Payroll Specialist, United States Payroll A Career with Point72’s Finance Team The Finance team provides a broad range of timely, accurate, relevant, and objective financial information, advice, and services to its business partners, with commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards. Our team offers a dynamic and collaborative environment where our colleagues can learn at a fast pace and are rewarded with advanced opportunities both within Finance and across the firm. What you’ll do We are seeking a Payroll Specialist for the U.S. Payroll who will have direct ownership of hands-on payroll processing in addition to providing subject matter expertise and oversight. Specifically, you will: Own end-to-end U.S. payroll processing with minimal supervision, including data gathering, validation, review, and final sign-off Lead complex payroll activities such as multi-state tax calculations, W-2 testing and reconciliation, 401(k) processing, salary variance analysis, and retroactive adjustments Serve as the U.S. payroll subject matter expert, providing guidance on federal, state, and local tax matters and ensuring compliance and accuracy Independently prepare, review, and post payroll journal entries, including accruals, reversals, and adjustments Act as the primary point of contact for payroll escalations, employee inquiries, client questions, and external vendor coordination Partner with Human Resources (HR), Finance, Tax, and Benefits teams to resolve payroll issues, support audits, and manage cross-functional dependencies Review payroll outputs for quality and compliance, proactively identifying, investigating, and remediating discrepancies Drive payroll process improvements, automation, system enhancements, and transitions using tools such as Excel, Workday, and other reporting/automation solutions, while mentoring junior team members as needed What’s required? Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 4+ years of finance, accoun
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About the Role We are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive and motivated Associate to join our Compliance Reporting team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting AQR’s Compliance department by preparing well-written, timely, and accurate responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs), and ad-hoc client information requests from clients and prospects. Key Responsibilities Draft and submit responses to RFPs, DDQs and ad-hoc requests covering multiple investment strategies and products. Maintain and update standard responses in the firm’s centralized content library. Coordinate with internal teams, including Compliance, Legal, Business Development, Risk and others to source and verify proposed responses to client questions. Track and manage a high volume of requests simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met, completed responses are pro
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AQR India
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