Manager, Payroll

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 86,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is searching for a Manager of Payroll to oversee US and Canadian payroll processes. This role involves team management, compliance with tax regulations, and enhancing payroll workflows, offering substantial impact and responsibility in a fully remote environment.

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off

Home office support

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

Parental leave

Benefits to support your health and well-being

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in payroll administration.
• 3+ years in managing a payroll team.
• Experience with SOX compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop direct reports.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Stay up-to-date on payroll tax laws.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team management

Self-directed

Tools

ADP Workforce Now

Workday

Google Sheets

Job description

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensiveAI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Ourmissionis to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running ouroperationson our product and staying aligned with ourvalues. Learn more aboutLife at GitLab.

Thanks to products likeDuo Enterprise, andDuo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organisation.

An overview of this role

The Manager, Payroll reports directly to the Director, Global Payroll Operations.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, manage and develop direct reports
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of all US and Canadian payrolls
• Ensure stock activity for team members is properly processed and reported for team member and tax reporting purposes
• Own relationship with PeopleOps
• Subject matter expert for payroll implementation projects
• Ensure compliance with local compensation and tax regulations
• Responsible for data integration between personnel records and payroll systems
• Stay up-to-date on local payroll tax laws and regulations including working closely with local tax and legal advisors to ensure the company follows local regulations with respect to payroll
• Work closely with GitLab contributors and the People Ops team to ensure timely response to questions and requests that have been processed
• Primary ownership for management and external reporting
• Development and implementation of processes and procedures to enhance and streamline the workflow of payments
• Primary contact point for internal and external audits with respect to payroll matters

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years experience in payroll administration, including 3+ years experience in managing a payroll team
• Experience with SOX compliance
• 2+ years experience of ADP Workforce Now
• Workday experience preferred
• Public company experience
• Proficiency with Google Sheets
• Detail-oriented, self-directed and able to effectively complete tasks with minimal supervision

About the team

The payroll department is responsible for processing and distributing payroll in a timely and accurate manner and coordinates with external vendors including payroll processing platforms, payroll partners and PEOs and internal customers including PeopleOps, Tax, Legal and Accounting. The payroll department is responsible for reports, earnings information and other payroll data on a recurring basis as well as compliance with federal, state and local requirements.

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• All remote, asynchronous work environment
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental leave
• Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

Remote-Global

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. See more information on our benefits and equity . Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

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