- This is an exciting opportunity for a payroll professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and is eager to contribute to the development of an innovative payroll platform for the agricultural industry
- Serve as the primary point of contact for resolving complex inquiries and payroll issues. Quickly diagnosing problems and providing timely, professional responses
- Assist the Payroll Implementation Manager with audits and year-to-date data validation
- Maintain a high level of data integrity by auditing clients’ payroll data, tax filings, and imported payroll history
- Partner with the Product team to identify gaps in payroll functionality and contribute to product enhancements that improve efficiency and accuracy
- Assist in documenting and refining payroll processes to ensure scalability and efficiency while maintaining compliance
- Serve as an advocate for customers, helping them navigate payroll complexities and ensuring their concerns are addressed promptly
- Provide ongoing support to self-serve customers, ensuring they have the resources and guidance needed for successful payroll management
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Engineering, Design, Operations, Partnerships, Finance, and Legal teams to streamline payroll workflows
Our take
Sweeping changes to migration policy have created a dramatic labor shortage in the US agriculture industry. This has had significant knock-on effects on farmers, the communities they support, and the economy as a whole. Seso is setting out to help solve this problem with its innovative agricultural workforce platform.
Seso was founded by two former analysts who turned their expertise towards the underserved agricultural industry. Working to address labor shortages, Seso is streamlining the H-2A visa process for workers, giving farms access to a large network of legal migrant workers. The company is looking to develop and deploy more services for the workers themselves, as well as for their employers. This will create an impressively wide range of revenue lines for Seso moving forward.
With pressures on producers continuing to mount, demand for solutions like Seso's is likely to grow in the next decade. The company is well-positioned to take advantage of this trend, but it faces significant competition from larger H-2A worker program providers. As such, diversification will be key to Seso's continued survival.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2024
$26m
SERIES B
Apr 2022
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.5m
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Michael Guirguis
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Senior Associate at McKinsey, and was VP of Operations at Yup.com. Is currently a Fellow at Stanford Law School CodeX.
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