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Payroll Specialist

Veracyte, Inc.
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2026
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.

Our Values

  • We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
  • We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
  • We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
  • We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other

Contract: This is a 6 month contract, temp-to-hire role.

The Position

Veracyte is seeking a fast-paced, results-oriented, collaborative, and hands-on person to join its accounting team as a Payroll Specialist.

Your Focus Areas Include

  • Working as a team to process US payroll for hourly and salaried employees.
  • Preparing post-payroll 401(k), FSA and HSA contribution files for remittance to Fidelity and external vendors.
  • Preparing schedules to support financial, tax, 401(k) and workers compensation audits and other surveys/reports requiring employee payroll data (e.g. proxy statement).
  • Managing the ADP payroll system and making recommendations for system improvement and process automation.
  • Assisting the Sr. Manager, Payroll & Stock Admin on payroll and other projects.
  • Responding to employee inquiries and requests regarding payroll matters.
  • Maintaining compliance with accounting policies, procedures and SOX controls for payroll process, and performing SOX testing on other accounting processes.

The successful candidate will have the ability to take on more responsibilities as the company grows.

Who You Are

  • You possess at least 3 years of real-world experience in the HR/Payroll field.
  • Experience with ADP WorkforceNow software is strongly preferred. Having knowledge and a willingness to learn stock-related transactions such as options, ESPP and RSUs is desirable.
  • Experience with Canada payroll is highly desirable.
  • Excellent customer service skills when responding to employees and frequently suggest ways to improve processes or resources so that your customers and stakeholders' needs are met.
  • Team oriented with outstanding integrity and accuracy in your work.
  • You have a can-do, figure-it-out mentality with a strong sense of urgency and pro-activeness in your work and career. You thrive in a fast paced, results-oriented, hands-on environment.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Pay range

$28—$32 USD

What We Can Offer You

Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.

About Veracyte

Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).

Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice

If you receive any suspicious alerts or communications through LinkedIn or other online job sites for any position at Veracyte, please exercise caution and promptly report any concerns to careers@veracyte.com

Salary : $28 - $32

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