Senior Payroll Specialist

Join Coinbase as a Senior Payroll Specialist to lead biweekly payroll processing for U.S. employees. Work in a dynamic environment focused on economic freedom and continuous improvement. Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”

• •Own end-to-end biweekly U.S. payroll processing for salaried and hourly employees, including daily payroll cycles for non-qualified stock options.
• •Execute payroll input compilation from multiple sources, validating data for accuracy and completeness before each cycle.
• •Drive timely resolution of employee payroll inquiries in Jira within SLA, performing root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• •Partner with HR, Finance, and cross-functional teams to process employee changes in payroll and cross-check data accuracy.
• •Lead timecard tracking and reconciliation to ensure alignment between timekeeping systems and payroll records.
• •Support continuous process improvements by identifying opportunities for automation and efficiency gains in payroll workflows.

• •Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• •Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $105,060—$123,600 USD.

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law.

• •Experience with multi-state payroll processing experience, with demonstrated expertise in federal, state, and local tax compliance.
• •Proven experience processing payroll for employee populations that receive equity compensation, including restricted stock units.
• •Hands-on proficiency with payroll platforms (e.g., UKG Pro, Workday HCM) and HRIS integrations in a high-volume environment.
• •Track record of resolving complex payroll issues independently, with documented root cause analysis and process improvement outcomes.
• •Proficiency in Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian tools (Jira), and Apple products for daily collaboration and case management.
• •Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
• •Fluency with cloud-native data environments (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) and their metadata, lineage, and governance capabilities at scale.