Payroll Specialist

Innovatesphere; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

InnovateSphere in Cambridge, MA seeks a junior Payroll Specialist to support finance operations with a keen eye for accuracy and timelines. This role emphasizes mentorship, contract rhythm, and the ability to transform cost data into actionable insights using Tableau.

You will help reconcile accounts across entities and currencies, track grants, prepare for audits, and provide ad-hoc analyses to the CFO. The position offers growth potential in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset toward the company's money and workflows.
• Judgment developed through real consequences with at least 1 year of experience.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for recaps and updates.

Responsibilities

• Translate the finance cost structure into pricing floor leadership agreements.
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies.
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting.
• Lead audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors.
• Analyze financial data to surface trends and risks.
• Resolve unreconciled items until the subledger ties to the GL.
• Coordinate reporting handoff to Treasury and ensure no stalls.
• Provide ad-hoc analyses requested by the CFO before deadlines.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Judgment under pressure

Communication

Tools

Tableau

Job description

A generously-mentoring, deadline-driven Payroll Specialist will thrive in this junior role supporting finance operations in Cambridge, MA. Match 1 years and Tableau to this Cambridge job and you unlock $75,000 - $113,000, a contract schedule, and steady upward room.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Lead the InnovateSphere audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors
• Analyze financial data using Consolidations to surface trends and risks
• Chase down unreconciled items until the subledger ties to the GL
• Own the CIA Certification-to-Treasury Management handoff so reporting never stalls between teams
• Field the gloriously-unglamorous ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday

What You’ll Bring

• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• Judgment seasoned by at least 1 years of real consequences
• Comfort being measured against a clear junior bar
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• Practical Tableau skills sharpened in a contract setting

The collaborative minds at InnovateSphere have made Cambridge, MA an unlikely hub for serious Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets work. Recognition here is specific and frequent, not saved up for some annual Cambridge, MA ceremony.

For your Tableau and 1 of grit, we offer $75,000 - $113,000, mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to do Cambridge on your terms.