Payroll Specialist

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Full-time Regular Professional Santa Clara, CA, US

2 days ago Requisition

About Si Time

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.

Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: .

Job Description

The Payroll Specialist is a senior, hands-on payroll professional responsible for accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across the United States, EMEA, and APAC. This role owns recurring payroll activities from input collection and validation through reconciliation, funding, reporting, and issue resolution, working closely with employees, HR, Finance, Accounting, and external payroll providers.

The ideal candidate combines deep U.S. payroll expertise with meaningful multi-country payroll experience, strong judgment, and a process-improvement mindset. They are comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving technology environment, managing overlapping deadlines across time zones, and translating complex payroll requirements into clear, repeatable processes. This individual will help strengthen controls, improve data quality, and scale payroll operations as SiTime grows globally.

We value diverse experiences, perspectives, and career paths, and welcome candidates who are excited to contribute to our mission.

Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payrolls on both semi-monthly and monthly schedules and coordinate recurring payrolls across North America, EMEA and APAC using both ADP Workforce Now or local payroll providers.
• Collect, validate, and process payroll inputs, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, equity-related income, benefits, time off, leaves, garnishments, deductions, and off-cycle payments.
• Review payroll registers, variance reports, tax calculations, statutory deductions, net pay, and funding requirements before payroll approval and release.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and maintain complete, accurate payroll records and audit support across all assigned countries.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Accounting, Equity Administration, Legal, and payroll vendors to resolve discrepancies, meet close deadlines, and maintain accurate data flow between systems.
• Research and resolve employee and manager payroll questions with urgency, discretion, and a high standard of customer service.
• Support quarter-end and year-end activities, including tax reporting, statutory filings, benefits and retirement reconciliations, and country-specific reporting requirements.
• Monitor payroll vendor performance, follow up on issues, and confirm timely completion of required filings, payments, and deliverables.
• Maintain process documentation, payroll calendars, checklists, approval evidence, and control procedures that support audit readiness and business continuity.
• Identify root causes, recommend practical improvements, and help automate or standardize payroll processes, reports, and controls.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc payroll reporting, analyze variances and trends, and provide clear explanations to business partners.
• Protect confidential employee information and apply sound judgment when handling sensitive payroll, tax, and personal data.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of progressive payroll experience, including substantial hands-on responsibility for both U.S. and international payroll processing.
• Demonstrated experience processing payroll across multiple countries in EMEA and APAC through third-party payroll providers or an equivalent global payroll…