Payroll Accountant

The Company PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.  We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.  Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

PayPal seeks an experienced Payroll Accountant to join the Controllership Global Payroll Accounting team supporting the APJ, EMEA, North American and Latin American region. The successful candidate will work well in a fast-paced environment, learn quickly, and possess strong payroll accounting expertise. The ability to manage relationships cross-functionally through clear communication of goals and objectives is extremely important.

Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will execute and manage complex monthly close activities, including: Prepare account fluctuation analysis, identify key drivers, and explain monthly and quarterly activity.  Maintain S4 BW account fluctuation reports. Reconcile payroll GL accounts including the payroll funding cash clearing account.  Perform clearing for open item managed accounts. Prepare account fluctuation analysis, identify key drivers, and explain monthly and quarterly activity. Follow process for clearing payment activity for taxes on stock vesting and other clearing activity processed by payroll.  Research offsets and how to clear where needed.  Review monthly activity to ensure adherence to regular clearing. Monitor and assist in resolving issues with interface activity between payroll and accounting systems.  This includes maintaining support for manual correction of interfaces. Develop a strong understanding of payroll and GL systems and processes. Maintain documentation of these systems and processes. Assist with research and resolution of payroll issues. Communicate and document clearly and concisely results of research or resolutions to issues. Assist Payroll Operations Team with changes to GL account mapping, testing, and implementation. Provide payroll