Grafana Labs is looking for a Senior Payroll Analyst to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Payroll and working closely with our People and Accounting teams, this is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing Company and play a driving role in our payroll operations.

The Senior Payroll Analyst role is an exciting opportunity to utilize your payroll operations skills. You will love this role if you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you have the opportunity to dig into the details, conduct analyses, and provide consultation on a day-to-day basis related to everything payroll.

Responsibilities:

Oversee and process all multi-state payroll functions for semi-monthly payroll
Prepare, enter, and upload payroll data in a timely manner
Work with Variable Compensation to ensure commissions are paid timely through payroll
Process child support orders, wage assignments, garnishments, and tax levies
Work with People partners to ensure proper adjustments to payroll are recorded
Assist with payroll liabilities audit by making sure calculation of employee federal, state, local, medicare and social security, etc. taxes comply with government regulations
Maintain productive relationships with People team, including Benefits, Operations, and Business Partners
Prepare workflows to maintain consistency in processing payroll
Maintain payroll coding in Payroll provider system to ensure proper recording of payroll in Accounting software
Respond to employee inquiries and requests regarding payroll related matters in a timely manner
Assist with quarterly tax and W-2's reconciliation
Look for ways to automate processes to ensure accuracy
Be able to research payroll issues independently, demonstrating high analytical ability, knowledge of best practices, and an understanding of federal and state payroll tax and labor law developments
Other projects/requests as needed

What is needed:

5+ years of payroll experience, preferably in Tech/SaaS industry
Minimum 2-3 years Workday experience
Experience with ADP SmartCompliance
Experience with multi-state Payrolls
Knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll regulations, including payroll tax, reporting, and required filings
Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Suite systems
Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Problem-solving & analytical skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines
Must be detail oriented, accurate, and well organized
Be proactive in nature

In the United States, the base compensation range for this role is $85,000 - $103,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here.

*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.

About Grafana Labs: There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).

Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out our careers page.

Equal Opportunity Employer: At Grafana Labs we're building a company where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We know that our company runs on the hard work and the dedication of our passionate and creative employees. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

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Summary
Company name: Grafana Labs
Remote job title: Senior Payroll Analyst
Job tags: State & Local, ADP, Taxes