Payroll Operations Manager
Cognition · San Francisco · New York City · Austin, Texas
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own global payroll end-to-end for employees, contractors and commission recipients.
- Design automation and controls to scale payroll 10x without added effort.
- Handle payroll for commissions, bonuses, equity and relocation payments.
Ideal candidate
A detail-obsessed payroll operator with high-growth experience who thrives owning complex global payroll end-to-end and cares deeply about accuracy, compliance, and building scalable, automated processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years in payroll, accounting operations, or finance operations with ownership of complex payroll in high-growth environment
- Deep domestic and international payroll experience including EORs, global providers, and cross-border matters
- Strong command of US payroll tax compliance including withholding, deposits, filings, reconciliations, and year-end reporting
- Working knowledge of international payroll tax and withholding with judgment to coordinate with providers and advisors
- Fluency with enterprise payroll platforms such as ADP, Workday, or Rippling including configuration and vendor management
- remote policy
- On-site 5 days per week
Lab profile
About Cognition
Applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents, makers of Devin.
What they build
- Devin
Known for
- End-to-end software agents
- Talent-dense team