Top Payroll Jobs in Seattle, WA

Leads payroll operations for approximately 4,000 employees across multiple divisions and locations. Oversees payroll processing, tax compliance, reconciliations, issue resolution, internal controls, and regulatory compliance. Partners with Accounting, HR, Grant Accounting, and operational leaders on cost allocation, audits, and funding requirements. Drives process improvements, payroll systems optimization, reporting, and future implementations while leading payroll professionals.

Manage end-to-end U.S. payroll and support international payroll activities. Analyze payroll data, resolve complex tax and wage issues, ensure regulatory compliance, perform reconciliations and controls, and support Workday Payroll reporting and enhancements. Lead payroll projects, process improvements, audits, year-end activities, documentation, and cross-functional initiatives with HR, Accounting, HRIS, and external vendors.

Process accurate bi-weekly, multi-state payroll, including wage adjustments, bonuses, deductions, garnishments, and employee status changes. Answer payroll questions, maintain employee records, support onboarding, conduct deduction audits, collaborate with HR and Accounting, and identify process automation opportunities. The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, confidentiality, customer service, and payroll compliance knowledge.

Process accurate, compliant payroll for multiple clients across varying frequencies and multiple states. Responsibilities include validating and balancing payroll, managing off-cycle payments, supporting tax filings and year-end activities, resolving discrepancies, maintaining payroll configurations, improving processes, documenting procedures, managing client relationships, and meeting billable utilization targets.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for India, validating inputs, preparing MIS reports, coordinating payments and statutory compliance, reconciling payroll with Finance, resolving discrepancies, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll systems and processes.

Manage accurate bi-weekly, multi-state payroll through Rippling, including tax support, reconciliations, compliance, employee inquiries, leave adjustments, and audit documentation. Support accounts payable through vendor maintenance and transaction review, and accounts receivable through invoicing, collections, reconciliations, and discrepancy resolution. Assist with month-end close, internal controls, process documentation, and broader accounting projects while handling confidential financial and employee information.

Manage the complete payroll process for assigned clients, ensuring accurate and timely payroll administration. Use ADP Workforce Now, Rippling, and Salesforce CRM to support multi-client payroll operations. Maintain strong attention to detail, meet quality and client service standards, manage deadlines, and build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues.

The Payroll Manager oversees end-to-end, multi-state U.S. payroll processing, tax compliance, benefits deductions, garnishments, direct deposits, journal entries, reconciliations, and year-end filings. The role manages Workday time tracking, coordinates international payroll matters, supports Asia payroll, resolves agency inquiries, and supervises and mentors direct reports. It requires strong knowledge of wage-and-hour regulations, payroll taxes, HRIS platforms, confidentiality, accuracy, and deadline management.

Supports accurate and compliant U.S. payroll processing, including biweekly payroll, timekeeping and employee-change validation, tax withholding, multi-state compliance, terminations, reconciliations, audits, reporting, year-end activities, and off-cycle payroll runs. Investigates discrepancies, responds to employee payroll inquiries, maintains confidential records, and provides backup support during absences or high-volume periods.

The Payroll Specialist processes complex client payrolls, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations while managing payroll system cycles and audits.

Serves as the technical subject matter expert for payroll and timekeeping systems. Leads configuration, upgrades, integrations, reporting, testing, troubleshooting, compliance, auditing, and process improvement. Supports complex payroll processing, tax and regulatory filings, data analysis, internal controls, and workforce reporting. Partners with Finance, HR, IT, and operational leaders, while providing training, documentation, mentoring, and business continuity support. Requires strong knowledge of payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, payroll taxes, and related organizational policies.

The Senior Accountant oversees accounting and reporting for two entities, ensuring compliance, accurate transaction recording, financial reporting, and leading audits, while collaborating with teams.

Serve as the organization's internal payroll tax authority: advise product, sales, and implementation on complex multi-jurisdictional tax configurations, resolve escalated technical/tax issues, contribute to product roadmap and UAT, and convert deep tax knowledge into training, guides, and customer-facing advisory work to scale team expertise.

Process payroll tasks including entering timesheets in Paycom, auditing timekeeping, onboarding new hires, maintaining personnel/payroll records, running billing, supporting payroll projects, and performing related administrative duties in a remote role.

Own full-cycle, multi-state payroll for more than 1,000 employees using Rippling. Manage payroll tax accounts, filings, notices, reconciliations, audits, benefits, 401(k), workers’ compensation, year-end reporting, and payroll accounting. Serve as Rippling system owner, maintain payroll documentation, and build AI-enabled automation for payroll support, reporting, agency notices, and audit preparation.

Prepare customized payroll plans and reconciliations for customers, support leave specialists with accurate payroll calculations, collaborate with payroll teams and internal stakeholders, collect product feedback, and identify improvements to payroll calculation software and integrations.

Lead Canada payroll processing to ensure timely, accurate payroll and compliance. Provide technical support, manage multiple payroll cycles, collaborate with HR/Finance/Operations, build stakeholder relationships, resolve payroll issues, stay current on labor laws, and report insights to leadership.

Support day-to-day accounting operations including payroll, accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Maintain budgets, assist month- and year-end close, prepare documentation for audits, resolve billing/payroll issues, and identify process improvements to ensure accurate and efficient corporate finance operations.

Support daily accounting operations including payroll processing, accounts payable/receivable, purchasing, cash management, general ledger entries and reconciliations, month‑end/year‑end close, financial reporting, audit support, and process improvement to ensure accurate cash flow and financial records.

Serve as the payroll compliance subject-matter expert for assigned jurisdictions. Interpret payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment legislation; translate requirements into product and operational solutions; advise stakeholders; conduct compliance assessments and audits; build scalable compliance frameworks, rules libraries, and automation; and train and mentor cross-functional teams to ensure compliant payroll products at scale.

Process accurate biweekly multi-state U.S. payroll using ADP and UKG Pro; handle payroll transactions, reconciliations, audits, tax compliance, equity compensation (RSUs/ESPP), expatriate payroll, and employee inquiries. Collaborate cross-functionally, maintain SOPs and controls, support year-end reporting, system testing, upgrades, and provide payroll data and analysis to Finance, HR, and auditors.