Senior Payroll Analyst

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Wellbeing & Growth reimbursements

Student loan refinancing

Virtual resources for mindfulness

Job summary

Ro in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst to scale our payroll operations during a period of growth. You’ll partner with the Sr. Payroll Manager and cross-functional teams to ensure accurate, compliant payroll processing across states and entities.

Responsibilities include processing semi-monthly and biweekly payroll, managing changes, time & attendance integration, tax compliance, and year-end activities. Strong Excel and UKG experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience in high-growth or complex environments.
• Experience with end-to-end payroll across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Strong Excel skills and knowledge of payroll regulations.

Responsibilities

• Process semi-monthly and biweekly payroll across multiple states and entities.
• Support payroll changes, including deductions, adjustments, and garnishments.
• Execute time and attendance processing and integrate with payroll systems.
• Review payroll outputs for accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
• Respond to employee inquiries and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Support payroll tax compliance, including registrations and filings.
• Assist with year-end payroll activities and audits.
• Lead process improvements with the Sr. Payroll Manager.

Skills

Payroll processing

Multi-entity payroll

Timekeeping

Excel

UKG

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

UKG

Job description

Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company with a mission of helping patients achieve their health goals by delivering the easiest, most effective care possible. Ro is the only company to offer nationwide telehealth, labs, and pharmacy services. This is enabled by Ro's vertically integrated platform that helps patients achieve their goals through a convenient, end-to-end healthcare experience spanning from diagnosis, to delivery of medication, to ongoing care. Since 2017, Ro has helped millions of patients in nearly every single county in the United States, including 99% of primary care deserts.

Ro is consistently recognized as a top workplace in Health Care, in New York, and for Women and Parents—earning more than 20 honors from Fortune, Great Place to Work, and PEOPLE since 2021. In 2025 alone, we ranked top 5 among medium workplaces in Health Care and New York, and top 50 nationwide.

We’re growing our Accounting team and hiring a Senior Payroll Analyst to help scale our payroll operations during an exciting period of growth. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Sr. Payroll Manager and cross-functional partners across People, Legal, and Finance to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing. You’ll support and help lead key workflows such as tax registrations, payroll reconciliations, and reporting, and contribute to high-impact projects like system migrations and process improvements. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to deepen their expertise in payroll while helping build out a best-in-class function with high visibility across the company.

What You’ll do:

• Process semi-monthly and biweekly payroll across multiple states and entities.

• Support and execute payroll changes, including complex pay calculations, adjustments, deductions, compensation updates, employee status changes, address/work location changes, and wage garnishments.

• Execute time and attendance processing, ensuring seamless integration with payroll systems.

• Review payroll outputs for accuracy and resolve discrepancies.

• Respond to employee inquiries and collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues.

• Support payroll tax compliance, including responding to tax notices, maintaining unemployment tax rates, coordinating new state tax registrations (SUI/withholding), assisting with timely filings and remittances, and staying current on U.S. payroll regulations.

• Audit 401(k) deferrals each pay cycle and prepare control totals.

• Assist with payroll audits, reporting, employment verifications, and administrative tasks.

• Assist with special projects, process improvements, documentation, and updates to payroll procedures.

• Support year-end payroll activities.

• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiency, support the implementation of best practices, and collaborate with the Sr. Payroll Manager on recommendations to senior management.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You’ll bring to the Team:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field (preferred).

• 5 + years of hands-on-payroll experience, ideally in a high-growth or complex environment.

• Prior experience processing payroll across multiple entities and jurisdictions.

• Experience with end-to-end payroll and timekeeping processes, resolving related issues, and ensuring compliance with payroll regulations.

• Strong organizational, problem solving skills, and communication skills (both verbal and written).

• Ability to cultivate effective working relationships (both remotely and in-person) and communicate cross-functionally across all levels of management.

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., functions, pivot tables, macros)

• Experience with payroll systems such as UKG is a plus.

We’ve Got You Covered:

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership

• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA

• 401(k) with company match

• Flexible PTO

• Wellbeing + Learning & Growth reimbursements

• Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits

• Pet insurance

• Student loan refinancing

• Virtual resources for mindfulness, counseling, and fitness