Payroll Analyst

About Us

Hungryroot is your partner in healthy living. We get to know your lifestyle, budget, health objectives, and preferences, and we recommend and deliver nutritious groceries, easy recipes and essential supplements for you and your family. It's the easiest way to eat healthy, achieve your goals, save time at the store and in the kitchen, and live a healthy (and delicious) life. Founded on the belief that food is the foundation of health, convenience should not mean compromise, and we're all unique in how we eat and live, Hungryroot is building a future in which healthy living is easy and enjoyable.

We are a distributed team built on top talent from over 28 states across the U.S. While we have a headquarters in New York City, we support employees working from wherever they are based. We believe in fostering team connection and collaboration across all of our employees' locations. Expect to attend regular team building events and an annual company retreat. Expect to be treated like an owner who cares about our common goal, not someone who has to clock in and out of work.

About the Role

We're looking for a Payroll Analyst to join the Finance Team here at Hungryroot! This role will be responsible for executing our biweekly and weekly payrolls as well as providing support for state tax registrations & filings and payroll and tax reporting for accounting teams. This person will work directly with the HRBPs and Fulfillment Center leadership on all payroll changes and special pay programs to ensure that our employees are paid correctly, and on time.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end to end payroll process, including the application of processes and policies to ensure accurate payment of both weekly and biweekly payrolls.
• Manage all payroll operations, including pay changes and audit controls.
• Be the primary point of contact for all employee payroll questions.
• Work closely with Accounting for proper recording of payroll activity to the general ledger.
• Ensure accurate processing of all special pay items such as termination pay, severance, garnishments, holidays, promotions, merit increases, employee time off policies, stock transaction tax recordings, and more.
• Drive process improvements aimed at increasing efficiency and compliance and assess opportunities for process automation.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local reporting requirements
• Own and manage our state payroll tax compliance, including state tax registrations, regular state tax fillings, unemployment accounts, and withholding setups.
• Execute and update payroll processes and workflows in a way that produces clear documentation of controls for external audits.
• Maintain and update general ledger codes associated with employees in the payroll system.
• Work with the People Team to reconcile issues on the weekly & biweekly payroll logs and other pay items such as Leave of Absence pay schedules, quarterly bonuses, spot bonuses, sign on bonuses, benefit cost share changes from life events, etc.
• Manage benefit vendor funding for 401k, FSA, and HSA deductions
• Continually integrate AI processes into your workflow and to simplify IT for the organization, so you can spend time on the most meaningful work.

Qualifications

• 4 years experience processing payroll in a non-PEO environment, with an in-depth understanding of payroll processes and state, local and federal laws related to payroll administration.
• Experience reviewing and auditing timecards in a non-exempt time tracking system for errors, missed punches, no pays, etc.
• Experience ensuring that pay rules such as overtime, time off, and holiday policies, benefits deductions, and garnishments are properly applied in the Payroll system.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, data visualization, etc.)
• Dayforce experience is strongly preferred

Perks & Benefits

• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the US. You decide!
• Equity stake
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Universal paid parental leave
• Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits including One Medical, Spring Health, LiveHealth, Rightway care concierge, and more
• 401k
• A work from home stipend to support your initial home-office setup

Expected Pay Range: $65,000-$80,000

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The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Our mission to help make healthy eating easy, accessible, and joyful is better served by a diverse workplace. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. We have zero-tolerance for harassment or discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected class.