Senior Payroll Specialist

Certinia (formerly FinancialForce) delivers a Services-as-a-Business platform that powers and connects all aspects of services operations, from services estimation and delivery to customer success management and financial planning and accounting. The company's Professional Services Automation (PSA), Customer Success, and ERP solutions—delivered on Salesforce’s leading cloud platform—provide services businesses with the intelligence and agility to deliver high-quality services, elevate customer experiences and accelerate growth. Headquartered in Austin Texas, with offices around the world, Certinia is backed by Haveli Investments, General Atlantic and Salesforce Ventures.

THE ROLE

The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for supporting the payroll processes for several countries. The role is fully remote with experience in Spain, UK, and US, reporting to the Global Payroll Manager.

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS ROLE

1. Prepare monthly data input for all assigned payrolls and prepare payroll in line with all monthly cut-off dates.
2. Prepare compensation elements, accruals, and journal entries.
3. Accurately maintain all pension and third-party payroll requirements.
4. Manage relationships with various stakeholders (i.e., Finance, HR, etc.) and the payroll provider to ensure end-to-end process excellence.
5. Ensure compliance with statutory regulations and company policies.
6. Support employees.
7. Provide assistance when required with the related teams in project implementation tasks, audits, and year-end.
8. Experience in regulatory compliance audits such as Worker Compensation for the US payroll.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE

1. Minimum of 8-10 years’ payroll experience and fluent in English.
2. An exceptional eye for detail as well as a proactive and methodical approach to payroll operations.
3. Ability to adapt to change and to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
4. Experience of working with a global payroll provider / system; UKG is desirable but not necessary.
5. Knowledge of basic local payroll legislation requirements for Spain, UK, and US. Desirable for additional countries: Netherlands, Australia, and Canada.
6. Ability to take ownership of payroll processes.
7. Problem-solving mindset & positive attitude.
8. Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
9. Advanced Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, and other formulas).
10. Act as the senior member of the team and require minimal oversight.

Certinia annually assesses our compensation and benefits strategies to ensure a best-in-class total rewards package. New hire base pay is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, tenure, growth potential, team parity, geo, etc. Certinia provides other elements including best-in-class benefits, variable pay offerings, remote work opportunities, flexible time off, parental leave, 401(k), HSA and FSA plans, and more.