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[Remote] Payroll Staff Accountant

Remote · Kenya Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sift is an AI-powered fraud platform securing digital trust for leading global businesses. They are seeking a Staff Accountant to manage end-to-end payroll operations for a multi-state and global employee population, ensuring payroll accuracy and supporting finance and HR functions.

Responsibilities

  • Process bi-weekly payroll for a multi-state employee population and monthly payroll for a global employee population, including pay calculations, validations, audits, and finalization
  • Maintain payroll accuracy for earnings, deductions, garnishments, taxes, retro adjustments, leave pay, and off-cycle payments
  • Support year-end activities including W-2 preparation, audits, and payroll calendar planning
  • Post payroll-related journal entries to the General Ledger and perform payroll reconciliations, resolving variances in a timely manner
  • Partner with Finance on payroll reporting and balancing
  • Review, code, and approve employee expense reports and corporate card transactions; post related journal entries and perform reconciliations
  • Create and enhance payroll reports and dashboards to support operational needs, trend analysis, and leadership requests
  • Support system enhancements, testing, and implementations, including upgrades, configuration changes, process documentation, and user support
  • Maintain documentation, SOPs, and internal controls aligned with company policy and audit expectations
  • Assist with continuous improvement initiatives that streamline payroll workflows, strengthen controls, and improve the employee experience
  • Take on ad hoc projects and requests as assigned

Skills

  • 3–5 years of hands-on payroll processing experience, including bi-weekly payroll cycles
  • Multi-state payroll experience with a proven ability to research and apply changing payroll laws and regulations
  • Experience with ADP Workforce Now
  • Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and data validation
  • High attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and a commitment to accuracy and confidentiality
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and meet payroll cutoff timelines
  • Collaborative, service-oriented communicator who can explain payroll topics clearly to non-payroll stakeholders
  • Continuous improvement mindset with comfort learning new tools and processes
  • ERP experience, Netsuite preferred
  • Expense Software experience (Navan, Expensify, Brex)

Benefits

  • Offers Equity
  • Work_model: REMOTE

Company Overview

  • Sift applies insights from a global network of data to detect fraud and increase positive user experience. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://sift.com.
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