Commissions & Payroll Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Calculate commissions payments on a monthly and quarterly basis in accordance with approved compensation plans.
• Reconcile commissions payouts against bookings and revenue data, resolve discrepancies.
• Respond to employees or management inquiries regarding commission or payroll calculations and provide supporting documentation.
• Coordinate annual updates to Commissions Plan as needed.
• Assist with drafting Individual Compensation Plans for sales team members.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Identify and recommend updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Assist in preparing financial analyses and schedules necessary for audit, and coordinate audit requests with team members.
• Support various special projects and ad hoc tasks as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required.
• 2+ years in payroll, commissions or accounting operations.
• Payroll processing experience, preferably in a multi-state and global environment.
• Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
• Goal-oriented personality capable of multitasking and prioritizing in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly motivated, organized, and adaptable.
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and confidentiality.
• Consistently take ownership of assigned tasks and identify areas for improvement.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment while collaborating effectively across teams.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).
• Experience using Sage Intacct, Rippling, Tipalti, Carta, Salesforce, and Google Sheets preferred but not required.
• Bonus: experience working in the clean technology industry.