Payroll Administrator

HomeAway has an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Administrator in its Austin, Texas headquarters. HomeAway, a member of the Expedia family of brands, based in Austin, Texas, is the world’s leading online marketplace of vacation rentals, with sites representing more than 1M paid vacation rental home listings throughout 168 countries. HomeAway® offers an extensive selection of vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, especially more room to relax, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. The company also makes it easy for vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties and manage bookings online. 

Reporting to the US Payroll Manager, the Payroll Administrator will work closely with the Human Resources and Accounting Departments to ensure accurate and timely processing of comprehensive multi-state payrolls for multiple legal entities. The ideal candidate for this role will be detail oriented, analytical and willing to work in a fast paced and growing environment to effectively assist in day to day operations of a variety of payroll, benefits, equity and accounting processes.

Key Responsibilities: 

- Process exempt and nonexempt employee payroll records to include accurate timecard, accrual, benefit and tax review, payment and reporting.

- Adhere to US and state requirements with wage and hour regulations by processing semimonthly and biweekly payrolls.

- Act as liaison with Human Resources for day-to-day processing of new hires, terminations, employee changes, and benefit deductions and reporting.

- Assist employees by researching complex pay, benefit, tax and/or equity issues in an accurate, timely and professional manner.

- Compile payroll journal entries to interface ADP with Oracle Financials.

- Maintain accurate documentation necessary for audit, tax reporting and in compliance with record retention laws.

- Assist with special projects as needed and partner with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements. 

Qualifications:

- Timekeeping software experience – Oracle Time & Labor preferred.

- 5 years payroll processing experience preferred, ADP experience a plus.

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting preferred or relevant payroll experience.

- Experience with multi-state tax processing including knowledge of federal, state and local tax regulations.

- Must be able to multi-task, be self-motivated and proactive.

- Strong attention to detail and accuracy and ability to see tasks through to completion.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to interact professionally with customers, both internal and external.

Benefits:

- Great Medical & Dental Plans

- Competitive Salary

- Target Annual Bonus

- Employee Stock Purchase Program

- 4 weeks Paid Vacation

- Free Vacation Rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)

- Ability to work up to two weeks in any of our offices around the world on a yearly basis

- Free snacks and beverages

- Weekly company update talks with our C-Team

- Free listing on HomeAway.com

- Dynamic and fun work space including sit-to-stand desk