Payroll Assistant

Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 100% on-site

Salary: $60,000–$70,000 annually

Company

A growing retail business with a workforce across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France.

What you will do

• Support weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payroll processing by collecting, reviewing, and entering payroll data.
• Audit timekeeping, employee changes, deductions, bonuses, commissions, terminations, and retroactive adjustments.
• Assist with payroll previews, post-payroll audits, reconciliations, reports, and approved off-cycle payments.
• Maintain payroll, direct deposit, tax, and timekeeping records in Workday and related systems.
• Track garnishments and withholding changes, maintain documentation, and support quarterly, year-end, internal, and external audits.
• Respond to routine employee payroll questions and collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, managers, and external vendors.

Requirements

• Two or more years of payroll processing, payroll operations, accounting support, or related administrative experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of payroll fundamentals, timekeeping, deductions, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Experience with Workday, Microsoft Excel, and Google Workspace, including sorting, filtering, lookups, and basic reconciliations.
• Experience supporting multi-state payroll; global payroll experience is beneficial.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, analytical thinking, discretion, and follow-through.
• Ability to work full-time on-site at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn headquarters.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment with recurring payroll deadlines and competing priorities.
• Opportunity to collaborate across Payroll, HR, Finance, management, and external payroll vendors.
• Work involving confidential employee and company information requires a high level of discretion and security.