Payroll Analyst

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented US Payroll Specialist to oversee our end-to-end multi-state payroll operations. In this role, you will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for all US-based employees while managing internal payroll initiatives. The ideal candidate is a strategic problem-solver with deep expertise in US labor laws, taxation, and ADP+Workday payroll systems. You will: Full-Cycle Payroll Processing: Oversee the accurate and timely processing of multi-state bi-weekly and semi-monthly payrolls for over a thousand exempt and non-exempt employees across most of the USA. Compliance & Taxation: Ensure strict adherence to federal, state, and local tax laws, as well as FLSA regulations. Monitor regulatory changes and update internal systems accordingly. Year-End Processing: Manage year-end payroll activities, including W-2 and W-2c generation, fringe benefit reporting, and annual tax reconciliations. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with HR to ensure accurate data flow for onboarding, offboarding, benefits deductions, and compensation changes. Ability to work with Accounting to ensure accurate general ledger mapping, month-end close procedures, and payroll account reconciliations. System Administration & Optimization: Act as the primary subject matter expert for our payroll system (e.g., Workday, ADP). Identify bottlenecks, recommend process improvements, and lead system upgrades or implementations. Issue Resolution, Continuous Improvement & Auditing: Conduct regular audits of payroll data to identify and resolve discrepancies. Serve as the ultimate point of continuous improvement with AI and other methodologies to ensure Scale’s payroll processes are best in class. Ideally you'd have: 5+ years of payroll experience. Strong organizational skills; the ability to get all priority tasks completed by the end of each day. Confidentiality and integrity. Accuracy under pressure and extreme attention to

About Forma.ai: Forma.ai is a Series B startup that's revolutionizing how sales compensation is designed, managed and optimized. We handle billions in annual managed commissions for market leaders like Edmentum, Stryker, and Autodesk. Our growth has been fuelled by our passion for fundamentally changing and shaping how companies use sales intelligence to drive business strategy. We’re welcoming equally driven individuals who are excited about creating something big! About the Team: The Customer Operations team works closely with new and existing customers by implementing product features, managing the operational parts of the platform, and optimizing our client’s sales performance management processes. We are always ready to support and help our customers to identify ways they can unleash the revenue-driving potential of their sales compensation program. If you’re passionate about data analytics and want to contribute to sales operations, we’d love to hear from you! What you’ll be doing: Own the day-to-day customer relationship, building strong working relationships with senior client stakeholders across a portfolio of customers Act as an architect for a new customer, translating data inputs and required business logic into Forma rule / system logic, commission engine architecture and outputs Learn design of the company's platform to the extent of being able to independently complete updates, enhancements, and change requests Work with Forma.ai's Product and Engineering teams to articulate customer feedback that informs the priority of new product features and to implement new platform features to support continuous improvement and automation Manage customer expectations regarding deliverables and project timelines, ensuring Forma is positioned for success Develop a deep understanding of each client's strategic positioning, key products, business model, and strategic objectives. Be responsible

About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role: Payments at Gusto aren't just infrastructure — they're the reason people get paid on time, every time. Payment Operations sits within Gusto's Money team, a cross-functional group spanning Engineering, Product, and Operations that powers money movement across Gusto's growing product surface: core payroll, contractor payments, international money movement, and new business offerings like PEO. As a Payment Operations Analyst, you'll own specific end-to-end payment workflows, resolve exceptions that require real judgment, and help make our systems more reliable and efficient over time. Gusto's payment surface area is expanding — and this team is at the center of that growth. This is a role for someone who can shift from investigating a single misfired transaction to coordinating a response on a payment outage affecting thousands — and bring the same rigor to both. You think in systems. You hold partners accountable. You lead with curiosity and embrace AI as a core part of how you work. You'll collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Accountin

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst on our Comp & Benefits FP&A team, focusing on salary and headcount management, Equity, and Stock Based Compensation. The ideal candidate will bring natural curiosity, financial rigor and a continuous improvement mindset to the team and drive financial analysis in support of strategic decision making at Lyft. In addition to decision support, this role will also focus on forecast/budget management reporting. Responsibilities: Own forecasting and variance analysis for cash compensation, equity/stock-based compensation (SBC) Partner with Total Rewards and Technical Accounting on equity grant assumptions, vesting, forfeiture rates, and SBC expense recognition Support monthly close processes for compensation and equity lines, partnering with Payroll Accounting on actuals and accruals Maintain and improve Anaplan modules related to compensation and equity forecasting Support monthly headcount and comp forecast (start dates, backfills, attrition) as they relate to salary and equity cost Partner with People Team on Workday data integrity issues impacting compensation/equity reporting Prepare reporting packages and ad hoc analysis for leadership, earnings, and Corp FSLI submissions Identify and drive process improvements to increase automation and reduce manual reporting effort Experience: 3+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis in a rigorous environment Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment Excellent communicator with ability to storytell, zooming in and out as needed Strong Gsheets/Excel financial modeling and problem-solving skills Detail oriented, highly organized self-starter with a drive to understand core business issues coupled with high determination to uncover solutions Ability to organize and track overlapping tas

Build something people love Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work . About the People Systems & Operations Team: The People Systems and Operations team builds and operates the systems, workflows, and automations the business runs on. We manage every stage of the employee lifecycle and own the design and optimization of the processes behind it. We're accountable for the reliability, scale, and integrity of our People systems. What you bring to the system: Configure and maintain Payroll: pay components, earnings and deductions, pay groups, period schedules, and payroll-related business processes Configure and maintain Absence: time-off plans, accrual rules, eligibility criteria, and leave types Configure and maintain Time Tracking: time entry templates, validations, work calendars, and overtime calculations Configure and maintain Core HCM foundations: supervisory organizations, staffing models, job profiles and job/compensation structures, custom organizations, and worker data integrity Support annual and recurring People cycles in Workday, including compensation reviews, open enrollment configuration, and org restructures (mass supervisory org changes and job catalog updates) Design, build, and maintain business process definitions in both domains, including condition rules, calculated fields, custom validations, routing and approval logic, and notifications Partner with the Payroll team to troubleshoot con

About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role: Gusto is looking for an experienced Senior Data Science Leader to empower our Sales Data team, the team that powers the insights, forecasting, and measurement infrastructure behind how we acquire, expand, and retain our revenue base. We expect this leader to be both a strategic partner and execution-focused. You'll guide senior sales and marketing leaders through complex analytical questions, develop analysts into statistical and scientific thinkers, and collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders across Sales Operations, Data Engineering, Finance, R&D, and more. As AI tooling becomes deeply embedded in Gusto's data infrastructure, the nature of analytics work is fundamentally shifting. Tasks that once consumed a significant portion of our analyst's time, such as reporting, dashboard maintenance, and answering ad hoc questions, are increasingly handled by a maturing self-serve ecosystem. What remains are the hard problems: ones that require rigorous statistical thinking, causal reasoning, and the ability to draw def