Senior Payroll Specialist

SprintRay • Los Angeles, CA

7h • $85,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

SprintRay is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to own day-to-day payroll administration and processing for our U.S. and Canadian employees and support payroll-related activities for our broader global team. This role will partner closely with People Services, Finance, managers, employees, and external payroll partners to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced environment. This person will review payroll inputs, identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and help build efficient and scalable payroll processes as SprintRay continues to grow.

Requirements

• 5+ years of payroll experience with direct responsibility for payroll processing.
• Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-state U.S. payroll; working knowledge of California payroll requirements preferred.
• Experience with hourly and salaried employees, bonuses, commissions, payroll adjustments, and off-cycle payrolls.
• Working knowledge of payroll taxes, deductions, garnishments, reconciliations, and year-end processes.
• Strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and ability to identify and resolve payroll discrepancies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across People Services, Finance, Sales, managers, employees, and external partners.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and manage competing deadlines independently.

Nice To Haves

• CPP or FPC certification.
• Experience with Canadian or international payroll coordination.
• Experience bringing an outsourced payroll function in-house or improving payroll processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end U.S. payroll processing in ADP Workforce Now, including regular and off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, commissions, adjustments, and final pay.
• Review payroll and timekeeping data for accuracy, including hours worked, overtime, time off, compensation changes, deductions, and other earnings.
• Support payroll compliance across multiple U.S. states, including California wage-and-hour requirements, and coordinate with external partners when specialized guidance is needed.
• Coordinate Canadian payroll with our external payroll provider, reviewing payroll inputs and outputs, taxable benefits, deductions, vacation/PTO, adjustments, and year-end requirements.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and People Services to manage commission payments for the sales organization and ensure approved commissions are processed accurately and on time.
• Coordinate payroll-related payments and administration for employees in other global regions through Global Partners and other external providers.
• Process payroll corrections, retroactive adjustments, overpayments/underpayments, and other payroll exceptions as needed.
• Perform payroll audits and reconciliations and partner with Finance on payroll funding, reporting, general ledger support, and month/year-end activities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee payroll questions and work with managers to resolve timekeeping and payroll discrepancies.
• Coordinate payroll tax notices, garnishments, state/local registrations, W-2s, and other payroll compliance and year-end activities with ADP and external partners.
• Maintain payroll documentation, calendars, controls, and procedures, and identify opportunities to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Partner closely with People Services on new hires, terminations, leaves, compensation changes, promotions, bonuses, and other employee changes affecting payroll.

Benefits

• SprintRay is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed