Payroll Associate

Guild is hiring a Payroll Associate to join our fast growing Accounting team. This role will report to the Payroll Manager and be responsible for full-cycle payroll activities for over 1000 (and growing!) employees in over 20 states. We’re looking for someone who is dedicated to making sure critical payroll processes are effectively, accurately and efficiently completed while ensuring compliance with applicable federal and state legislation.

This may be a remote role, which can sit in any of the following 25 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, SC, VA, WA, and WI. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. 

As a Payroll Associate, you will:

• Assist with processing bi-weekly payroll for three company codes, ensuring all forms of compensation are properly reconciled and paid on time
• Partner with our People Ops team on reconciling: 
• benefit/retirement carriers and spending accounts
• leaves and disability tracking
• Track employee education and student loan benefits in compliance with documented policies
• Prepare reports out of ADP that will be utilized by users across the company
• Partner with Guild employees and managers to ensure non-exempt timesheets are collected in advance of processing deadlines and train all non-exempt new hires on time card procedures
• Assist with the validation of tax filings and year-end W-2s including imputed earnings
• Become an expert in our payroll system ensuring accurate record keeping, data and security
• Provide excellent customer service as the face and voice (and email inbox) of our payroll team, helping to resolve and respond to payroll-related questions from employees and managers

You are a strong fit for this role if you have:

Required Competencies

• Minimum of 2+ years of payroll processing experience
• Capable of exercising discretion and independent judgement over payroll-related matters of importance
• Obsessive attention to detail and organizational skills
• An auditor’s mindset for all supporting documentation within cloud-based (Google) environment
• Expertise with payroll processing software/HRIS (ADP Workforce Now preferred) and Excel
• Ability to keep business information confidential and respect sensitive information of others
• Strong people skills and capable of communicating with all levels of the organization
• Ability to effectively prioritize responsibilities and establish and meet deadlines
• Experience and interest in working in a fast-paced, changing and collaborative environment

Preferred Competencies

• CPP strongly preferred

About Guild:

Guild is increasing economic mobility for working adults by partnering with the largest employers in the country to offer education as a benefit to their employees via our marketplace of nonprofit universities and education institutions. Guild’s proprietary technology platform facilitates the administration of this innovative benefit and our team of coaches helps each employee navigate the path back to school, providing individualized support from day one through program completion. 

Guild is a female-led, Certified B Corporation - and with a valuation of $3.8 billion is one of the highest-valued, privately held education companies in the world, and the only one led by a woman. Guild's investors include Ken Chenault, General Catalyst Partners, chairman and former CEO of American Express, Emerson, LeadEdge Capital, and Iconiq.

Guild Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. Additionally, we feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market driven, including a base salary range of $60,000-$75,000, as well as company stock options. 

• Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
• Access to a 401k to help save for the future
• We provide 3 weeks of vacation in the first year and an open vacation policy after year 1 to help recharge
• We provide 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover 
• We provide family-friendly benefits, including 14 weeks of parental leave, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, and fertility care benefits.
• We provide well-rounded wellness benefits including access to free and low cost mental health resources and support services
• We offer education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth