Payroll Manager

About the Role

Together AI is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead and scale our payroll operations. This role will be responsible for managing all aspects of payroll ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely processing for all employees. Reporting to the VP Controller, the Payroll Manager will bring a strong end-to-end mindset and a deep understanding of payroll operations, including upstream and downstream impacts across HR, benefits, and finance processes. The ideal candidate has extensive experience managing complex multi-state payrolls, equity and stock-based compensation, and navigating specialized scenarios such as visa-related exemptions - ensuring every payroll input, deduction, and tax treatment is processed accurately, seamlessly, and with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Administer full-cycle payroll for all employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.
• Oversee timely and accurate bi-weekly payroll processing, ensuring all deadlines are consistently met.
• Review and validate payroll inputs - including compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, benefits, and leave - and ensure accurate calculations across pay cycles.
• Serve as the payroll subject matter expert, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of tax regulations, and labor laws across all relevant U.S. jurisdictions.
• Manage payroll requirements for employees on work visas, including identifying exemption eligibility (e.g., FICA exemptions) and coordinating necessary documentation.
• Oversee incentive and equity-related payroll processing for RSUs, NSOs, and ISOs, ensuring precise tax calculations, accurate reporting, and timely estimated tax submissions.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for payroll inquiries from employees and internal stakeholders, ensuring responsive and high-quality support.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on payroll experience, with demonstrated expertise managing complex, multi-state U.S. payroll operations; CPP or FPC certification is a plus, but not required.
• Proven experience administering payroll; Paylocity experience is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, and tax compliance requirements.
• Experience managing payroll considerations for employees on work visas, including proper application of visa-related tax exemptions (e.g., FICA exemption eligibility).
• Knowledge of equity and stock-based compensation (e.g., RSUs, NSOs, ISOs) and their associated tax and reporting implications.
• Experience managing payroll inputs such as bonuses, commissions, benefits, leave-of-absence scenarios, and retroactive adjustments.
• Strong analytical skills with a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain payroll concepts clearly and support employees and internal partners.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, confidentiality, and integrity in handling sensitive employee data.
• Experience with HiBob is preferred, but not required.

About Together AI

Together AI is a research-driven artificial intelligence company. We believe open and transparent AI systems will drive innovation and create the best outcomes for society, and together we are on a mission to significantly lower the cost of modern AI systems by co-designing software, hardware, algorithms, and models. We have contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets to advance the frontier of AI, and our team has been behind technological advancement such as FlashAttention, Hyena, FlexGen, and RedPajama. We invite you to join a passionate group of researchers in our journey in building the next generation AI infrastructure.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance and other competitive benefits. The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $150,000 - $170,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

Equal Opportunity

Together AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.

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