Payroll & General Ledger Accountant - High-Growth Tech

The Consensus; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision packages

Housing subsidy of $2k per month

Relocation support for San Jose (Sant”

Wellness benefits covering fitness and

Daily lunch and dinner in office

Unlimited compute budget

Job summary

Etched is seeking a General Ledger Accountant, Payroll to own the payroll and benefits close, ensuring accurate accruals, reconciliations, and controls. You will partner with People Operations and Finance to record compensation activities in the general ledger and maintain documentation across entities and jurisdictions.

This hands-on role requires meticulous attention to detail, comfort in a fast-scaling environment, and strong collaboration with HRIS, payroll providers, and ERP systems to

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of general accounting experience with ownership of payroll and benefits close processes.
• Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent, and experience scaling systems in a high-growth environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to work effectively across departments.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the payroll and benefits accounting close process, ensuring accurate accruals, reconciliations, reporting, and strong internal controls over employee compensation and related expenses.
• Reconcile payroll reports from third-party providers to the general ledger.
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries, including accruals for bonuses, commissions, and PTO.
• Reconcile benefits portal data to payroll deductions.
• Review and reconcile carrier invoices to ensure accuracy of employer and employee contributions.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between HRIS, payroll providers, benefits portals, and ERP.
• Prepare payroll-related account reconciliations and maintain supporting documentation.
• Maintain organized payroll and benefits documentation to support internal reviews and audits.
• Ensure payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, compensation updates, and bonus payments, have proper approval and supporting documentation.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation for payroll and benefits workflows.
• Support periodic internal control reviews and testing.
• Maintain accurate configuration of earnings codes, deduction codes, tax settings, and pay groups within payroll systems.
• Support integration between payroll platforms, HRIS, benefits portals, and other connected systems.
• Support system setup for new states, entities, and pay frequencies as the company expands.
• Standardize payroll processes to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency.
• Maintain payroll tax registrations across federal, state, and local jurisdictions.
• Track and monitor payroll tax filings prepared by third-party payroll providers.
• Coordinate state unemployment insurance registrations and rate updates.
• Support new state registrations as the company expands into additional jurisdictions.
• Assist with year-end reporting processes, including W-2 reconciliation and distribution oversight.
• Coordinate responses to payroll tax notices from government agencies.
• Coordinate with HR on new hires, terminations, compensation changes, and benefit elections to ensure payroll accuracy.
• Review and validate HR-provided employee data prior to payroll processing.
• Assist in resolving employee payroll and benefits inquiries in collaboration with HR

Skills

Payroll close ownership

ERP systems experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Etched is seeking a General Ledger Accountant, Payroll to own the payroll and benefits close, ensuring accurate accruals, reconciliations, and controls. You will partner with People Operations and Finance to record compensation activities in the general ledger and maintain documentation across entities and jurisdictions.

This hands-on role requires meticulous attention to detail, comfort in a fast-scaling environment, and strong collaboration with HRIS, payroll providers, and ERP systems to