Senior Manager, Payroll

About the position

Warby Parker is seeking a sharp-as-a-tack Senior Manager, Payroll to join our Finance team and drive payroll for our 3,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. In this position, you'll take on and own complex financial processes, finding ways to evolve and enhance them on your quest toward utmost efficiency and accuracy. Communication and collaboration are the keys to success in this role, as you'll work closely with the Finance, Accounting and People teams. We'll also count on you to provide critical support for our employees and handle confidential concerns in a quick, effective way.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of multi-state US and Canadian payrolls for 16 (and growing!) legal entities
• Responsible for the timely and accurate compilation of all payrolls in the U.S. and Canada
• Subject matter expert on payroll compliance and ensures compliance with federal, state and local tax jurisdictions- monitoring state, provincial, and local registrations for payroll taxes, local health and state unemployment insurance, workers compensation, etc.
• Work closely with the People team to validate changes to compensation, benefits elections, and other deductions
• Project lead of cross functional teams for payroll-related projects; continuous development of processes that are scalable, SOX compliant and support the company's growth, as well as the setup of new systems and vendors
• Ensure proper setup of state and local payroll registrations, including withholding tax, SUI and any applicable local taxes and work with the People and Legal teams to ensure compliance with federal, state and local payroll, wage and hour laws and best practices
• Ensure timely and accurate W-2 preparation at the end of year
• Manage 2 direct reports and drive the growth and development of the Payroll Team
• Assists with audits of internal controls, financial statement areas related to payroll, workers compensation, 401k, and tax
• Assist the Accounting and People teams on ad hoc requests and analyses related to payroll

Requirements

• 7+ years of payroll-related experience, including managing large-scale multi-state payrolls
• Comfortable working independently and owning your work from start to finish
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Direct, honest communicator when working with your team and other stakeholders
• Ability to make well-informed decisions
• Driven by the highest level of ethics and respectful of confidentiality
• Dexterous multitasker who can prioritize several projects without losing focus
• Voracious learner who's always seeking to improve yourself, your team, and the world around you
• Ready to offer support whenever needed
• Positive, kind, and excited by a challenge

Nice-to-haves

• ADP Lyric and/or Oracle HCM experience
• Experience processing payroll in Canada
• Familiarity with the accounting side of payroll (e.g., journal entries, reconciliations)

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid Holidays
• Retirement savings plan with a company match
• Parental leave (non-birthing parents included)
• Short-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bereavement Support
• Education Reimbursement
• Free eyewear
• And more (just ask!)