Payroll Specialist

Quantum Metric Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantum Metric seeks a passionate compensation specialist for its accounting team. In this role, you will ensure accurate payroll processing for over 400 employees, support financial reporting, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance the business's growth. Benefits include medical, dental, and unlimited PTO, in a supportive, remote-first environment.

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401k with employer match

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Flexible work environment

Employee Assistance Programs

Rewards and recognition programs

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in payroll or accounting.
• Experience with multi-state payroll.
• Strong multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of payroll accounts.
• Manage payroll compliance and support business needs.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Netsuite

Paylocity

HiBOB

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Our Culture

Quantum Metric's number one objective is happy people, diverse and inclusive culture. We’re passionate about empowering our people to become the best version of themselves, offering coaching and training programs designed to accelerate their career in whatever direction they choose.

As a remote-first company, we understand the importance of building an engaged, diverse, and fun place to work. We hold regular company-wide events, seasonal challenges, and Quantum Metric sponsored local outings when Zoom becomes too much. We also have a number of Employee Resource Groups that provide spaces to discuss, share, and reflect on topics that impact us both inside and outside of work - from being new to SaaS or navigating it as a first-time parent, to overcoming the barriers faced as Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, LGBTQIA or other underrepresented backgrounds.

We are also passionate about the connections we build with our customers. You’ll not only work with some of the world’s most recognized brands, but build lasting relationships.

At Quantum Metric we value all types of experience and education and don’t expect you to meet every qualification for this position. We are most interested in the unique perspective you can bring and your ability to uphold our values of passion, persistence, and integrity.

About the Role

Quantum Metric is looking for an experienced compensation specialist who is smart, passionate and process-oriented to join our growing accounting team, and support the team in executing on its vision of providing world-class financial and analytical support to one of the world’s fastest-growing global technology companies.

In this role, you will be a critical member of a top-notch team, and play a key role in supporting our variable compensation functions to support the organization’s continued growth.

Our team is focused on producing and reporting on timely and accurate financial information and on supporting the highest-priority business needs through our use of modern systems and industry-standard best practices, while creating an environment where team members enjoy coming to work and are proud of our contributions to the company’s success.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will be responsible for one of the organization's most highly-visible and mission-critical functions, where you will have the opportunity to:
• Deliver world-class care to our company’s most valuable resource: our people, by ensuring timely and accurate processing of payroll and by providing responsive and empathetic payroll support as needed
• Process monthly and bi-weekly payroll data for a 400+ person organization across North America and EMEA, with the highest degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Effectively manage deadlines, escalate issues as they arise, and drive a mindset of process improvement as someone with a thorough understanding of the company’s payroll policies and processes
• Perform monthly reconciliations of payroll accrual accounts, record payroll-related journal entries and support other accounting functions related to payroll
• Work closely with cross-functional teams as a subject matter expert to ensure payroll compliance.
• Grow into a role where you can take the lead on performing detailed analysis of costs and other business-critical people/performance metrics to share with leadership to facilitate a more robust understanding of our business
• Perform audit/reconciliation functions and respond to complex and sensitive employee inquiries concerning pay with discretion
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience plus 2-5 years in a payroll or accounting function is required
• Established track record of successfully leveraging technology and designing/building process improvements designed to drive efficiency
• Comfort with coordinating with and working alongside remote teams and the ability to work from an in-person office when necessary, such as to coordinate large projects or important deadlines
• Experience working with multi-state (US) and international payroll for other large or high-growth companies
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment where change is the norm; strong multitasking skills, and flexibility to quickly move from one project to the next
• Strong organizational skills, detail- and accuracy-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates our core values of passion, persistence and integrity
• Experience with our accounting tech-stack, which includes Netsuite (ERP), Paylocity (Payroll), and HiBOB (HIRS) are preferred as well as strong Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• We are seeking candidates within a commutable distance to our Denver and Colorado Springs offices. While this role is 95% remote, you will be required to visit the office 1-2 days per month.
• Compensation: $55,000 - 85,000 | Bonus Eligible

Perks and Benefits

This will be the best group that you ever work with! We support one another through obstacles and succeed as a team. Your hard work will be well rewarded. Most importantly, you'll be strapped to a technology rocket ship bound for greatness! Your success at Quantum Metric will be a milestone in your career.

Group benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance (99% Medical base plan paid by the Company)

FSA, DCFSA, and HSA accounts

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Telehealth options

Voluntary Life & AD&D, STD, LTD, Critical Illness and Accident

Healthy Rewards – Discount Programs

Discounts on Pet Insurance

401k (with employer match) and Options / Equity

13 company holidays

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Sick leave

Parental/Adoption Leave

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks, a flexible work environment, and numerous resources for professional development and team building.

Promotional opportunities

Rewards and recognition programs

Robust onboarding and training program

One-time stipend for work-at-home employees

Monthly business expense stipend

Flexible work environments

Employee Discount Program (Perks at Work)

Employee Referral Program

Lead Referral Program

MacBook and awesome swag delivered to your door

Encouraging and collaborative culture

RECHARGE PROGRAM (after 3 years, disconnect for 3 weeks, no email/slack)

About Quantum Metric

As the leader in Continuous Product Design, Quantum Metric helps organizations put customers at the heart of everything they do. The Quantum Metric platform provides a structured approach to understanding the digital customer journey, enabling organizations to recognize customer needs, quantify the financial impact and prioritize based on the impact to the customer and business’ bottom line.

Today, Quantum Metric captures insights from 40 percent of the world’s internet users, supporting nationally recognized brands in ecommerce and retail, travel, financial services and telecommunications. Our customer retention rate is 98%.

Quantum Metric has been named to the Inc 5000 and the Deloitte 500 for the last five-consecutive years, and has made the Best Places to Work lists by Glassdoor, BuiltIn, Fast Company and Forbes.

If the above role seems like a match and you’re interested in joining a team of people with exceptional potential from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences, we want to hear from you!

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Quantum Metric reserves the right to change, edit, and add duties and responsibilities of all job descriptions at any time, at its sole discretion, and to notify the respective employee accordingly.

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