About Glean:

Founded in 2019, Glean is an innovative AI-powered knowledge management platform designed to help organizations quickly find, organize, and share information across their teams. By integrating seamlessly with tools like Google Drive, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, Glean ensures employees can access the right knowledge at the right time, boosting productivity and collaboration. The company’s cutting-edge AI technology simplifies knowledge discovery, making it faster and more efficient for teams to leverage their collective intelligence.

Glean was born from Founder & CEO Arvind Jain’s deep understanding of the challenges employees face in finding and understanding information at work. Seeing firsthand how fragmented knowledge and sprawling SaaS tools made it difficult to stay productive, he set out to build a better way - an AI-powered enterprise search platform that helps people quickly and intuitively access the information they need. Since then, Glean has evolved into the leading Work AI platform, combining enterprise-grade search, an AI assistant, and powerful application- and agent-building capabilities to fundamentally redefine how employees work.

About the Role:

Glean is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Payroll Analyst with a strong background in US payroll operations. The Senior US Payroll Analyst plays a critical role in delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll across the US & CA workforce. This position ensures seamless execution of end‑to‑end payroll activities while maintaining adherence to federal, state, and local regulations. The Senior Payroll Analyst also drives process improvement, supports audits, and collaborates with HR, Finance, Accounting, Legal and external partners to resolve complex payroll issues.

You will:

• Lead full‑cycle bi‑monthly payroll processing for multi‑state US employees and CA employees, ensuring accuracy for all pay types including regular, overtime, bonuses, commissions, retro payouts, and one‑time transactions

• Conduct rigorous pre‑ and post‑payroll audits to verify pay, taxes, deductions, and compliance prior to disbursement.

• Reconcile payroll results with HRIS data and general ledger, ensuring alignment with accounting and finance requirements.

• Maintain deep knowledge of US payroll compliance requirements including federal, state, and local tax laws, wage and hour regulations, and reporting obligations.

• Prepare and support payroll tax filings, compliance reports, and audits, and assist with remediation of tax notices and discrepancies.

• Ensure accurate handling of garnishments, benefit deductions, and statutory withholdings in payroll processes

• Senior Payroll Analyst liaison with third‑party payroll vendors, tax advisors, and compliance partners, ensuring SLAs are met and issues are resolved efficiently.

• Develop and maintain strong payroll process documentation countrywise, including standard operating procedures (SOPs) and internal controls

• Partner with HR, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Benefits and People Operations teams to ensure seamless payroll operations and alignment with business needs.

• Provide expert payroll support to employees and internal teams, responding to inquiries and resolving issues with professionalism and accuracy

• Prepare and present analytical payroll reports and insights to Leadership.

• Experience with equity compensation, stock plans, or global payroll processes

• Prior experience in SOX / internal controls environments or payroll transformation projects.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Minimum 8+ years of progressive payroll experience, with a strong emphasis on multi‑state US payroll processing and compliance

• Hands‑on experience with enterprise payroll systems (e.g., Workday, ADP, Rippling)

• Advanced proficiency in payroll systems, Excel/Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas)

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, tight deadlines, and high‑volume payroll cycles

• Payroll certification such as CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) is an added advantage.

• Strong understanding of US payroll regulations (FLSA, 401k, Garnishment, payroll related benefits deductions, IRS guidelines, multi-state tax compliance).

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information with integrity.

Location:

• This role is hybrid (3 days a week in our Bangalore office)

• This role has a shift from (4 PM – 1 AM IST)

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.