[Remote] Sr. Payroll Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—build better products and digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst responsible for end-to-end payroll processing across the US and Canada, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. This role involves collaboration with multiple departments and requires a focus on compliance, system optimization, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end payroll operations for US (multi-state) and Canadian employees across semi-monthly and bi-weekly cycles, ensuring all payroll inputs (new hires, terminations, tax updates, garnishments, etc.) are processed accurately and on time
• Act as the primary payroll point of contact for employees and internal stakeholders, resolving inquiries with a high level of accuracy, professionalism, and urgency
• Lead payroll system operations in Workday, including configuring deductions and withholdings, managing EIB uploads, building reports, and troubleshooting issues in partnership with HRIS
• Manage equity compensation payroll events, including RSUs, NSOs, and ISOs, ensuring proper taxation, reporting, and reconciliation in coordination with Stock Administration and external platforms
• Support month-end close and accounting activities, including preparing journal entries, reconciling payroll-related GL accounts, and analyzing variances in partnership with Accounting
• Ensure compliance across jurisdictions, staying up to date on US federal, state, and local regulations as well as Canadian provincial requirements
• Own year-end payroll processes, including W-2 T4, and T2200 preparation, reconciliations, and filings, ensuring everything is accurate and submitted on time
• Drive process improvements and automation, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce manual work, and strengthen internal controls
• Support audits and SOX compliance efforts, maintaining documentation, executing controls, and partnering with auditors as needed

Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing payroll in Workday, with Workday Payroll as the primary system of record
• Proven experience running full-cycle payroll for US (multi-state) and Canadian employees
• Deep understanding of equity compensation payroll, including RSU, NSO, and ISO taxation, processing, and reporting requirements
• Experience supporting month-end close, including preparing journal entries and reconciling payroll-related GL accounts
• Strong knowledge of US payroll tax laws (federal, state, and local), with working knowledge of Canadian payroll regulations
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and managing large datasets
• Exceptional attention to detail and a track record of maintaining high levels of accuracy in complex payroll environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot issues and identify root causes
• You've worked in a high-growth or fast-moving environment and know how to balance speed with precision (you don't sacrifice one for the other)
• You're comfortable navigating ambiguity and can independently prioritize when multiple deadlines compete for your attention
• You have experience working within SOX-controlled environments and understand the importance of documentation and audit readiness
• You've been involved in Workday Payroll implementations, upgrades, or system enhancements and enjoy improving how systems operate
• You take a proactive, ownership-driven approach—you don't wait for problems to escalate, you spot and solve them early
• You're a strong cross-functional partner who can build trust with Finance, HR, Legal, and external vendors
• You enjoy digging into the details but can also step back and think about process improvements at a higher level

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental,Vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether thats wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program(ESPP)
• Unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.

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