Senior Payroll Specialist

About the role

The Senior Payroll Specialist will fully own and run payroll for Campus while overseeing day‑to‑day benefits administration. Reporting to the CFO, this individual contributor role manages end‑to‑end payroll across a multi‑state workforce, owns the Rippling payroll system, partners with brokers and internal teams to keep benefits compliant, and drives continuous improvement of payroll processes as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Own and run end‑to‑end payroll for all employees (including faculty), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Manage multi‑state payroll operations, including audits, reporting, and reconciliations.
• Maintain high data integrity across payroll systems and proactively identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Partner with Finance on payroll‑related reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Serve as the primary owner of payroll within the organization.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, reduce manual work, and increase accuracy.
• Implement system and workflow improvements within Rippling.
• Anticipate and solve for payroll challenges as the company scales (e.g., headcount growth, multi‑state complexity).
• Drive better reporting and visibility into payroll data.
• Administer employee benefits programs (health, dental, vision, 401k, etc.).
• Partner with brokers and vendors on renewals and ongoing management.
• Ensure accurate enrollment, changes, and employee support.
• Support compliance with ACA, CO