Payroll Specialist

Reports to: Payroll Manager

Location: Remote US

Compensation Range: $65,000 to $75,000 base plus bonus and equity

What We Do:

Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. That pushes defenders like us to operate at the highest level, and it deepens our need for good people who want to make a meaningful impact.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. That’s why we build our technology in-house and back it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC). As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection.

Huntress now secures more than 5M endpoints and 11M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence. Every day, you can see that commitment in how we stand with our customers and how we show up for each other.

What You’ll Do: 

We are seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to support our growing global payroll operations. Reporting directly to the Payroll Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our US and international team members are paid accurately and on time. This role requires a versatile professional capable of executing US payroll within Workday while coordinating international payroll cycles through Papaya Global.

Responsibilities:  

• Support the execution of semi-monthly payroll cycles, monthly pay cycles, and off-cycle payments for domestic and international employees within Workday and Papaya, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Assist in coordinating international payroll operations across global entities using Papaya Global, ensuring employee data, pay elements, and reporting are aligned with internal payroll processes.
• Perform payroll-related data management within the payroll system.
• Conduct pre-payroll audits and reconciliations to validate gross-to-net calculations and ensure deductions such as taxes are applied accurately.
• Serve as a point of contact for payroll-related inquiries, including pay discrepancies, tax elections, and benefit deductions.
• Maintain awareness of federal, state, and local payroll regulations while supporting global payroll compliance requirements in partnership with external payroll providers.
• Generate payroll reports from Workday, Papaya, and other payroll platforms to support finance, accounting, and internal audits.
• Partner with the People Team to ensure employee lifecycle changes (new hires, terminations, compensation updates, and leaves of absence) are accurately reflected across payroll systems.

What You Bring To The Team:  

• 2+ years of hands-on payroll experience with direct experience with Papaya Global or similar international payroll aggregators is highly preferred.
• 1+ years of experience in Workday Payroll is preferred. Proficiency with Workday EIBs and reporting is a significant advantage.
• Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs) to reconcile disparate data sets between US and International systems.
• Ability to move between different payroll engines and logic (US vs. Global) in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

What We Offer: 

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans 
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and Disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees 
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance 
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are. 

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.  

We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit businesses of all sizes.

Accommodations: 

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response. 

Huntress uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in reviewing and evaluating job applications, including resume screening, skills assessment, and candidate matching and comparisons. These AI tools support our human recruiters in the initial review process but do not make final hiring decisions without human involvement. By submitting your application, you acknowledge this use of AI in our recruitment process. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice for more details on our practices and your data privacy rights.

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