Senior Payroll Specialist: Hybrid Multi-State Expert

Electronic Arts; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO – 3 weeks per year

Sick time – 80 hours per year

16 paid holidays per year

Baby bonding leave – 10 weeks

Health insurance

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Redwood City, CA, is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our CFO organization. This role supports payroll processing for a multi-state population in a hybrid work model, three days in-office in Redwood City.

You will drive audits, tax compliance, W-2 reconciliation, and process improvements to optimize payroll operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of US payroll experience across multiple HRIS/payroll platforms (ADP, Workday, UKG Pro, Ceridian) and strong Excel

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with US payroll in a large, multi-state employee population.
• Experience with multiple HRIS/Payroll systems like ADP, Workday, UKG Pro, Ceridian is must.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience working with large payroll datasets.
• Experience in handling and independently managing payroll tax compliance, W-2 reconciliation and in-depth understanding of employee tax validation.
• Experience with laws affecting leave of absence (LOA) pay.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Processing & Operations: Help with payroll processing for multi-state, pre & post payroll audits, adjustments and corrections to current or previous pay periods.
• Payroll Audits & Controls: Follow existing payroll controls and maintain supporting documentation and evidence for internal and external audits.
• Payroll Tax Compliance: Monitor tax law changes for applicable jurisdictions and help manage the registration in new tax jurisdictions.
• W-2 & Year End Compliance: Help with comprehensive audit of W-2, resolve identified discrepancies and perform corrections.
• Process Improvements & projects: Help with assigned projects to help automate the processes and increase efficiencies.

Tools

ADP

Workday

UKG Pro

Ceridian

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Electronic Arts in Redwood City, CA, is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our CFO organization. This role supports payroll processing for a multi-state population in a hybrid work model, three days in-office in Redwood City.

You will drive audits, tax compliance, W-2 reconciliation, and process improvements to optimize payroll operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of US payroll experience across multiple HRIS/payroll platforms (ADP, Workday, UKG Pro, Ceridian) and strong Excel