Better - Manager - Payroll Accounting

Better is redefining homeownership and making it simpler, faster and most importantly more accessible for everyone. We leverage technology and expertise to find ways that we can make the homebuying journey more approachable and understandable.

Right now, we are funding over $1.5 billion in home loans per month

We have funded over $14 billion in loans and $3.5 billion in insurance

We ranked #11 on Fortune's Best Places to Work in Financial Services 2020

Our Founder and CEO was named in Comparably Top 25 CEOs for Diversity

We were listed to Forbes- FinTech 50 2020

And #15 on the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50

We have secured over $254 million from our investors to date

Our company is made up of driven, passionate people who bring their unique backgrounds and perspectives to everything we do, and we are committed to fostering diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. We see the perspectives that each person brings and a diverse workforce as essential for individual and collective success. We believe it's important to foster a company culture that encourages curiosity and passion from employee resource groups and learning opportunities to team outings and community outreach.

The Better mission is rooted in values that drive us.

Job Responsibilities

- Process payroll including required and voluntary deductions and variable inputs

- Balances the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.

- Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures

- Complies with income tax law, Labour law state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new

legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.

- Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential

- Maintains payroll staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.

- Maintains payroll staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

- Maintains payroll information by designing systems; directing the collection, calculation, and entering of data.

- Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, deductions, income tax liabilities

- Pays employees via issuance of paychecks or electronic transfers to bank accounts on monthly basis

- Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave,gratuity

- Managing Income tax declarations and proof of Investment submission by employees as per Income tax law

- Managing Employee help desk for payroll and income tax related issues

Requirement

- Bachelor's / Master's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field preferred

- 6 - 8 years of experience working with MNC in Payroll accounting profile

- Should have strong analytical and decision making skills

- Familiarity with Grey HR and Workday implementation would be an added advantage

- Good understanding of TDS, Employee Income Tax Slabs, Exemptions, and deductions available under different sections of Income Tax Law

- Strong interpersonal skills for interacting within different departments, cross function and management team.

Better is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions at Better are based on a person's merit, business needs, and role requirements.

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