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Senior Payroll Analyst
| Company | Corcept Therapeutics |
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| Location | San Carlos, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $145600 – $171300 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Must possess a high degree of attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and completeness in all tasks
- Excellent communication skills – ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with internal and external partners
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment; manage competing priorities and adhering to strict deadlines
- Self-motivated, adaptable, able to work independently, and takes a proactive approach
- Operate with a high level of integrity and professionalism with the ability to manage confidential employee data
- Working knowledge of account reconciliation and accounting principles
Responsibilities
- Responsible for accurate and timely processing of end-to-end US and UK payroll, including but not limited to new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, benefits, stock transactions, and other payroll-related changes.
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local tax and labor law requirements
- Manage payroll tax including but not limited to registrations for new jurisdictions, maintain login details, tax notices, amendments, etc.
- Responsible for all aspects of payroll accounting, such as journal entries, account reconciliations, and other activities to support financial close and audits
- Maintain accurate payroll records and transactions in accordance with SOX requirements.
- Prepare periodic payroll reports for review by management and auditors.
- Serve as the go-to expert for payroll-related inquiries, resolving employee issues with urgency, accuracy and care
- Participate in various ad-hoc projects and initiatives as needed by the business
Preferred Qualifications
- Having a growth mindset – Being professionally curious, learning new skills, and aiming to continuously improve
- Bachelor’s degree in a Finance, Accounting related field or equivalent
- 3-5 years of experience in payroll or related field
- Experience as payroll administrator, preferably Dayforce or an equivalent system such as Workday, UKG, ADP
- Experience with stock transactions (e.g. NQSO, ISO, RSU, ESPP)
- NetSuite experience a plus
