US Payroll & Tax Ops Lead for Small Team

Cyberbacker Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 3,466,000 - 4,726,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyberbacker Inc. seeks an experienced US Payroll & HR Operations Specialist to own full-cycle US payroll, tax compliance, and essential HR administration for a small US-based workforce. You will ensure timely, accurate payroll processing while complying with federal, state, and local laws.

You will manage onboarding, offboarding, and periodic reporting (W-2s, 941s, 940s) and collaborate with finance to maintain payroll integrity and data privacy across a remote team in the Philippines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ years of direct experience managing full-cycle US payroll.
• Strong knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll taxes and filings.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Processing & Management: Execute semi-monthly/bi-weekly end-to-end payroll processing for ~20 employees, including base pay, bonuses, reimbursements, and deductions.
• Tax Handling & Filing: Calculate, withhold, and file all applicable federal, state, and local payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA, SUTA, local income taxes) in full compliance with US regulations.
• Workers’ Compensation & Statutory Benefits: Oversee Workers’ Compensation administration, policy reporting, and annual audits.
• Unemployment Insurance: Manage state unemployment insurance (SUI) setups, rate adjustments, and claims reporting.
• Employee Onboarding & Offboarding: Handle payroll and tax setup for new hires (Form W-4, Form I-9, direct deposit, state withholding), as well as offboarding and final pay calculations.
• Compliance & Reporting: Maintain up-to-date compliance with FLSA, state pay equity laws, and tax regulations; prepare monthly and year-end payroll reports (W-2s, 941s, 940s).

Skills

US payroll management

US tax handling

Tools

Gusto

Rippling

ADP

Paylocity

Job description

Cyberbacker Inc. seeks an experienced US Payroll & HR Operations Specialist to own full-cycle US payroll, tax compliance, and essential HR administration for a small US-based workforce. You will ensure timely, accurate payroll processing while complying with federal, state, and local laws.

You will manage onboarding, offboarding, and periodic reporting (W-2s, 941s, 940s) and collaborate with finance to maintain payroll integrity and data privacy across a remote team in the Philippines.