Salsa is rebuilding the most important piece of the business stack: paying workers. We believe workers should be paid faster, more easily, and more transparently, so we're building next-generation payroll infrastructure to support the future of work.

Salsa is an embedded fintech company. We believe payroll should be built directly into the tools businesses already love to use, so we help other software platforms launch their own modern payroll products with our APIs and infrastructure. Turning every modern SaaS platform into a cutting-edge payroll provider will finally disrupt the $50bn of revenue that’s going to legacy payroll providers each year - and we think it’s about time.

We’re an accomplished team of payroll technology experts who love to build and have experience working on this problem at the startup stage and at large scale — in both the US and abroad. We’re well-funded, ready to grow, and love to work from offsites in exciting corners of the world, so bring your ambition and your passport.

Salsa is looking for a Payroll Onboarding Manager to lead the critical task of onboarding and migrating new businesses to our payroll platform. This is a hands-on role requiring meticulous attention to detail, expert payroll knowledge, and a knack for solving complex data challenges. You’ll be responsible for ensuring a seamless transition for businesses, managing mid-year payroll data migrations, and evaluating risks associated with new customers. Based on your experience, this role may involve managing a team to scale these operations.

If you’re excited about working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment and shaping processes from scratch, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Data Migration: Access previous payroll providers or work with provided reports to accurately map year-to-date payroll data for each employee and resolve unpaid tax liabilities for the business.
• Risk and Fraud Evaluation: Assess onboarding businesses for risk and fraud, investigate anomalies flagged by our risk systems, and escalate issues as necessary.
• Process Development: Define and optimize the onboarding processes to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Team Leadership: Grow into a leadership role by building and managing a team to support onboarding and migration functions.
• Collaboration: Partner with sales and customer support teams to meet tight onboarding deadlines and ensure a smooth transition for new businesses.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain exceptional attention to detail to ensure error-free onboarding, leveraging advanced spreadsheet skills to handle complex payroll data.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of unpaid tax liabilities and tax deposit schedules
• 4+ years of experience with payroll, including hands-on experience with payroll data migrations, specifically working for a payroll provider.
• Strong payroll background in 50 states, prior payroll support experience.
• Proficiency in working with complex spreadsheets (e.g., advanced Excel/Google Sheets formulas such as VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data validation).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate risk and investigate anomalies.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality, accurate work.
• Experience managing people or a strong desire to grow into a leadership role.
• Self-starter with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• Intentional about working in a small startup: it’s going to be intense but rewarding
• Self-motivated-go-getter who can work autonomously but also thrives in a team environment
• High proficiency with Google Workspace, Slack, Zendesk, etc

Culture Fit

• Passionate about defining processes instead of simply following them.
• Embraces the high growth, ambiguity, and challenge of working in an early-stage startup.
• Excited about shaping the future of payroll technology and joining a mission-driven team.

Why Join Salsa?

At Salsa, we’re not just building payroll infrastructure—we’re modernizing how businesses pay their workforces. By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to create meaningful impact, take ownership of critical processes, and grow alongside a rapidly scaling startup.

Are you ready to dive in and help us shape the future of payroll? Apply now!