Top Payroll Jobs in Seattle, WA

Manage end-to-end payroll for US, Canadian, Lithuanian, contractor, and EOR workers. Responsibilities include payroll processing and corrections, tax compliance, registrations, retirement funding, reconciliations, audits, stipends, reimbursements, accruals, and payroll-related accounting. Partner with People Operations, Finance, IT, international teams, and payroll vendors to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payments.

Process weekly payroll, verify employee time and pay data, distribute paychecks, prepare operational and financial reports, resolve payroll concerns, maintain employee files, process wage increases, reconcile fare box cash and tickets, and ensure accurate payroll accounting.

Supervise a payroll team processing customer payrolls on Workday. Review payroll runs for accuracy and compliance, resolve escalations, monitor workloads and performance, coach employees, support onboarding, communicate with customers, maintain regulatory knowledge, and ensure adherence to policies, SOC controls, and data security standards.

Lead Anthropic’s global equity administration and payroll operations, including strategy, controls, systems architecture, international expansion, compliance, automation, accounting partnerships, and public-company readiness. Manage senior functional leaders and collaborate with Legal, Tax, HR, Accounting, and external providers. Build scalable processes, oversee cross-border payroll and equity programs, support stock-based compensation reporting and audits, and develop headcount and resourcing plans.

Process accurate, timely multi-state US payroll across biweekly and semimonthly pay groups. Perform payroll audits, tax and compliance support, reconciliations, garnishments, benefits and retirement deductions, employee support, reporting, and system testing. Partner with Finance, Benefits, and People to resolve discrepancies, maintain controls and documentation, support audits and year-end activities, and improve scalable payroll processes in a fully remote environment.

Manage daily timekeeping and weekly payroll processes, enter and reconcile payroll data in Kronos, resolve employee pay inquiries, process employee updates, and support administrative projects while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.

Processes full-cycle US payroll, including biweekly and weekly runs, employee changes, adjustments, reconciliations, reporting, and compliance activities. Supports ADP troubleshooting, payroll documentation, year-end processes, audits, and employee inquiries. Partners with HR, Finance, operations, and vendors to resolve routine issues, maintain accurate records, meet deadlines, and improve payroll procedures.

Owns federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance across a multi-client, multi-state payroll operation. Responsibilities include tax account registration, payroll tax research, auditing and reconciliation, agency notice resolution, amended returns, payments, and quarter-end and year-end compliance. The role partners with payroll teams, vendors, clients, and tax agencies while maintaining accurate records and supporting payroll processing.

Executes accurate, timely multi-state payroll for employees and contractors, including biweekly, bimonthly, and off-cycle payments. Owns UKG Pro and UKG Workforce Management configuration, testing, integrations, timekeeping, troubleshooting, and process improvement. Supports audits, reconciliations, tax registrations, garnishments, year-end reporting, employee inquiries, and payroll or HRIS implementations. Partners with Finance, IT, People Ops, and other teams while maintaining payroll documentation and controls.

Leads U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, filings, payments, audits, reconciliations, year-end reporting, controls, and regulatory monitoring. Manages a team of six payroll tax professionals while partnering with Payroll Operations, Technology, Product Management, HR, Accounting, vendors, auditors, and government agencies. Drives process improvements, system enhancements, testing, strategic initiatives, and organizational change across complex, multi-jurisdiction payroll operations.

Leads U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, including filings, payments, audits, reconciliations, year-end reporting, regulatory monitoring, and agency relations. Manages and develops a team of six payroll tax professionals, establishes internal controls, drives process improvements, and partners with Payroll Operations, Technology, Product Management, HR, Finance, vendors, auditors, and government agencies on system enhancements and strategic initiatives.

Provides Canadian payroll tax services for assigned customers, managing daily cases, customer communications, tax remittances, and year-end T4, T4A, Releve 1, and Releve 2 activities. Researches and resolves multi-jurisdiction payroll tax issues, supports escalations, maintains service-level and quality targets, safeguards confidential data, and collaborates with internal teams to stabilize service delivery.

Resolve complex payroll corrections, amended returns, tax notices, and multi-jurisdiction payroll issues for employer customers. Diagnose root causes, coordinate with tax operations, product, and engineering, explain resolutions to partners, and help document and automate recurring processes. The role requires payroll-provider experience across prior-quarter and prior-year amendments, state and local taxes, agency notices, and Canadian equivalents.

Process weekly and biweekly payrolls across multiple companies and states, ensuring accurate wages, bonuses, deductions, taxes, and direct deposits. Prepare payroll journal entries, reconcile payroll and benefit accounts, post intercompany transactions, and review general ledger activity. Support financial statement preparation, accounting functions, payroll implementation, and process improvements while maintaining confidentiality and meeting payroll and month-end deadlines.

Process end-to-end payroll and timekeeping, including wage calculations, deductions, pay adjustments, certified payroll, and discrepancy resolution. Support HR administration through onboarding, separations, employment verifications, background checks, and HRIS updates. Ensure compliance with payroll taxes, federal contractor requirements, prevailing wage laws, and employment regulations while safeguarding confidential employee information.

Lead semi-monthly payroll processing for approximately 800 U.S. and Canadian employees. Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local tax regulations; resolve payroll issues; coordinate benefits deductions and external vendors; support year-end filings, audits, and reporting; improve payroll processes; and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Lead semi-monthly U.S. and Canadian payroll for approximately 800 employees, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local regulations. Resolve payroll issues, coordinate benefits deductions and vendors, manage year-end tax filings and audits, provide reporting and analysis, improve payroll processes, and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Oversee end-to-end multi-state payroll processing for approximately 450 employees, including payroll inputs, adjustments, audits, reconciliations, tax compliance, and issue resolution. Serve as the Workday Payroll subject matter expert, managing configurations, testing, controls, and change documentation. Coordinate with HR, HRIS, Finance, employees, and third-party payroll providers to resolve issues, maintain data integrity, support regulatory updates, and improve payroll processes.

Processes semimonthly U.S. payroll, including wages, deductions, benefits, garnishments, and multi-state tax filings. Supports payroll tax reconciliations, year-end W-2 processing, tax notices, and international payroll coordination with external providers. Collaborates with HR, Legal, and Finance, uses Excel and AI-powered tools for validation and reconciliation, and escalates complex tax or compliance matters.

Processes end-to-end payroll for multiple managed customers, including Workday configuration, payroll taxes, deductions, year-end support, audits, and compliance. Resolves customer and internal cases, manages escalations, performs root cause analysis, leads client calls, maintains documentation, and meets service-level, quality, and production targets. The role requires strong payroll expertise, multi-jurisdiction tax knowledge, customer service, analytical skills, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Processes standard and non-standard payroll runs, including timekeeping, deductions, garnishments, and off-cycle payments. Performs payroll reconciliations and audits, maintains employee payroll records, resolves employee inquiries, and supports quarterly and year-end tax compliance activities such as filings and W-2 preparation. Also documents payroll process improvements and supports workflow controls.

Processes payroll by verifying timesheets, entering payroll data, managing direct deposits and paper checks, obtaining distribution signatures, processing wage garnishments, and adjusting pay for raises, bonuses, and commissions.

Manage biweekly US payroll in Workday, validate earnings/deductions/taxes and garnishments, ensure multi-state compliance, support audits and year-end W-2s, troubleshoot Workday-ADP integrations, reconcile variances, produce payroll reports, document processes, and drive payroll process improvements.

Monitors U.S. and Canadian payroll compliance, regulations, tax filings, audits, controls, and employee pay accuracy. Investigates exceptions, manages corrective actions, supports SOX and regulatory audits, and coordinates payroll compliance for acquisitions and new entities. Maintains procedures, governance documentation, dashboards, and reporting while partnering with Legal, Finance, HR, vendors, and leadership to improve controls, reduce risk, and support payroll technology and transformation initiatives.

Leads global payroll delivery across 15+ countries, ensuring accurate processing, tax and labor compliance, filings, controls, and employee support. Oversees payroll technology including Workday, ADP Workforce Now, and Celergo; drives AI-enabled automation, process transformation, global expansion, and M&A integrations. Partners with HR, Finance, Legal, and Technology, develops the payroll team, reports executive metrics, and continuously improves payroll operations.