Manager, Payroll
Corcept Therapeutics
August 31, 2026
Remote friendly (Redwood City, CA)
United States
Human Resources
Responsibilities:
- Process accurate and timely end-to-end US, UK, and EMEA payroll, including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, benefits, stock transactions, and other payroll-related changes
- Ensure global compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax and labor law requirements
- Manage payroll tax activities (e.g., new jurisdiction registrations, maintaining login details, tax notices, amendments)
- Lead quarter-end and year-end payroll processes including tax reporting, compliance filings, and W-2/equivalent statement delivery
- Serve as payroll system expert by maintaining updates and integrations
- Handle payroll accounting (journal entries, account reconciliations, and other activities supporting financial close and audits)
- Continuously improve payroll processes and procedures for efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Establish and document SOPs, policies, procedures, practices, and internal controls for payroll
- Resolve payroll-related employee inquiries with urgency, accuracy, and care
- Maintain payroll records and transactions in accordance with SOX requirements
- Prepare periodic payroll reports for management, auditors, and third parties (e.g., workers’ compensation and 401k audit)
- Participate in ad-hoc payroll projects as needed
Qualifications / Preferred skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent; 5–7 years payroll or related experience
- Payroll administration experience (preferred Dayforce; or ADP, Workday, UKG)
- Experience with global payroll, international expansion, and international payroll providers
- Stock transaction experience (NQSO, ISO, RSU, ESPP) and tax implications
- Growth mindset; strong attention to detail; excellent communication
- Strong critical thinking/problem solving/analytical skills; able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Self-motivated, adaptable, independent; high integrity with confidential data
- Working knowledge of account reconciliation and accounting principles; NetSuite experience a plus
- Process accurate and timely end-to-end US, UK, and EMEA payroll, including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, benefits, stock transactions, and other payroll-related changes
- Ensure global compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax and labor law requirements
- Manage payroll tax activities (e.g., new jurisdiction registrations, maintaining login details, tax notices, amendments)
- Lead quarter-end and year-end payroll processes including tax reporting, compliance filings, and W-2/equivalent statement delivery
- Serve as payroll system expert by maintaining updates and integrations
- Handle payroll accounting (journal entries, account reconciliations, and other activities supporting financial close and audits)
- Continuously improve payroll processes and procedures for efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Establish and document SOPs, policies, procedures, practices, and internal controls for payroll
- Resolve payroll-related employee inquiries with urgency, accuracy, and care
- Maintain payroll records and transactions in accordance with SOX requirements
- Prepare periodic payroll reports for management, auditors, and third parties (e.g., workers’ compensation and 401k audit)
- Participate in ad-hoc payroll projects as needed
Qualifications / Preferred skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent; 5–7 years payroll or related experience
- Payroll administration experience (preferred Dayforce; or ADP, Workday, UKG)
- Experience with global payroll, international expansion, and international payroll providers
- Stock transaction experience (NQSO, ISO, RSU, ESPP) and tax implications
- Growth mindset; strong attention to detail; excellent communication
- Strong critical thinking/problem solving/analytical skills; able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Self-motivated, adaptable, independent; high integrity with confidential data
- Working knowledge of account reconciliation and accounting principles; NetSuite experience a plus