Payroll Analyst Project Intern (HROP) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 33,062 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Housing allowance

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a project intern to support the HROP Payroll Ops team in California. You will gain hands-on experience managing monthly payroll activities, validating inputs, and driving process improvements in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with HR partners, adherence to policies, and learning through on-the-job experiences while preparing payroll reports for audits.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Masters in Accounting/Finance or Data Management or a related field.
• Strong academic performance in areas such as mathematical equations or financial modeling.
• Excel and project management capabilities.
• Proven ability to perform high-quality academic projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll activities, including collating and validating inputs, outputs, and statutory reporting.
• Drive process improvements and system implementations to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with payroll and benefits processes in line with new policies or regulatory changes.
• Prepare payroll reports and analysis, supporting finance in audits (internal/external).
• Oversee payroll vendors, ensuring strict adherence to contracts and SLAs.
• Liaise with authorities to ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with HR business partners and HR operations to improve employee experience.

Skills

Excel

Communication

Project management

Education

Undergraduate/Master's in Accounting/Finance or Data Management

Tools

Payroll tools

Job description

Responsibilities

The HROP Payroll Ops team strives to be the trusted partner to the employees as we respect and value their opinions and honor our promise in handling sensitive data with integrity. We are committed to innovation in continuous systematization and process optimization to achieve our full potential and endeavor to provide a positive end-to‑end employee experience in salary and benefit processing.

We aspire to be the leading payroll ops team by providing excellent support to the employees in our industry so they can excel in their career. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate, highly independent, self‑driven with a growth mindset, and keen on accepting challenges while remaining humble with the aim of learning and growing with the team.

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short‑term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real‑world experience. You will gain practical skills through on‑the‑job learning in a fast‑paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests.

• Manage end‑to‑end monthly payroll activities, including collating and validating inputs, outputs, and statutory reporting.
• Drive process improvements and system implementations to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with payroll and benefits processes in line with new policies or regulatory changes.
• Prepare payroll reports and analysis, supporting finance in audits (internal/external).
• Oversee payroll vendors, ensuring strict adherence to contracts and SLAs.
• Liaise with authorities (e.g., social security, tax) to ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with HR business partners and HR operations to improve employee experience.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Masters in Accounting/Finance or Data Management, or a related field.
• Strong academic performance in areas such as mathematical equations or financial modeling.
• Excel and project management capabilities.
• Proven ability to perform high‑quality academic projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in payroll tools and processing.
• Proficiency in payroll tools.

Job Information

Hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $25 - $25.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues.
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems.
• Exercising sound judgment.

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