Payroll Manager New

MNTN, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MNTN, Inc. is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join our Finance team.

This role will manage the entire semi-monthly Paylocity payroll process for 400+ employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting across salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and deductions. You will collaborate with People, Accounting, and Legal to maintain controls, resolve payroll issues, and stay up-to-date on evolving payroll regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years performing all payroll functions.
• Quarterly and annual payroll audit experience.
• Experience ensuring external tax and reporting requirements are met on time.
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, team-oriented, self-directed.
• Experience with large payroll systems (ADP).
• CPP Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee semi-monthly Paylocity payroll for 400+ employees from start to finish.
• Collect, review, and process payroll submissions with People team.
• Approve payroll updates for hires, terminations, and pay changes.
• Create ad hoc reports for HR, Finance, and other departments.
• Ensure confidentiality and maintain internal controls and SOX compliance.
• Respond to employee pay inquiries and resolve discrepancies.
• Process off-cycle payrolls as needed and support year-end tasks.

Skills

Payroll processing

Paylocity

ADP

Excel

SOX compliance

Communication

Attention to detail

CPP Certification

Tools

Paylocity

ADP

Excel

Job description

At MNTN, we put our people first, full stop. This allows our company culture to be defined by our team members and their shared values, like trust, ambition, quality, radical honesty, and compassionate leadership. It’s why we all really love working for the Hardest Working Software in Television™ (and also why we were named one of Ad Age’s Best Places To Work in 2026.)

We pride ourselves on bringing unrivaled performance and simplicity to Connected TV advertising. Our self-serve technology makes running TV ads as easy as search and social, helping brands drive measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more. You can learn more about us and everything we do by visiting https://mountain.com/ .

We’re committed to innovation that empowers, not replaces. At MNTN, AI is a tool for growth, enhancing efficiency while keeping a people-first approach. Our goal is to streamline workflows and drive new solutions—without compromising the human element that makes our company great.

So if wanting to do more, own more, and make a bigger impact comes naturally to you, then you may be the person we're looking for to join us in our next stage of growth.

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to join our Finance team. This team member will be responsible for the entire payroll process for a company of 400+ individuals. A successful candidate will ensure strict compliance with institutional and regulatory standards and will be well organized and comfortable dealing with payroll data. Excellent people skills and an aptitude for accuracy in payroll processing is a must.

You will:

• Responsible for company wide semi-monthly Paylocity payroll processing, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions, for over 400 employees start to finish
• Collect and review all payroll submissions, working closely with our People team and other business partners on payroll-related matters
• Ensure accurate and timely approval and processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates, etc.
• Assist with and resolve all payroll issues
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion
• Remain up to date on new regulations and compliance regarding payroll and payroll tax.
• Responsible for company wide semi-monthly Paylocity payroll processing for over 400 employees start to finish
• Experience troubleshooting all Payroll discrepancies and resolve them timely
• Reviewing and audit employee data prior to processing payroll (bonuses, pay increases, commissions, and 401, etc.)
• Process off-cycle payrolls as needed for final paychecks, end of year payouts, etc.
• Respond to employee questions regarding pay, deductions, garnishments, and other related items
• Create custom and ad hoc reports for the Human Resources, Finance, and other departments as needed
• Performing Year-End payroll processing, audit, and W-2 Issuance Experience with integrated services (401k, Benefits, FSA, HAS, etc.)
• Organize, review and process complex, monthly and quarterly bonus and commission payments

Payroll Tax

• Quarterly and Annual Payroll audit to tie out tax returns and W-2’s.
• Ensure external tax and reporting requirements are met on a timely basis (audit, filing, amendments, reporting, etc.).

Accounting

• Prepare and process journal entries and allocations, including preparation of journal entries and reconciliation of accounts
• Support other accounting-related activities and special projects as assigned by Finance
• Fulfill yearly audit requests, and other audit requests as assigned

SOX

• Prepare SOP’s and internal procedures
• Analyze processes and procedures for maximum efficiency and effectiveness
• Perform and monitor internal controls related to SOX compliance

You have:

• 5+ years performing all payroll functions
• Quarterly and Annual Payroll audit experience
• Experience ensuring external tax and reporting requirements are met on a timely basis (audit, filing, amendments, reporting, etc.).
• A hands-on, detail-oriented, team-oriented, and self-directed approach to your work
• Partnered with all shared services groups (People, Accounting, Legal) to keep on an open line of communication regarding employee changes and onboarding process
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines
• Excellent communication, spelling and grammar skills (negotiating and problem-solving skills required)
• Microsoft Excel: Intermediate to Advanced experience
• Journal entry and general ledger experience, required
• Strong skills using and understanding the flow of transactions in an integrated and automated payroll accounting system
• CPP Certification, preferred
• Experience with large payroll systems, preferably with ADP
• Experience with HR & Payroll systems migration is a huge plus!

About MNTN

Our recruiters will always reach out using an email address ending with @mountain.com OR @mntn.com. If you’re contacted by someone without that address and they mention a Reference Code (which we never use), thenthat ain’t us folks.Tell those trolls to take a hike–you’re waiting to climb a MNTN.

MNTN provides advertising software for brands to reach their audience across Connected TV, web, and mobile. MNTN Performance TV has redefined what it means to advertise on television, transforming Connected TV into a direct-response, performance marketing channel. Our web retargeting has been leveraged by thousands of top brands for over a decade, driving billions of dollars in revenue.

Our solutions give advertisers total transparency and complete control over their campaigns all with the fastest go-live in the industry. As a result, thousands of top brands have partnered with MNTN, including Tarte, Decked, and National University.

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