Payroll Analyst II

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This role requires you to be on-site in our Torrey Pines Office 3 days per week.
• Responsible for processing on- and off-cycle payroll for both exempt and non-exempt employees in a multi-state environment
• Primarily focused on payroll operations from time & attendance to payroll production and direct deposit.
• Will coordinate with finance on basic accounting responsibilities.
• Assists in managing customer inquiries and driving them to resolution in a timely and efficient manner. 
• Responsible for generating audit reports, interfacing with the payroll vendor (ADP), troubleshooting, and ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the payroll process.
• Key service element for Guardant Health employees as well as a support function for company management.  
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local statutes.
• Post payroll responsibilities include working with HR Benefits to record employee contributions for health & welfare and retirement programs.
• Assist with payroll compliance matters such as multi-state/multi-jurisdiction tax withholding, garnishments and key annual audits (e.g. 401 (k), workers compensations, external financial audit).
• Assist in implementing, writing and maintaining standard operating procedures.
• Partner with People, Finance and other departments, as appropriate
• Assist with or be responsible for other duties and ad-hoc projects as assigned by the Payroll Manager.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree preferred- preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 5 years of experience assisting in the processing domestic payroll
• Strong organizational and communication skills; strong desire to learn all aspects of payroll processing.
• Detail-oriented with excellent prioritization skills
• ADP Workforce Now experience preferred.
• General working knowledge of ADP Payroll products.
• Confidentiality of sensitive employee information
• Experience with multi-state Payrolls larger than 1,000 employees with both exempt and non-exempt employees.
• Detailed knowledge of payroll compliance and working knowledge of state/federal employment laws/regulations.
• Capable of managing multiple deadlines in a fast-growing environment with frequently changing priorities.
• Possess a tech-savvy mindset and passion for end to end design and improvement.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and take on new tasks with various levels of difficulty.
• Must be proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word)
• A solutions-oriented team player who enjoys a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Demonstrated skill with business judgement and problem solving.
• Ability to effectively work with all levels and cross-functionally within the company.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to complete with discretion and confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills, with a sharp focus on details.
• Maintain a helpful and positive attitude during periods of high volume.
• Strong system and data flow knowledge. 
• Ability to learn and adapt to new process flows and software technologies.

Additional Information

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

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