Total Rewards and Payroll Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Giga Energy

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11 - 50 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

💰 $2.3M Seed Round on 2022-03

Manufacturing • Logistics • Energy

Giga Energy is a company specializing in the manufacturing and supply of electrical equipment and modular data centers. They provide a wide range of products including 3-phase and 1-phase padmount transformers, substation transformers, and UL 891 switchboards. Their transformers are designed to support both commercial and industrial power distribution needs, while their modular data centers, such as the Giga Box Air™ and Giga Box Hydro™, cater to efficient data management and are particularly designed for bitcoin mining. Giga Energy is committed to high quality, fast lead times, and exceptional customer service in delivering infrastructure solutions that energize the modern world.

📋 Description

• Own end-to-end payroll for a multi-state workforce, including regular cycles, off-cycle runs, corrections, bonuses, per diems, deductions, and garnishments • Maintain payroll controls, reconciliations, variance reviews, payroll tax registrations and filings, year-end processing, and audit-ready records • Own benefits administration, including enrollment, eligibility, employee issues, broker and vendor relationships, renewals, and utilization • Administer compensation, incentive, and equity programs, including salary bands, benchmarking, bonus calculations and payouts, grant records, vesting, exercises, and reporting • Own payroll and rewards systems and data, including Rippling configuration, reporting, and employee/pay record quality • Answer employee payroll and benefits questions confidentially and address recurring root causes • Partner with the Controller and accounting team on payroll accounting, cash funding, and controls • Partner with People leadership on benefits strategy and the compensation calendar • In the first 90 days, take over the payroll cycle, stabilize the recurring calendar, and document processes, controls, and exceptions • By the end of the first year, establish clean payroll operations, understandable and usable benefits, timely compensation and equity administration, and trusted leadership reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of payroll for a multi-state workforce, including hands-on processing, corrections, garnishments, and year-end; personally run payroll, not just overseen a vendor • Strong payroll controls and compliance fundamentals: reconciliations, multi-state tax coordination, approval and segregation rules, year-end processing, and audit-ready records working alongside accounting • Working depth in benefits administration: enrollment, eligibility, broker or vendor management, renewals, employee issues, and utilization • Experience administering compensation and equity programs: salary structures or bands, benchmarking support, bonus or incentive calculations and payouts with a clean audit trail, and day-to-day equity administration with external counsel support • Systems fluency with modern payroll and HRIS platforms such as Rippling or comparable tools, including configuration, reporting, and data quality • Discretion and judgment with sensitive employee and compensation data, and clear, direct communication with employees, executives, and vendors • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or comparable payroll certification (bonus point) • Experience building or rebuilding payroll operations at a scaling company (bonus point) • Experience with mixed hourly and salaried workforces, field or project-based teams, or multiple legal entities (bonus point) • Hands-on experience with equity administration platforms such as Carta or Shareworks, or comparable cap-table tools (bonus point) • Experience in energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, construction, or another physical operating environment (bonus point)

🏖️ Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup • 401(k) with 4% employer match • Unlimited PTO • Parental leave • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) • Commuter benefits, where applicable • Opportunities to collaborate in person at periodic team and company on-sites