Payroll Accounting Manager

If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, come work for Doma Technology.

About Us  

Doma Technology LLC offers solutions for lenders, real estate professionals, title agents, and homeowners that make closings vastly simpler and more efficient, reducing cost and increasing customer satisfaction.

Our Values

• Obsessively Entrepreneurial - We encourage calculated risk-taking, and we know that some of our best learning happens by making mistakes along the way.
• People First - We communicate with honesty and respect to our customers, colleagues, and partners.
• Better Together - We believe diversity, equity and inclusion creates value through the differences in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Act with Integrity - We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards in all of our business practices.

This is a 10-hour/week contractor role.

The Role

The Payroll Accounting Manager will join our team at a critical point in the continued evolution of our business. The successful candidate will be a well-rounded Payroll professional with significant experience in all aspects of payroll processing including payroll taxes, time & attendance reporting systems, and auditing payroll files for thoroughness and accuracy. This position is responsible for bi-weekly payroll processing for a growing, multi-state organization including, but not limited to, new hires, terminations, bonuses, leaves of absence (LOA), direct deposits, wage garnishments, vacation accruals, tax changes, healthcare premium deductions, 401(k) deductions, and stock options. The Payroll Accounting Manager will develop and implement standard Payroll procedures and will serve as the subject matter expert and internal escalation point for all Payroll related matters and ensure compliance in all areas of payroll. 

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for accurate and timely payrolls for all countries in compliance with local tax and labor regulations, including variable pay, stock, or other supplemental or non-recurring pay runs.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of payroll tax strategy and compliance, including the oversight of payroll taxes.
• Establish quality assurance systems and processes to create durable and repeatable payroll and tax processes.
• Proactively identifies and resolves payroll discrepancies and determines the most appropriate method of communication to employees.
• Ensures that payroll operations are conducted in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls.
• Prepares and maintains payroll records and reports, including standard and ad hoc reports to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and timeliness as required by Finance, HR, and Equity Stock Administration.
• Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures for Payroll.
• Maintains payroll records in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Remains current on legislation and regulatory rulings that impact payroll or payroll tax to ensure compliance.
• Provide support for tax audits and answer inquiries from various taxing jurisdictions.
• Research, interpret and understand existing or revised tax codes, laws, or forms.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with in-house counsel for definitive rulings and guidance on compliance issues and audit requests.
• Defines, clarifies, and drives a common understanding of the business process for project success.
• Provide ongoing coaching and feedback, recognizing and developing employees, identifying and managing risks, and completing daily management tasks.
• Assists in researching payroll tax issues related to Stock Options, RSU’s, Gross Ups and Relocation.
• Assists with relocation programs ensuring tax compliance.
• Helps prepares and deliver effective organizational change management and communication.
• Manages relationships with internal clients and all stakeholders.
• Maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Works across organizational functions and boundaries and builds internal networks to effectively implement payroll solutions.

Required Skills

• Comprehensive payroll knowledge including: payroll tax computations, exempt/non-exempt classification rules, pre and post-tax deductions, taxable and non-taxable income items, commission and bonuses, W-2 generations, and timekeeping systems
• Strong leadership, administrative, organizational, managerial and communication skills
• Ability to form strong partnerships across reporting relationships
• Ability to analyze information, identify the root cause of an issue, and develop/implement approved solutions
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Ability to perform complex mathematical and payroll calculations
• Ability to build queries and reports in Workday and organizational report writing tools
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office software with an emphasis in Excel
• Performs work with a high degree of latitude.
• Demonstrated self-starter, ability to adapt rapidly to new information, and ability to inspire and foster a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced quickly changing environment with high volume. 
• Passionate about continuous learning and serves as an effective change agent to grow skillsets and talents within the organization while accomplishing key initiatives and projects.

Qualifications 

• 5-10+ years of payroll experience
• Experience leading a remote payroll team at a public, high-tech company
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• CPA or CPP preferred
• Possesses expert knowledge in the following areas of Payroll; processing, corrections, FLSAOT, taxes (multi-state and reciprocity), employee payroll tax maintenance, gross-to-net calculations, taxable fringe benefit, and other related payroll tax tasks.
• Involvement in implementing a global payroll solution 
• Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance experience.

How we’ll value you and make your life a bit easier:

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to eligible employees (FTE, non-contract): medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), generous vacation time, and paid bonding leave.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

We believe the most valuable investment we can make is to build an outstanding team of colleagues and leaders who are passionate about our mission.

We currently offer the following benefits to all Full-Time employees:

• Work/Life Balance - We encourage taking Paid Time Off (PTO)!
• 12 Weeks of Paid Family Bonding Leave (Maternity and Paternity)
• Incredible medical, dental, and vision benefits options to allow you to customize to you and your family’s needs that all start in the following month following your first day of employment
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with company match program
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness, Injury and Hospital Insurance 

We believe in Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.