Livekit The Senior Payroll Specialist at LiveKit owns US and international payroll operations, including tax filings and compliance. This role involves building payroll processes, managing PEO/EOR relationships, and supporting equity administration.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Payroll Specialist at LiveKit, you will:
Run US and international payroll end to end, from collecting inputs to final reconciliation
Own all associated payroll tax filings, domestic and international, and keep us compliant and on time
Manage our PEO and EOR relationships, and know where their responsibility ends and yours begins
Reconcile payroll to the general ledger each cycle and support month-end close
Build and maintain our payroll calendar, processes, and documentation as payroll moves into Finance
Partner with People/Talent and accounting on new hires, changes, terminations, and month-end reconciliation
Support equity administration in Carta and equity reporting for the board
Be the go-to contact for payroll questions internally and for auditor requests externally
Qualification
LiveKit's team is growing fastwork hard and can build and ship fastare focused on polishare a fast learnerCPPExperience moving payroll in-houseOur Commitment to You
Required
LiveKit's team is growing fast, in the US and around the world, and Finance is taking over payroll. You'll be the person who makes it run: every employee, every state, every country, every filing.
Most senior payroll roles hand you a well-oiled machine and ask you not to break it. This one asks you to build it. You'll own US and international payroll, set up the calendar and controls, assist with month end close, and be the internal expert on anything that touches a paycheck.
You'll thrive as the Senior Payroll Specialist if you:
are obsessive about tying out numbers to the penny
are known as the go-to person for tackling tough problems
work hard and can build and ship fast
are focused on polish, detail and quality
are a fast learner, frequently picking up new tips, tricks, and skills
The best way to impress us is with thoughtful ways you'd implement LiveKit, and potentially tinkering with it 😊
Hands-on experience running both US and international payroll, including Canada and/or the EU
Experience managing payroll tax filings directly, not just handing them off to a provider
Experience with multi-state US payroll for a remote, distributed team
Preferred
CPP, FPC, or a similar payroll certification
Experience moving payroll in-house, switching providers, or migrating an HRIS
Experience with equity administration in Carta
Experience at a fast-growing company with a distributed, international team
You've personally caught a payroll error before anyone else did, and you still think about it fondly
Our Commitment to You
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