Senior Payroll Analyst

Grafana is looking for a Senior Payroll Analyst to join our Finance team. Reporting to the International Payroll Manager, this is an opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and play a driving role in our payroll operations. 

We’re scaling quickly and this role is perfect for someone who enjoys looking for opportunities to advance their skills in a fulfilling environment. The candidate should expect to leverage current skill-sets while also focusing on learning quickly and adding value to the current processes.

Responsibilities:

• Payroll processing (HC 450), we work with external payroll provider (ActivPayroll):

  • Australia

  • Austria

  • Canada (semi-monthly)

  • France

  • Germany

  • India

  • Netherlands

  • Singapore

  • Spain

  • Sweden

  • UK

• Input preparation – review integration data and add anything missing onto manual input sheet

• Answer vendor queries about input/payroll

• Output preparation – reconciliation and controls to be completed in a given template (salary, benefits, one time payments, proration review)

• Send reconciliation for review and approval to payroll manager 

• Send bank file/ manual payment details to GL team to complete fundings

• Employee queries – handle employee questions, support and issues (we always try go the extra mile if we can) 

• Frequent collaboration with other teams on various topics (PeopleOps, benefits, accounting, integration, project teams etc)

• Audits – gather data for audits, go through reconciliations and payroll reports from the past periods to handle issues etc – overall problem solving when it comes to incorrect payroll processing of some elements etc 

• Invoice processing (direct contractors, HC 150) – invoice review and approval

• Handle research / review on various topics related to payroll processing

• Overall process improvement – any manual processes to be changed to automatic

• HR system – Workday

Requirements:

• International payroll experience, working with external vendors (preferably at least 3 countries)

• Ability to accurately process all payrolls (we always aim for 100%)

• Very organized

• Quick learner

• Logical thinking and clear understanding

• Detail oriented and quick 

• Problem solving (up for challenges, wants to resolve issues which don’t have clear resolution; dig deep and get to the bottom of issues)

• Advanced excel skills (vlookups and pivots are crucial)

• Happy to work in a start-up environment with frequent changes

Nice to have: 

• Process documentation / manuals experience

• Recent Workday experience 

• Additional language

• Payroll controls set up, improvement

• Benefits processing and rules experience 

In the United Kingdom, the base compensation range for this role is £53,000 - £64,000.  Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here.*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.