Payroll Specialist
Highspot
Accounting & Finance
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2024
About Highspot
Highspot is a software product development company and a recognized global leader in the sales enablement category, leveraging cutting-edge AI and GenAI technologies at the core of its robust Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. Highspot is revolutionizing how millions of individuals work worldwide. Through its AI-powered platform, Highspot drives enterprise transformation to empower sales teams through intelligent content management, training, contextual guidance, customer engagement, meeting intelligence, and actionable analytics. The Highspot platform delivers advanced features tailored to business needs, in a modern design that sales and marketing executives appreciate and is the #1 rated sales enablement platform on G2 Crowd.
While headquartered in Seattle, Highspot has expanded its footprint across America, Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, and now India, solidifying its presence in the Asia Pacific markets.
About the Role
The Payroll Specialist is a key position within the Accounting organization, responsible for U.S. and global payroll and related processes. As Payroll Analyst, you will have the opportunity to engage with all employees across the business. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, act quickly to identify and improve key processes, and operate with a high-degree of sensitivity when handling employee information. You will have the unique opportunity to help Highspot grow, working on high-impact payroll projects.
What You’ll Do
- Schedule, prepare and settle local (India) payroll for Highspot.
- Prepare and/or review global payrolls across the organization.
- Coordinate statutory reporting and filing with our payroll & tax providers.
- Research and reconcile tax notices.
- Partner with the accounting team to understand and prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliations
- Understand and explain how payroll costs affect our financial statements.
- Prepare ad hoc payroll calculations upon request.
- Maintain partnerships with HR, Benefits and Accounting.
- Participate in various accounting exercises in a timely manner for the month end close.
- Ensure required registrations are satisfied and kept current.
- Identity process improvement opportunities.
- Maintain accuracy of payroll records, maintain proper internal controls, and ensure compliance with all relevant company policies
- Support internal and external audits related to payroll
- Troubleshoot and resolve help desk tickets relating to payroll processing in a timely manner.
Your Background
- 3+ years localized payroll experience.
- Exposure to global payroll processing.
- Hands on experience producing journal entries and accruals in payroll accounting.
- Experience writing internal procedure documentation.
- Workday HCM experience.
- Ability to look at situations from several points of view and be persuasive with details and facts.
- History of partnering on joint projects.
- History of safeguarding personal data.
- Ability to excel in a flexible, fast pace work environment and possess the ability to multitask and prioritize meet deadlines
- Excellent respectful communications
- Desire to drive efficiencies and process improvements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and team skills
- Flexible, organized, and detail oriented
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Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disability status, political affiliation, veteran status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
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