About Backblaze
Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We are seeking a
Payroll Manager!
What You’ll Do:
- The ideal candidate will have prior experience processing payroll in a complex, dynamic and diverse environment and will be able to leverage prior US payroll experience to help create scalable processes
- To be successful in this role, the candidate will need to be organized and deadline-driven, ensuring recurring assignments are handled on a timely basis while contributing to special projects and addressing unusual developments
- Take the lead on managing the company’s sales commission tool software
- Be the first point of contact for sales commission escalations, questions, and inquiries
- Experience interfacing with equity administration
- Ability to manage workload in a SOX-compliant environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to effectively communicate across departments and at all levels
- Understanding of various employment tax and overtime rules, employee 401K, incentive/bonus offerings, multi-state payroll, leave of absence pay integration, and termination processing
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify issues and propose solutions to complex or non-standard situations
- Strong work ethic and ability to be productive and successful in a fast-paced work environment
- Prepare payroll-related journal entries and assist with month-end and quarterly close activities
- Perform other payroll-related duties, including ad hoc projects/system implementation/testing, data requests as needed
- Support ad hoc accounting and revenue operations projects
The Right Fit:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or relevant field required
- 10+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience with ADP Workforce Now required
- Experience administering compensation plans and any commission tools
- Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills
- Experience with Spiff sales commission tool is a plus
- A process-driven approach, with natural curiosity
- Efficiency and improvement-focused
- Knowledge of federal, state, local and other laws, including filing of returns as needed
- Positive work ethic, strong analytical and organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Knowledge of equity award and applicable taxes
At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't feel you meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.
Backblaze Perks:
- 100% healthcare for family
- Dental and vision plan
- Competitive compensation and 401K
- RSU grants for full-time employees
- ESPP program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Maternity & paternity leave
- MacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
- Childcare bonus (human children only)
- Fertility treatment and support
- Learning & development program
- Commuter benefits
- Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.The base pay range for this position is $109,000 to $149,000At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees.
That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries, but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our Backblaze Employee Privacy Notice.
