Payroll Manager

Precision Labs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Unlimited PTO

Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage

401k match

Hardware setup

Job summary

Polymarket is hiring a Payroll Manager to own end-to-end payroll across a growing multi-state employee base, reporting to the Controller and interfacing with HR, Legal, and Finance. You will build scalable systems, ensure accuracy in tax withholding, and drive compliant payroll operations across states.

The role requires strong experience in payroll at high-growth tech companies and familiarity with Rippling or Deel.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of progressive payroll or accounting experience with multi-state payroll ownership.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• CPP designation is a plus and experience with crypto/equity tax handling is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end payroll processing across multiple states, including wages, bonuses, overtime, deductions and benefits.
• Reconcile timekeeping data, garnishments, and benefits deductions; flag discrepancies before close.
• Own tax withholding and remittance obligations at federal, state, and local levels; resolve compliance gaps.
• Maintain Rippling or Deel configurations as headcount grows and comp structures evolve.
• Collaborate with HR on hires/terminations and ensure payroll records stay accurate in real time.
• Prepare payroll reports for Finance, HR and external audits; manage year-end filings (W-2s, 1099s).
• Identify manual processes and build systems to replace them.

Skills

Payroll processing

Tax compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Public company experience

Crypto equity tax handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPP designation

Tools

Rippling

Deel

Job description

About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized \"house,\" Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

We're growing fast — both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

About the Role

Polymarket's Finance team is small, moves fast, and owns a lot. We're building the financial infrastructure that supports a company scaling at an unusual pace, and payroll is a critical part of that foundation. This role reports directly to the Controller and sits at the center of a cross-functional web connecting HR, Legal, and Finance.

We're hiring a Payroll Manager to own end-to-end payroll across a growing, multi-state employee base. This isn't a role where you maintain what someone else built — you'll assess what exists, identify what's broken or missing, and build the systems, controls, and processes that can scale with us.

What You'll Do

• Run end-to-end payroll processing each cycle, including wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, deductions, and benefits across multiple states


• Reconcile timekeeping data, garnishments, and benefits deductions before every close, and flag discrepancies before they become problems


• Own federal, state, and local tax withholding and remittance obligations, and resolve any compliance gaps independently


• Maintain and improve the configuration of Rippling or Deel as headcount grows, roles change, and comp structures evolve


• Partner with HR on new hires, terminations, and compensation changes to keep payroll records accurate in real time


• Prepare payroll reports for Finance, HR, and external audits, and manage year-end filings including W-2s and 1099s


• Identify manual processes that shouldn't be manual and build or configure systems to fix them

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of progressive payroll or accounting experience, with direct ownership of multi-state payroll and tax compliance


• Hands-on experience at a high-growth tech startup or private company where processes were still being built, not just followed


• Deep familiarity with modern payroll systems — hands-on experience with Rippling or Deel specifically is strongly preferred


• Demonstrated ability to process payroll with zero material errors across complex comp structures, including bonuses, commissions, and equity


• Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements, including withholding, remittance, and filing obligations


• Track record of building trusted working relationships with HR, Legal, and Finance to align on headcount events and comp changes without handoff failures


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent demonstrated experience


• (Plus) Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation


• (Plus) Prior public company payroll experience


• (Plus) Experience handling non-standard compensation structures involving crypto, tokens, or equity with tax implications

Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity


• Unlimited PTO


• Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage


• 401k match


• Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

Pay Transparency

Base salary range: $150,000 to $200,000, plus equity and benefits.

This is a good-faith range for the level we're hiring at. Experience varies widely within a title here, so if your expectations fall outside it, reach out anyway. We're always happy to talk it through.