Payroll Specialist

Egreenservices; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 137,000; Part time

Job summary

Netflix Studios in Thousand Oaks, CA is seeking a Payroll Specialist who blends rigorous financial reporting with skeptical precision. You will own the payroll accruals and help leaders make sharp, data-backed decisions, backed by 4 years of Stress Management behind it.

The role emphasizes cross-functional forecasting, fast expense settlements, and profitability analysis by product and region. Mentorship, benefits, and Thousand Oaks flexibility augment a challenging but rewarding finance career.

Qualifications

• Coaching to be dangerous, stress management to be trusted.
• Ability to translate tax prep complexity for a non-technical audience.
• 3+ years of Risk Assessment experience.
• Discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter.
• Writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email.
• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts.
• Comfort defending a recommendation before skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Settle expense reports fast enough that nobody chases you twice.
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment.
• Lean on Leadership and Financial Reporting to automate what used to be manual.
• Knit Accounts Receivable pipelines into the close so data lands pre-validated.
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Due Diligence and People Management for finance leadership.
• Own the $99,000 - $137,000 compensation accrual and the math behind every line.

Skills

Coaching

Stress management

Tax complexity

Risk assessment

Finishing the 20%

Tone in emails

navigating finance politics

Defending recommendations

Job description

Equal parts Financial Reporting and skepticism, the ideal Payroll Specialist keeps Netflix Studios's books and its leaders honest. At Netflix Studios the $99,000 - $137,000 matters, sure, but so does owning the finance outcome with 4 years of Stress Management behind it.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy
• Settle expense reports fast enough that nobody chases you twice
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment
• Lean on Leadership and Financial Reporting to automate what used to be manual
• Knit Accounts Receivable pipelines into the close so data lands pre-validated
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Due Diligence and People Management for finance leadership
• Own the $99,000 - $137,000 compensation accrual and the math behind every line

What You'll Bring

• Enough Coaching to be dangerous, enough Stress Management to be trusted
• Experience translating Tax Preparation complexity for a non-technical audience
• 3+ years of Risk Assessment reps, not just Risk Assessment exposure
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Half the finance platforms in CA quietly depend on something Netflix Studios built in Thousand Oaks with plainspoken care. Every voice in the CA office gets airtime, especially the ones still finding their volume.

At Netflix Studios, $99,000 - $137,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and Thousand Oaks, CA flexibility are where the offer gets good.

Our hiring manager is personally reviewing every Payroll Specialist application that comes in.

If steady part-time work with real stakes appeals to you, the Payroll Specialist chair is waiting.