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Etched is building custom hardware for frontier AI inference, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to optimize throughput and latency. The company is backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers.
You will own critical elements of the financial close process, specifically payroll, benefits, and related compensation expenses. This role sits at the intersection of People Operations and Accounting, requiring direct ownership over payroll accruals, reconciliations, compliance, and internal controls.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the payroll and benefits accounting close process with accurate accruals, reconciliations, reporting, and strong internal controls
- Reconciling payroll reports from third-party providers to the general ledger
- Preparing and posting payroll journal entries, including accruals for bonuses, commissions, and PTO
- Reconciling benefits portal data to payroll deductions and carrier invoices
- Investigating and resolving discrepancies between HRIS, payroll providers, benefits portals, and ERP systems
- Maintaining organized payroll and benefits documentation to support internal reviews and audits
- Ensuring payroll changes (new hires, terminations, compensation updates, bonus payments) have proper approval and documentation
- Maintaining up-to-date process documentation and supporting periodic internal control reviews
- Maintaining accurate configuration of earnings codes, deduction codes, tax settings, and pay groups within payroll systems
- Supporting integration between payroll platforms, HRIS, benefits portals, and connected systems
- Supporting system setup for new states, entities, and pay frequencies as the company expands
- Standardizing payroll processes to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency
- Maintaining payroll tax registrations across federal, state, and local jurisdictions
- Tracking and monitoring payroll tax filings prepared by third-party providers
- Coordinating state unemployment insurance registrations and rate updates
- Assisting with year-end reporting processes, including W-2 reconciliation and distribution oversight
- Coordinating responses to payroll tax notices from government agencies
- Collaborating with HR on new hires, terminations, compensation changes, and benefit elections
- Reviewing and validating HR-provided employee data prior to payroll processing
- Assisting in resolving employee payroll and benefits inquiries in collaboration with HR
You will partner closely with People Ops and Finance to ensure compensation activity is accurately recorded in the general ledger and supported by strong documentation and controls. This is a hands-on role requiring strong attention to detail, comfort operating in a fast-scaling environment, and a clear understanding of how payroll and benefits activity impacts financial reporting.
Etched is a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row) and values engineering skills and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 3 to 5+ years of general accounting experience with ownership of payroll and benefits close processes
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent
- Experience scaling systems in a high-growth environment
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills to work effectively across departments
