Senior Employment Tax & Payroll Analyst

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite position. The role may require up to 10% travel and occasional overtime or weekend work for critical mission milestones.

Salary: $92,216–$130,902 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation commercial space stations, space infrastructure, satellites, and crewed systems for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Process semi-monthly and bi-weekly payroll, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, deductions, classifications, and adjustments.
• Manage federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, registrations, withholding accounts, unemployment taxes, deposits, and agency notices.
• Prepare and oversee quarterly and annual filings, including Forms 941, W-2, W-2C, 940, state unemployment filings, and local returns.
• Perform payroll reconciliations, investigate variances, correct out-of-balance conditions, and support year-end activities and audits.
• Partner with People Operations, Finance, auditors, and external payroll and tax providers to resolve complex payroll issues.
• Use payroll, HRIS, tax, timekeeping systems, and Excel to analyze data, identify discrepancies, and improve payroll controls and processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in payroll, employment tax, payroll accounting, or a related function, including significant payroll tax compliance experience.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local employment tax regulations, wage laws, IRS guidelines, filings, deposits, reconciliations, and year-end reporting.
• Experience with multi-state payroll, payroll systems, HRIS platforms, tax providers, and large payroll or tax datasets.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical, problem-solving, reconciliation, organizational, and project management abilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Must qualify as a U.S. person under U.S. export control rules or be eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• CPP, FPC, or another relevant payroll or employment tax certification.
• Experience with Rippling, ADP, Workday, Paychex, UKG, or similar payroll and HRIS platforms.
• Payroll experience in aerospace, technology, manufacturing, or another high-growth environment.
• Knowledge of expatriate, nonresident, equity compensation, supplemental wage, or other complex payroll tax matters.
• Experience with payroll controls, audit procedures, dashboards, integrations, general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, or month-end close.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and employee discounts.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, onsite barista service, and subsidized lunch.