Payroll Specialist
Finance, Remote Canada
About the Team
Within this group, you’ll work closely with our Payroll team, a diverse and collaborative group currently based across the US, the Netherlands, and Armenia. We value teamwork, accuracy, and continuous improvement, and we’re excited to welcome someone who shares our passion for delivering an excellent payroll experience to all Mironeers.
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated Payroll Specialist with strong knowledge, or a solid base understanding, of US payroll to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for processing and validating payroll in ADP Workforce Now, ensuring the accurate and timely disbursement of employee payments. You will collaborate closely with the People Ops team to apply payroll instructions and adjustments, while maintaining precise records and data integrity. This role will also support the broader Payroll team on international operations, helping ensure payroll deductions, filings, and reporting remain compliant with local requirements.
What you’ll do
- Coordinate and process bi-monthly payroll for US employees in ADP Workforce Now, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Collaborate closely with the People Ops team to capture payroll changes such as new hires, transfers, promotions, pay rate changes, and commissions
- Maintain payroll processing systems and records by gathering, validating, and inputting data with accuracy
- Ensure compliance with US statutory requirements for payroll calculations, deductions, filings, and reporting
- Provide reports to internal stakeholders (e.g., Accounting, Finance) and support audits as needed
- Maintain internal payroll documentation, ensuring processes are updated and clearly detailed
- Address employee inquiries in a clear, timely, and employee-centric manner, escalating as needed
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to payroll system enhancements
- Support the broader global payroll team, providing coverage and assistance on international payrolls where needed, especially during the ADP Celergo implementation
What you’ll need
- 2–3 years of relevant experience in Payroll or a comparable role
- Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now is highly preferred
- Strong knowledge or base understanding of US payroll regulations and compliance requirements
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, formulas, data validation, etc.)
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a customer-centric approach to payroll
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a global team
- Proactive, curious, and eager to learn, with a drive to understand processes and identify improvements
- Experience supporting payroll in an international environment is a plus
What's in it for you
- 401k matching + Competitive equity package
- Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision health benefits
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Lunch, snacks and drinks provided in the office
- Wellbeing benefit and WFH equipment allowance
- Annual learning and development allowance to grow your skills and career
- Up to $2,000 of charitable donation matches each year
About Miro
Miro is a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to build the next big thing. The platform's infinite canvas enables teams to lead engaging workshops and meetings, design products, brainstorm ideas, and more. Miro, co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, serves more than 90M users and 250,000 companies collaborate in the Innovation Workspace. Miro was founded in 2011 and currently has more than 1,600 employees in 13 hubs around the world.
We are a team of dreamers. We look for individuals who dream big, work hard, and above all stay humble. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do and through our work together we hope to create a supportive, welcoming, and innovative environment. We strive to play as a team to win the world and create a better version of ourselves every day. If this sounds like something that excites you, we want to hear from you!
Check out more about life at Miro:
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lifeatmiro
- Blog: https://miro.com/careers/life-at-miro/all/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirohq/
At Miro, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration across cultural differences. Miro’s mission — Empower teams to create the next big thing — is how we think about our product, people, and culture. We believe that creating big things requires diverse and inclusive teams. Diversity invites all talent with different demography, identities and styles to step in, and inclusion invites them to step closer together. Every day, we are working to build a more diverse Miro, cultivate a sense of belonging for future and current Mironeers around the world, and foster an environment where everyone can collaborate and embrace differences.
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01. Recruiter Screen
A 30-min interview to discuss your relevant skills, perspective on resilience, experience, and what motivates you to join Miro.
02. Hiring Manager
The hiring manager will meet to discuss your experience and fit for the role by assessing whether you align with the Miro Mindset (Curiosity, Drive, Resilience, Empathy, Cognitive Agility & Accountability). This interview usually takes 90-120 minutes.
03. Skill Assesment
An interactive presentation to see your skills in action, based around a particular case study or business problem.
04. Meet the Team
Here you will meet cross-functional stakeholders, and we will ask evidence-based questions to evaluate how well you align with the role and Miro's values and culture.
05. Leadership Round
Meet a member of the leadership team to discuss Miro’s company values and share your vision for success at Miro.