Payroll Staff Accountant

Sift Science, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote - USA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• The Payroll Staff Accountant role at Sift Science, Inc. is critical to ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for a multi-state and global workforce, directly supporting employee trust and organizational compliance.
• Day-to-day responsibilities include processing bi-weekly and monthly payroll cycles, managing earnings, deductions, taxes, and off-cycle payments, preparing year-end documentation like W-2s, posting journal entries, reconciling payroll accounts, and reviewing expense reports and corporate card transactions.
• The role sits within the Finance & Accounting organization, partnering closely with HR and Finance teams to maintain payroll accuracy, support reporting needs, and drive process improvements in a remote-first, growing tech environment.
• The incumbent will gain deep expertise in multi-state and global payroll operations, enhance technical skills in ADP Workforce Now and Excel, develop process documentation and internal controls, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen payroll systems and employee experience.

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on payroll processing experience, including bi-weekly payroll cycles
• Multi-state payroll experience with ability to research and apply changing payroll laws and regulations
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and data validation
• High attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and commitment to accuracy and confidentiality
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet payroll cutoff timelines
• Collaborative, service-oriented communicator who can explain payroll topics clearly to non-payroll stakeholders
• Continuous improvement mindset with comfort learning new tools and processes

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work remotely within the USA
• Part of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture at Sift
• Chance to contribute to an AI-powered fraud platform trusted by over 700 global businesses
• Exposure to system enhancements and process documentation in a scalable tech environment
• Support for professional growth through continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional collaboration

Skills & Technologies

Senior

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About Sift Science, Inc.

Sift is a digital trust and safety platform that helps businesses prevent online fraud and abuse. It uses machine learning to analyze user behavior, device information, and other signals in real-time, allowing companies to make smarter decisions about who to trust. Sift's platform provides tools for fraud detection, account takeover prevention, content moderation, and payment protection. By unifying data across various touchpoints, Sift enables businesses to build secure and seamless customer experiences while reducing operational costs associated with manual review and chargebacks. Their solutions cater to a wide range of industries, including e-commerce, finance, travel, and gaming.

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