Senior Payroll Analyst – AMER

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $96k - $172k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧾 Payroll

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Guidewire Software

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2001

💰 $750k Series C on 2008-03

Software • Insurance • Cloud Computing

Guidewire Software is a leading provider of software solutions for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes core applications such as PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, and BillingCenter, as well as advanced analytics and a robust cloud platform. Guidewire focuses on delivering digital transformations, improving operational efficiencies, and enhancing customer service for insurers globally. Through collaborations and partnerships, Guidewire supports a wide range of insurance products and services, including usage-based and embedded insurance. With its commitment to innovation and customer success, Guidewire continues to empower insurers to meet the evolving demands of the industry.

📋 Description

• Oversee and execute timely, accurate semi-monthly payroll for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and monthly payroll for Brazil, including off-cycle runs, bonuses, and corrective adjustments. • Ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state/provincial, and local tax regulations and wage laws across AMER jurisdictions, managing new U.S. tax registrations and year-end reporting (e.g., W-2s, T4s) • Review and approve all payroll runs prior to transmission, ensuring strict alignment with internal controls, company policies, local regulations, and audit requirements. • Partner closely with People Operations, Stock Administration, Compensation, Benefits, and external vendors (e.g., ADP) to streamline workflows and resolve complex payroll discrepancies. • Monitor, track, and drive the timely resolution of open payroll tickets, ensuring clear documentation and communication with impacted stakeholders. • Collaborate with the GL team on month-end close activities, managing payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and salary-related accruals. • Drive payroll process improvements and automation initiatives, partnering with People Tech to optimize integrations between Workday and third-party payroll systems. • Serve as the AMER payroll SME, providing clear, consistent guidance on policy interpretations, tax amendments, and payroll inquiries to internal partners and employees. • Utilize payroll data and metrics to identify trends, support broader Finance and People initiatives (including platform and data-driven projects), and enable transparent decision-making. • Support, guide, and mentor payroll team members to build regional capability, while modeling a collaborative culture that constructively challenges the status quo.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant hands-on payroll experience for multi-state U.S. payroll plus at least one additional AMER country in a mid- to large-sized, multi-entity corporate environment • Strong knowledge of U.S. federal and state payroll tax, wage and hour rules, and year-end reporting; familiarity with Canadian, Mexican, and/or Brazilian regulations preferred • Equity knowledge (ESPP, NQ, ISO, RSU) preferred • Experience working with ADP and other third-party payroll providers; comfort working across multiple systems and integrations • Solid understanding of accounting concepts related to payroll (accruals, reconciliations, GL mapping) and experience supporting month-end close • Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets for reconciliations, variance analysis, and audit support • Proven ability to own processes end-to-end, manage deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-changing environment • Collaborative work demonstrated success partnering across Finance, HR, Technology, Benefit, Stock, and Compensation teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• health, dental, and vision insurance • paid time off • company sponsored retirement plan • eligibility for the annual company bonus plan • commissions and/or long term incentive awards