Sr. Payroll and Compensation Specialist

The Payroll and Compensation Specialist is a key member of the HR team, working closely with the Director of HR Operations, SVP of HR, and finance team. The Specialist is the payroll owner responsible for collaboratively and skillfully processing semi-monthly multi-state payroll. You will ensure that salaries, wages, bonuses, and incentives are processed accurately and in compliance with company policies, legal regulations, and deadlines. You have experience solving complicated payroll issues, and resolving issues with state agencies, tax agencies, and other authority stakeholders. You’re able to gain confidence from employees at all levels within the organization. You will be the payroll and compensation expert at Raptive.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced payroll and compensation leader to make a difference at a growing and thriving company. This role requires a continuous improvement mindset and the ideal candidate is eager to support the team beyond payroll and compensation by assisting with HR analytics and reporting.

The Specialist must be process-minded, analytically inclined, and excellent with numbers, with an advanced knowledge of Excel. This is a subject matter expert individual contributor role that can be remote in the U.S., although NYC-based is strongly preferred.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the processing of semi-monthly multi-state payroll, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. Maintain accurate payroll records and resolve discrepancies.
• Identify inefficiencies and errors in payroll data and documents. Recommend and implement streamlined procedures to enhance payroll processes.
• Manage relevant payroll provider and software vendor relationships
• Lead compensation-related activities, such as salary adjustments, bonus payments, and long-term incentive programs.
• Work with the SVP, HR to maintain compensation ranges and structure using the Radford Aon platform
• Work closely with the Finance department to reconcile compensation-related accounts
• Assist with 401(k) ERISA compliance, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met.
• Participate in audits and provide necessary documentation and explanations for compensation-related items.
• Collaborate with auditors, accountants, and other finance professionals to ensure integrity and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Assist with the implementation and maintenance of payroll systems.
• Serve as the main point of contact for HR analytics and reporting, providing insights to drive data-informed decisions.

The skills and experience you bring to the job:

• 5+ years of dedicated payroll experience showing increased responsibility
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of payroll regulations, tax laws, and compensation best practices.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, detail-oriented, and able to identify and solve issues efficiently.
• Experience with compensation administration and working market data such as Radford Aon.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex information clearly and effectively.
• Highly organized with impeccable attention to detail. Strong time management skills, able to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and good judgment.
• Excellent customer service skills, with a focus on providing a positive experience for all stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to create and analyze complex spreadsheets.

About Raptive 

Raptive’s mission is to power creator independence. We’re a creator company that provides revenue, audience, business solutions, and much more for creators and enterprise publishers. Since the very beginning of digital content creation, we’ve been allies and advocates for every kind of creator and charted the uncharted to help creators grow their businesses through it all. 

Today we are the catalyst for 5,000+ of the world’s most premium creators on the open web and rank as the tenth-largest digital property in the U.S. Creators who choose Raptive are premium content creators, trendsetters, iconic brands, and charismatic personalities, captivating more than 78% of U.S. audiences on their sites alone with the power to move and disrupt culture. They collectively rank #1 in Food, Family, Home, and Lifestyle--with a reach of more than 182M monthly unique visitors and more than half a billion followers across social platforms.

Creators are the future of media. And together, the future is ours to create. 

The base salary range for this position is $100,000-$120,000. The range provided is Raptive’s reasonable estimate of the annualized base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills and abilities. This role is eligible for additional  incentive compensation that isn’t included in the posted range.

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Raptive is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Raptive is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to a member of our recruiting team.