Senior Payroll Accountant

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<p>At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.</p>

<p>Lyft’s Accounting team is looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Accountant to join us in Seattle. You’ll own core payroll accounting and month-end close work across our US and North American entities, keeping everything accurate, on time, and well controlled.</p>

<p>You’ll work closely with our Payroll, FP&A, and broader Accounting teams, and we’ll count on you to take ownership of your close tasks and help make our processes better over time. If you enjoy a clean reconciliation and a smooth close, we’d love to meet you.</p>

<h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2>

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<li>Own payroll-related journal entries for our US (HQ) and North American international subsidiaries, from preparation through booking.</li>

<li>Prepare payroll accruals, including monthly payroll, bonus, workers’ compensation, PTO, and commissions.</li>

<li>Complete month-end and quarter-end close activities on schedule, in line with our internal close calendar.</li>

<li>Reconcile and analyze payroll-related GL accounts in accordance with GAAP and Lyft’s accounting policies, and perform flux analysis to explain monthly and quarterly movements.</li>

<li>Investigate and resolve reconciling items in partnership with FP&A and the Payroll team.</li>

<li>Build a deep understanding of our pay classes, pay codes, and payroll processing activities so you can connect what happens in payroll to what lands in the GL.</li>

<li>Keep payroll records organized and audit-ready, and help maintain and strengthen our internal controls.</li>

<li>Identify opportunities to streamline or automate recurring close work, and help bring them to life.</li>

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