Senior Global Payroll Specialist

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Finance team as a Senior Global Payroll Specialist! You will refine domestic payroll processes for greater effectiveness and compliance, process global payroll, and create employee educational materials. This role requires strong Workday and payroll experience, excellent analytical skills, and a proven track record with domestic year-end W-2s. Preferred qualifications include ADP SmartConnect experience, knowledge of labor laws, and global payroll experience. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits package including insurance, flexible PTO, wellness initiatives, and professional development opportunities. The role offers growth opportunities within the first year, including increased responsibility in payroll administration, auditing, and compliance.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in a payroll administration role
• Strong Workday (HRIS) experience, including advanced knowledge of the Workday payroll module
• Excellent analytical and Excel skills (Pivot tables, VLookups, IF formulas, etc.)
• Proven track record of success processing domestic year-end W-2s
• You have a strong understanding of both domestic and international payroll and Workday systems—how these work together, and the downstream impact of data quality for reporting purposes
• You’ll have demonstrated experience completing domestic year-end payroll processes, including preparation and auditing of W-2s and other payroll-related tax filings and reports
• You have a deep understanding and demonstrated experience and maturity in handling confidential and sensitive information

Responsibilities

• Use your subject-matter expertise to refine our domestic to achieve greater effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance
• Play a key role in processing global payroll and responding to taxing authority notices
• Assist in developing and curating our employee-facing educational materials around pay slips, deductions, and payroll taxes
• Train new payroll team members on the domestic payroll and RSU recording process
• Take an impactful leading role in our domestic payroll administration
• Be fully cross trained on international payroll administration to support our global processes. Prepare to be active in both data entry and auditing sides
• Take on a larger role in 401(k) administration and in support of 401(k) audit requests
• Begin responding to escalated payroll-related employee service desk tickets, as well as taxing authority notice resolution
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure accurate global payroll recording and reconciliation
• Take on stronger auditing role within domestic and international payroll process
• Work closely with Global Equity, Finance, and Legal team members and external service providers to ensure compliance in all Sprout payroll and taxing jurisdictions
• Complete payroll testing of new Workday releases in conjunction with HRIS team
• Assist with the completion of annual 401(k) audit and filing of Form 5500
• Help us optimize our international payroll processes and procedures
• Be comfortable taking a greater leading role with all aspects of year-end W-2s preparation and auditing, and other domestic and international payroll-related filings and or reports
• Be completely at home as a senior member of the Global Payroll team, as well as the company as a whole, with a deep understanding of the team’s needs and successful cross-functional partnering
• Take a lead role in supporting both internal and external audit requests, including payroll-related SOX requests
• Surprise us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to continue to advance our Global Payroll function and Sprout in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADP SmartConnect
• Current knowledge of applicable US federal, state and local labor laws
• Experience teaching/ training team members and internal auditors/key stakeholders on payroll processes and procedures
• Understanding of global payroll processes and experience partnering with a global payroll services provider
• Previous experience with SOX controls and compliance reporting

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays