Payroll Assistant

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. We started in 1992 and have grown to about 4,100 people. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

The position:

The Payroll Assistant runs biweekly payroll for about 900 employees in 12 states, hourly and salaried. Remote within the UK. We meet in person once or twice a year.

Key responsibilities:

• Calculate final pay in line with state timing rules.
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger each period.
• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting.
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices.

Required qualifications:

• 1+ years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state.
• Strong Excel for reconciliations.
• Clear communicator with employees who are upset about their check.
• Comfortable with garnishments and tax withholding setup.
• Experience with ADP, Paylocity, Paycom, UKG or Workday.

Pay and benefits:

Salary range: £24,000 - £30,000 per annum

• Healthcare cash plan.
• Workplace pension.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Professional qualifications paid for.
• Home working allowance.
• Long service awards.

Please send your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not required.

No agencies please.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Canopycast.