Senior Payroll Analyst

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. More than 2,300 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike's, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth.
As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.
Amplitude's Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion-one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection-that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.
We are looking for a seasoned payroll professional to join our global payroll team. Under general direction, the ideal candidate will work closely with Payroll and various G&A teams to process and help enhance our payroll operations for 500+ employees. As a key contributor, the successful candidate will process multi-cycle payroll timely and accurately using an audit-centric approach, as well as actively participate in ongoing process improvements.
Job Responsibilities:

• Fully understand and apply payroll concepts to review, analyze, process, record, and reconcile multi-cycle payroll in an accurate and timely manner.
• Provide guidance, process and support the payroll team on various activities including but not limited to: bonus/commissions, LOAs, retros, garnishments, fringe, shadow payroll, mobile employees, third party sick pay, bonus clawbacks, overpayments, wage/tax corrections.
• Active participant in bridging operational gaps between cross-functional teams (People Ops, HRIS, Benefits, Accounting, IT, Legal, Audit, Equity, Tax) and Payroll; collaborate with key constituents and third-party vendors on new programs and initiatives; facilitate meetings.Stay abreast of federal, state and local labor laws, regulatory changes, payroll, wage and hour laws; maintain compliance with all payroll tax jurisdictions; enforce company policies, and adhere to SOX Controls. Consult with subject matter experts on evolving business needs to ensure processes and procedures remain in compliance.
• Partner with Equity Team in planning and coordinating quarterly RSUs and ESPPs and associated activities. Review support files for completeness. Process and audit mass EIBs. Validate and reconcile against original sources for accuracy.
• Process stock options, exercises and tax apportionments in accordance with federal and state reporting requirements.
• Liaise between third-party payroll vendors, Payroll team, HR, managers, and employees in enhancing Workday Payroll system functionality, data integrations, interface, custom build, and calculated fields. Collaborate with external consultants on payroll and time tracking module enhancements, testing, troubleshooting, and custom reporting. Manage tickets and resolve cases in a timely manner. Maintain and update pay codes, GL and W-2 mapping.
• Develop, maintain, and update internal procedures, checklists, tools, and other team resources.
• Responsible for global payroll JEs, reconciliation of payroll accounts, flux analysis, and audit requests.
• Participate in quarter-end, year-end preparation, new year system updates, tax recons, annual tax forms, 401(k) audit, workers' comp audit, and other ad hoc requests.
• Respond timely to payroll inquiries from employees, vendors, and auditors. Address sensitive and/or escalated issues with management and employees.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related area and at least 8 years of end-to-end US payroll processing; or an equivalent combination of education and training. Prior experience with project management, systems implementations, and/or data integrations, preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of federal, state and local wage & hour laws.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll processes, policies and procedures.
• Strong understanding of payroll concepts and best practices, including tax and accounting principles.
• Advanced knowledge of internal control practices and their impact on protecting Amplitude resources.
• Familiarity with FMLA and various state PFML benefits, preferred.
• Working knowledge of Workday Payroll module and ADP Smart Compliance.
• General understanding of vendor and stakeholder management.
• Prior experience with equity and stocks options.
• Prior experience with journal entries and reconciling Cash and balance sheet accounts.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to interpret, evaluate and resolve moderate to complex problems.
• Strong research, analytical and mathematical skills. Attention to detail a must.
• Ability to maintain professionalism and strong work ethics; adhere to confidentiality at all times.
• Effective interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills to interact, build and maintain positive, cross-functional relationships at all levels.
• Strong organizational and time management skills in order to juggle competing priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to think and act independently, as well as part of a team.
• Intermediate Excel to be able to perform pivots, v-lookups, sumifs, and if-statements.
• CPP certification, preferred.

Who We Are
The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we're tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform-we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We're super proud of what we've built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.
We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.
Some of our benefit programs include:

• 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 that's wellness (monthly), learning and development (annual), commuter transit/parking (monthly), 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)

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• G2 Customer Reviews: #1 product analytics solution for 13 quarters in a row.
• Business Insider: A top tech company to bet your career on.
• Fast Company: #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
• Founded in 2012, Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
• We're a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
• Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.
Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $113,000 - $169,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus)
Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $125,000 - $188,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus)
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $125,000 - $188,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus)
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $113,000 - $169,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus)
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range: $113,000 - $169,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus)
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: 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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