Payroll Specialist
Genius Sports is seeking a Payroll Specialist to bridge the gap between the Finance and People teams, ensuring seamless payroll processing for its Colombia operations. The role focuses on operational delivery excellence, maintaining data integrity, and optimising payroll processes while ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.
Reporting to the Head of Transactional Processing, the successful candidate will work closely with the People Operations team. The position requires a detail-oriented professional with a drive for change, capable of managing relationships with external providers and supporting the effective use of HR systems like Workday.
- Manage all aspects of payroll within Colombia.
- Review processed payroll for corrections.
- Ensure compliance with legislation and reporting requirements.
- Handle holiday, absence, PILON, and sick pay calculations where required.
- Oversee tax-related payroll returns.
- Participate in system improvements.
- Work closely with the tax team to run and manage year-end procedures.
- Maintain internal controls and audit compliance.
- Manage pension, health care, CTW, and other payroll-related enrolments.
- Ensure new employees and changes in the HRIS system (Workday) integrate and are reflected accurately in the payroll system.
- Provide advice and support regarding pay review and benchmarking.
- Provide general guidance to employees regarding pensions, benefits in kind, and end-of-year tax returns.
- Support global mobility activities to ensure smooth transitions for employees between locations and payroll systems.
- Ensure equity vesting is reflected and managed accurately and compliantly within payroll.
- Deep knowledge of payroll processes and experience of optimising them (required).
- Experience working with external payroll providers and Employer of Records (required).
- Qualified Accountant with experience of operating within a global business environment (required).
- Experience of working within internally and externally regulated frameworks e.g. ISO, Internal Audit requirements, SOX controls or similar (required).
- CIPP qualification and membership (nice-to-have).
- Competitive salary.
- Range of benefits.
- Hybrid working model (1-2 days in the office).
- Support for employee wellbeing and professional development.
Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company that supplies official data, streaming, integrity and advertising services to sports leagues, sportsbooks and media companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in London, with a major office in New York and others worldwide, it is the official data partner of organisations including the NFL, English Premier League and FIBA. The company provides the technology that connects sports, betting and media businesses. Genius Sports is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
