Make Your Mark: The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for managing the complete lifecycle payroll for US, Canada, and Mexico BlackLine Employees while ensuring compliance with all Federal, State, provincial, and other regulatory obligations across these countries, in addition to backing up other global payrolls managed by the US payroll team.
You'll Get To:- Processes, reconciles, publishes payroll and compensation data to help ensure payments are compliant with company policy, SOX, GAAP, Federal, State and other necessary regulatory agencies.
- Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll process and accounting systems to ensure timely and accurate biweekly multi-state processing of US payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
- Creates and peer reviews data input of payroll team members to ensure accuracy.
- Provide operational oversight and governance for Canada (delivered via Managed Services) and Mexico (delivered via CloudPay) payroll, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance, in addition to backup support for other global payrolls managed by the US payroll team.
- Maintain and create payroll department SOP library.
- Set up and management of local/state/province/country tax jurisdictions; oversee Canadian statutory compliance (CRA remittances, provincial tax variance, ROE issuance) delivered through the Managed Services provider, and Mexican statutory compliance (IMSS, SAT) delivered through CloudPay, including coordination with the third-party administrator of INFONAVIT and FONACOT/FONAVIT.
- Responds verbally or in writing to inquiries, complaints, or problems and makes necessary adjustments of a non-routine nature while providing a high level of customer service in responding to payroll-related inquiries.
- Acts as a subject matter expert and/or resource to others in the area of payroll processing.
- Advises managers and employees on the pay provisions of FLSA for overtime policies, and pay policies as related to various types of leaves usage, as appropriate.
- Oversee the integrity of payroll data input into payroll systems.
- Prepare ad hoc reports on employee pay data.
- Partner cross functionally with the People Operations, Finance and Accounting, and Benefits teams on projects and building out workflows and business processes that impact payroll.
- Provide input into and assist or lead in the development and implementation of system enhancements and other projects that will improve the processing of payroll.
- Assists in special projects as required.
- Review timecards in timekeeping system for accuracy.
- Liaise with ADP, CloudPay, and other payroll vendors to troubleshoot problems and provide solutions.
- Ensure the accuracy of special and off-cycle checks for final termination pay, etc.
- Download and review quarterly payroll tax returns.
- Review wage and garnishment orders. cross-functionally
What You'll Bring:Years of Experience in Related Field: 8+ years of related payroll experience
Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Working knowledge of payroll SOX audit procedures and payroll tax laws.
- Must be extremely detailed oriented with excellent analytical and organization skills.
- Highest degree of integrity and Ability to handle Company and employee information with the strictest confidence.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.
- Skill in evaluating and analyzing technical payroll activities.
- Self-motivated and directed with a positive outlook.
- Well-developed problem solving skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal and customer service skills and the demonstrated ability to interact with management and employees at all levels.
- Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office applications with advanced Excel skills.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience working for an international/global organization
- Experience overseeing payroll delivered through third-party or managed service providers (e.g., ADP, CloudPay) preferable
- Workday experience preferable
- Spanish language proficiency, given Mexico payroll and vendor support
- Certified Payroll Professional Certification (CPP)
Salary Range:$86,000.00-$108,000.00
Pay Transparency Statement:Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.
In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.
We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.
