Payroll Analyst (AI)

Location: Hybrid, with presence in the San Francisco or San Jose office 4 days per week; work from home day is Tuesday. Country: United States.

Annual salary: $149K–$170K.

Company

Lambda is an AI cloud infrastructure company serving AI researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers, with more than 500 employees and a focus on making compute widely accessible.

What you will do

• Process end-to-end bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and high-volume off-cycle payroll for a multi-state workforce, including pre- and post-payroll reconciliation.
• Support international payroll through in-house operations and payroll partner vendors.
• Maintain payroll records, audit time and attendance, validate inputs, and investigate discrepancies.
• Manage payroll tax compliance, agency notices, quarterly amendments, unemployment claims, and payroll-related reconciliations.
• Maintain payroll controls and documentation for SOX compliance and internal and external audits.
• Partner with People, Finance, AP, IT, vendors, and auditors while resolving employee cases in JIRA and improving payroll processes, automation, and systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with hands-on end-to-end payroll processing, including multi-state and international payroll handled in-house and through payroll partner vendors.
• Proficiency with Workday, Rippling, and ADP.
• Strong understanding of payroll compliance, tax calculation, reporting, and federal, state, local, and international wage and hour requirements.
• Working knowledge of benefits deductions and tax administration.
• Experience with payroll accounting, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.

Nice to have

• Exposure to equity and stock-related transaction processing.
• Background in a startup or high-growth environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace with four office days per week and Tuesday as the designated work-from-home day.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Generous cash and equity compensation, wellness and commuter stipends for select roles, and a 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for USA employees.
• Flexible paid time off plan.