Payroll Specialist Retail Innovation Inc Boston, MA

Jamdanceacademy; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Retail Innovation Inc. in Boston, MA seeks a Payroll Specialist to lead complex payroll and finance reporting. This role partners with auditors, HR, and finance to ensure accurate, timely compliance and decision support.

You will own profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment, and guide revenue recognition under current standards while collaborating on compensation planning. This is a pivotal, long-term finance position rooted in a fast-growing software-inspired company.

Qualifications

• Experience with payroll processes and governance.
• Ability to interpret complex financial data for senior leadership.
• Strong communication with auditors and finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment
• Validate revenue recognition in line with current accounting standards
• Forecast headcount costs and partner with HR on compensation planning
• Tighten the revenue-recognition policy as new finance deals get complex
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Accounts Payable and KPI Reporting for finance leadership
• Trace a single transaction end to end when the numbers stop tying

Skills

Curiosity

Judgment

Analytical mindset

Remote project ownership

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

KPI Reporting

Job description

Precision in the details and perspective on the whole: Retail Innovation Inc wants both from its Boston, MA Payroll Specialist. This Payroll Specialist opening rewards 7 years with more than $134,000 - $184,000 — it offers a real grip on the finance direction at Retail Innovation Inc.

Key Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment
• Validate revenue recognition in line with current accounting standards
• Forecast headcount costs and partner with HR on compensation planning
• Tighten the revenue-recognition policy as new finance deals get complex
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Accounts Payable and KPI Reporting for finance leadership
• Trace a single transaction end to end when the numbers stop tying

What You'll Bring

• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb
• Fluency across Workday Adaptive Planning and KPI Reporting, with strong opinions on both
• Pattern recognition earned across many finance engagements
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a remote project
• Comfort owning finance decisions in a MA market

Founded by engineers who believe small teams ship great software, Retail Innovation Inc now serves customers across the country from its Boston, MA office. Here, ownership means you're empowered to fix what's broken without waiting for permission.

We'll invest in you with $134,000 - $184,000, full benefits, and a roadmap that turns this job into a long-term career.

Benefits

• full benefits

Re-dated this morning, Retail Innovation Inc continues hiring for the Payroll Specialist role.

Don't wait for the perfect moment to switch into finance work, because it's right now.