Senior Payroll Accountant
Databricks · Posted Oct 24
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About the role
Databricks' Global Accounting organization is building a finance function that leverages AI, automation, and modern tooling to keep pace with the company's growth. The team handles global payroll accounting across multiple international entities and jurisdictions. The Senior Payroll Accountant executes day-to-day and month-end payroll accounting, complex reconciliations, variance analysis, equity compensation accounting, audit support, and process improvement and automation initiatives.
What you will do
- Prepare and record comprehensive payroll journal entries, including salaries, bonuses, commissions, stock-based compensation, benefits, and multi-state/international taxes.
- Prepare accurate monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, proactively identifying and resolving any variances or discrepancies within the close period.
- Perform monthly payroll flux analysis, identifying and investigating drivers behind significant period-over-period movements.
- Prepare payroll accounting for equity compensation programs such as RSUs, stock options, and ESPP, ensuring accurate recording, tax withholding treatment, and reconciliation between equity, payroll, and the general ledger.
- Execute payroll accounting across global entities, with exposure to high-complexity jurisdictions, including Netherlands, Brazil, France, Germany, and India, ensuring accurate accounting treatment and local compliance.
- Partner closely with the Payroll Operations team to research and resolve discrepancies between the payroll register and the general ledger.
- Support annual local statutory audits, consolidated external audits, and internal SOX requests; help maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures (SOPs).
- Partner with the Manager and cross-functional teams (Legal, External Advisors) to set up accounting processes and systems for new international subsidiaries and locations.
- Lead testing and implementation of updates to cloud-based payroll and accounting systems; perform ad hoc financial analysis and drive process improvement projects to increase efficiency.
- Support AI and automation initiatives across payroll accounting, including reconciliation tooling, variance detection, and process improvements that reduce manual work.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BA, BS Degree with a focus in Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance
- 6-8 years of general accounting experience, with a minimum of 4+ years dedicated specifically to payroll accounting
- Chartered Accountant (CA) or CPA equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
- Experience with equity compensation accounting (RSUs, stock options, ESPP) is a plus
- Experience supporting annual statutory audits and the partnership skills necessary to collaborate effectively with local and remote teams across various time zones
- Exposure to global payroll jurisdictions, particularly high-complexity countries such as Netherlands, Brazil, France, Germany, and India, is a plus
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based accounting systems and a strong working knowledge of US GAAP
- Hands-on experience or strong interest in driving automation and AI adoption in payroll or accounting operations
- Proven experience partnering with local accounting teams to file statutory accounts and the flexibility to support remote teams across different geographic areas, including with US-based accounting teams
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Databricks
Databricks is a data and artificial intelligence company that provides a unified Data Intelligence Platform built on a lakehouse architecture. The platform combines data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning, and generative AI to help organizations manage and scale their data assets natively across major cloud providers. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks enables thousands of enterprises worldwide to power advanced analytics, business intelligence, and autonomous AI agents.
- Industry
- Data and AI Platform Software
- Company size
- 17300+ employees
- Founded
- 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Private Company
Funding
Private Company · $25.2B raised
- 2026-08-13Series L$5.0B
Leadership
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
Chief Financial Officer
Co-founder and Chief Architect
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