Payroll & Equity Specialist for Growth‑Stage Ops

base-power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is building America's next-generation power network with distributed batteries. This role handles end-to-end payroll, equity administration, and the stock-based compensation accounting, including migration to a new equity platform. You’ll partner with accounting, People, and Finance to ensure accurate books and equity records.

The role focuses on in-person collaboration, precise journal entries, and scalable processes in a fast-growing company based in Austin.

Qualifications

• Experience processing payroll end-to-end, including journal entries and allocations.
• Experience administering an equity program: grants, vesting, exercises, cap table reconciliation.
• Familiarity with ASC 718 and stock-based compensation accounting.
• Ability to migrate data to new equity platforms (e.g., Carta, Shareworks).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in pay and equity processing.
• High discretion handling sensitive compensation data.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll every cycle for all employees, including multi-state and hourly roles.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and department allocations; reconcile to GL.
• Administer equity program: grants, vesting, exercises, cap table maintenance.
• Lead transition to a new equity platform: data migration and testing.
• Own SBC accounting: expense recognition, forfeitures, early exercises.
• Address employee questions on pay, equity, and vesting with clarity.
• Create SOPs and controls to scale payroll and equity processes.

Skills

Payroll processing

Equity administration

ASC 718

Journal entries

Equity platform migration

Multi-state payroll

Attention to detail

Discretion

Job description

Base is building America's next-generation power network with distributed batteries. This role handles end-to-end payroll, equity administration, and the stock-based compensation accounting, including migration to a new equity platform. You’ll partner with accounting, People, and Finance to ensure accurate books and equity records.

The role focuses on in-person collaboration, precise journal entries, and scalable processes in a fast-growing company based in Austin.