Payroll Clerk

Our engineering, trust and safety, and customer support teams work across offices in Houston and several other countries. More than 6,700 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection.

About the role

We are adding a Payroll Clerk to our People Operations team. Joining the People Operations team in Bakersfield, reporting to the Payroll Manager. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Review timecards for missing punches, overtime and PTO before each run
• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open
• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger each period
• Support quarterly tax filings and year-end W-2 processing
• Process biweekly and weekly payroll in ADP Workforce Now

You'll need

• 1-2 years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state
• Strong Excel for reconciliations
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred
• Comfortable with garnishments and tax withholding setup

Preferred qualifications

• Bilingual English and Spanish
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)
• Union payroll or certified payroll for prevailing wage jobs

Perks and benefits

Compensation: $55,000 to $72,000/year DOE.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• $1,000 home office setup budget
• Gym membership reimbursement

Velvetridge provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

This position requires a background check.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

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