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Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers' pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We're backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

The Harness Accounting team is searching for our next Director, Global Payroll. Are you excited by the idea of joining a high-growth SaaS start up? Are you a wizard at Global payroll management and have excellent attention to details? If so, this might be the perfect opportunity for you!

This role will report directly to the VP Corporate Controller and will function as a key leader on the Accounting team. You will participate in developing a world class payroll process, manage payroll and compliance matters, assist with financial audits, scale the payroll function, and play an important role in supporting people operations. We're looking for teammates who are systems-oriented, customer service oriented and knowledgeable in their area of expertise.

About The Role

• Own the global payroll process and make improvements to drive efficiency
• Partner with the People Ops and Talent team to ensure proper data integrity between systems
• Manage international payroll submissions with local partners
• Prepare accounting journal entries and reconciliations to facilitate month end
• Provide guidance and support to employees regarding payroll inquiries
• Manage payroll related audits, including 401k audits
• Manage Federal, State and local payroll tax requirements
• Drive audit preparation for areas related to payroll
• Drive improvements to payroll workflows
• Assist with system implementations
• Improve internal controls for IPO readiness
  
  

About You

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance
• 5+ years of payroll manager experience
• Experience with international payroll: UK, IND, AUS, DEU, etc
• Strong compliance background of payroll laws and practices
• Systems savvy experience with major payroll software provider
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Advanced skills with Google sheets
• Builder at heart and thrives in fast paced environment
• Experience with scaling companies
  
  

Work Location

• Hybrid from our San Francisco office
  
  

What You Will Have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits
  
  

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $180,000 and $195,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required

Pay transparency

$180,000—$195,000 USD

Harness In The News

• Harness Grabs a $150m Line of Credit
• Welcome Split!
• SF Business Times - 2024 - 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area
• Forbes - 2024 America's Best Startup Employers
• SF Business Times - 2024 Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards
• Fast Co - 2024 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators
  
  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at ...@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website ( or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Software Development

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