Payroll Specialist

The role

The Payroll Specialist will own payroll operations end to end. You will run full-cycle payroll for US and international employees and build systems, controls, and documentation to help payroll scale.

What you will do

• Run full-cycle payroll for US and international employees, including multi-state payroll
• Process commissions, draws, bonuses, equity vesting, severance, and other variable pay
• Handle compensation changes, new hires, terminations, and off-cycle payments
• Manage payroll tax registrations, deposits, filings, and notices
• Manage international payroll and EOR providers
• Administer 401(k) contributions, benefits deductions, garnishments, and contractor payments
• Work with Accounting on payroll journal entries, accruals, and month-end close
• Build processes, controls, and documentation to let payroll scale
• Work with People, Finance, Tax, and Legal to keep employee data accurate
• Use AI and automation to cut down manual work in reconciliations and reporting

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience, including running multi-state US payroll at a fast-growing company
• Hands-on experience with payroll platforms like Rippling, Workday, or ADP
• Strong knowledge of US payroll tax, including federal, state, and local withholding, filings, and year-end reporting
• Experience processing commissions, bonuses, and equity compensation (RSUs, ISOs, NSOs)
• Experience with international payroll and EOR providers
• Strong attention to detail and good judgment with confidential information
• Comfortable at a fast-moving startup where you build processes as you go
• Clear communicator who works well with Finance, People, Tax, and Legal
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification
• Experience with Rippling payroll
• Experience building out payroll at a company that grew quickly
• Experience using AI tools to automate payroll or finance workflows
• Experience with SOX, IPO readiness, or setting up financial controls

About the company

Factory builds the platform for self-improving software development. The company helps enterprise engineering teams turn organizations into autonomous software factories.