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About the role
Chime is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst to join our dynamic team in the San Francisco office. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Payroll team to prepare, analyze, and process payroll for Chime employees. You will work closely with the People & Benefits team, execute payroll processing using Workday and ADP. You will also oversee compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations, employee inquiries and onboarding/offboarding process.
The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $92,520 and up to $128,600. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
In this role, you can expect to:
- Expert knowledge of payroll methods, touch points, end-to-end processing steps, best practices, and tax filing; up-to-date knowledge of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws.
- Process & analyze payrolls including validating data in payroll system (i.e., wages, deductions, time sheets, tax adjustments etc.) to identify and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
- Responsible for accurate year-end payroll and W-2 processing and government reporting
- Process Semi-monthly US and Canada payroll using Workday Payroll, and ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
- Process off-cycle payments for final paychecks, and other payments.
- validate benefit-related data audits each payroll cycle for US & Canada
- Fund and reconcile benefit contributions such as 401(k),RRSP, FSA, HSA and commuter benefits.
- Responsible for quarterly and annual payroll tax balancing, corrections, and investigating tax notices.
- Prepare journal entries related to payroll transactions and accruals.
- Maintain reconciliation for payroll GL accounts
- Provide scheduled regular and ad-hoc payroll reports to various internal departments.
- Audit and maintain payroll tax records.
- Timely response to payroll inquiries from employees and partners.
- Support the team for the internal and external audits.
- Ensure compliance with policies, regulations, wage tax laws, segregation of duties, SOX and other federal and state legislation impacting payroll.
- Collaborate with our people team and provide system support on process improvements and projects.
To thrive in this role, you have:
- Minimum 5 years of payroll experience, including 3 years of Workday Payroll experience
- ADP Smart Compliance experience plus
- CPP or FPC certification preferred
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Experience maintaining confidentiality and data privacy
- Cooperation and the ability to collaborate in a team, including cross-functional teams.
- Strong time management with the ability to meet deadlines and work independently
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
A little about us
At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.
We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.
We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.
We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.
Because if we don't—who will?
*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.
What we offer
- 🏢 A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
- 💻 Hybrid work perks like backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
- 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
- ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
- 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off
- 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
- 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
- 👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
- 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
- 🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
- 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress
We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.
We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.
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