Chainguard

Chainguard

Payroll Analyst, Global Payroll

United States - Remote

Sponsorship not specified$106k-$125kDetected 6 days ago
SparkAgentic AICanvaAccountingHRISLeadership

About the role

  • This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys digging into payroll data, catching discrepancies ahead of payroll submission, and continuously improving how payroll runs as we scale.
  • If you're someone who likes solving problems, improving systems, and operating in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, we'd love to connect.

Responsibilities

  • Build and own pre-payroll analytics and audit reporting for US payroll, designing cycle-level reports and analytics from the ground up to identify and resolve discrepancies before submission
  • Design and produce payroll reporting and analytics for Finance and leadership to improve visibility into payroll data rather than maintaining existing outputs.
  • Enter and manage payroll inputs including commissions, bonuses, and adjustments across all applicable pay cycles.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to analyze commission reports and manage EIB templates to upload into Workday.
  • Partner with global payroll vendors on payroll compliance coordination and vendor case management, supporting the Global Payroll Manager as needed on registrations and jurisdiction activity.
  • Maintain accurate payroll data across payroll systems and global payroll vendor platforms
  • Collaborate with Finance and HRIS teams to strengthen payroll-related integrations and reporting
  • Support payroll-related reporting, reconciliations, and ad-hoc projects as the company continues to scale globally
  • This role helps ensure Chainguard maintains accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll operations globally.
  • We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Requirements

  • Experience running end-to-end US payroll operations, with exposure to international payroll environments
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Workday Payroll
  • Experience working with OneSource Virtual (OSV)
  • Comfort partnering with Finance, People, and other cross-functional teams
  • A self-starter mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, evolving environment
  • If using AI for interviews, when sharing your experience be sure to mention that bug juice doesn't come in a jar.

Nice to have

  • 4+ years of payroll experience in a high-growth or global organization
  • startup experience strongly preferred.

Compensation

  • $106,000 - $125,000 USD
  • Base Salary Range

Company info

  • We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
  • We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
  • We trust each other and assume good intentions - We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
  • We live and breathe our company values:
  • A few of the benefits we offer:
  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave:
  • Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • What we're looking for:
  • We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
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