Payroll Manager Details

Snapchat - Los Angeles, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Finance Team includes Finance Business Partnership, Accounting, Finance Operations, Financial Systems, Internal Audit, Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations teams. Together, the team partners with leadership to provide insights, information, and guidance to make strategic and operational decisions, inform investors about our business model and progress, and ensure the company is financially healthy and consistently meeting our reporting obligations.

We’re looking for a Manager, Payroll to join Team Snapchat!

What you’ll do:

  • Help manage the team that pays our employees and collaborate closely with HR, HRIS, Stock Admin and Tax

  • Lead people, projects, and global payroll initiatives

  • Build strong cross functional business partner relationships

  • Artfully balance competing priorities while expectation setting with the business deliverable timeframes

  • Ensure payroll is processed in an accurate and timely manner while accounting for the funding of all payroll deductions to third parties and tax authorities

  • Ensure appropriate payroll controls and backup systems are in place

  • Help process payroll related to stock based compensation

  • Monitor vendor performance as it relates to compliance, contractual agreements, and service quality

  • Ensure front-end processes function with appropriate levels of control and security

  • Partner with HR and vendors to ensure proper payroll and benefit accounting, compliance, and management of end-to-end payroll processes

  • Establish efficient payroll processes that are best in class

  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting as required

  • Ensure compliance with required wage and hour laws

  • Serve as point person with auditors to satisfy payroll requests

  • Help manage and drive various payroll audits

  • Participate/lead cross-functional projects utilizing Lean Six Sigma concepts to improve processes

  • Help coordinate payroll considerations for mobile employees and expats

  • Assist in implementing payrolls in new countries

  • Ensure SOX compliance with regard to Payroll controls

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

  • Excellent communication, customer service, and organizational skills

  • Working knowledge of general payroll tax requirements and understanding of how payroll transactions impact the general ledger

  • Previous experience processing payroll related to RSUs

  • Active APA membership and CPP designation

  • Experience with qualified benefit plans, 401(k) plans, and stock plan administration

  • 5+ years of payroll management experience

  • Experience processing & coordinating international payrolls

  • Excel proficient, subject matter expert preferred

  • HRIS system experience preferred with Workday system knowledge a plus

  • Strong executive presence with the ability to interface with senior leadership

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, human resources, or a related area, or equivalent work experience

  • Prior payroll experience with knowledge of state and federal wage and hour laws

  • Experience in payroll management for a large multi-state employer


At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at accommodations-ext@snap.com .

Our Benefits : Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid maternity & paternity leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Posted on : 3 years ago