Senior Manager - Payroll Tax Accounting
BambooHRAbout the role
About Us
Our mission is simple: we want to set people free to do meaningful work. People love our software—and it turns out that people love working here too. We've been recognized as a "Best Company to Work For” and we're proud of our team for creating software that makes an impact in the lives of HR pros and employees all over the world.
What You'll Do
Are you an experienced leader who is an organized professional with a passion for payroll accounting and project management? Do you thrive in an environment where your exceptional communication and analytical skills lift and lead those around you? If so, imagine working alongside passionate professionals who are committed to providing top-notch payroll and data solutions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and seamless operations for our clients. With a strong growing environment, endless learning opportunities, and the chance to shape the future of payroll accounting, this is where your expertise will truly shine as a Senior Manager - Payroll Tax Accounting at BambooHR!
As a Senior Manager - Payroll Tax Accounting, you will be an integral part of our team, ensuring the maintenance and oversight of our payroll trust accounting processes. Your attention to detail, organizational prowess, and commitment to timely project delivery will play a vital role in leading and keeping our operations running smoothly. In this role you will:
- Overseeing team processes for balancing all customer funds and Payroll Services transactions
- Designing or creating new AR, AP, and OOB reports, scoping and monitoring team capacity to be adjusted or improved
- Assessing risks and controls related to Trust Accounting and determining if controls are effective. Adding new controls where needed to protect customer funds, BHR and to meet audit expectations
- Ensuring the team is ready for and passes all audits
- Publishing monthly Trust Accounting dashboard to Payroll and BHR Leadership
- Work to identify gaps or issues with existing bank reconciliation or transaction reporting (ledger) and working with Product to build a solid solution that will support all transaction types and customer growth
- Establish or update team processes for balancing all customer funds and Payroll Services transactions
- Establish goals and metrics to measure the success of the team
- Have compensation and career advancement discussions with teams
- Help other groups recognize their touchpoints with the client and the impact that has on their experience.
- Motive people and teams to pull together and accomplish tasks. Facilitates connections across teams, shares executive vision, and provides feedback for great work to take place.
- Lead and be responsible for resource planning. Fiscally minded and careful with human capital. Looks to maximize return and maintain morale.
- Help to grow key talent to other areas of CX or for leadership
- Hiring/firing and improvement plans for reps that are performing below standards
- Final interviews for all department hires
What You Need to Get the Job Done
- 5+ years of experience in high growth Payroll Services operations
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Master’s degree preferred
- Great skills at leading high-performing operational teams and building relationships across departments
- Thrives in a fast-paced and evolving environment
- Passionate about BHR values
- Has shown the ability to work well with people through work on projects, mentoring and/or training others
- Ability to learn and work in a fast-paced and evolving environment
What Will Make Us REALLY Love You
- You have experience with the BambooHR software
- You have a desire to be a lifelong learner and to instill a learning mindset in others.
- You love connecting with others and strive to be a team player - even when it's something that is outside original scope of work
- You live by and align with the BambooHR core values
- Finding a company with an excellent culture and healthy environment is of utmost importance to you
What You’ll Love About Us
- Great Company Culture. We’ve been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, Salt Lake Tribune, Glassdoor, &
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