Senior Payroll Manager

Benefits

Parental leave

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Non-birth-parent leave

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Family-building benefits

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Salary

$230K-$300K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$106,409 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+7.7% - Faster than average

149% above the BLS role benchmark for finance aggregate.

Matched to SOC 13-2011 - Finance aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Finance From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Deadline

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About this role

Senior Payroll Manager San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA About Anthropic Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role You'll own US and Canada payroll operations end-to-end - hands-on in Workday, close to the details - while also managing and developing 1-2 direct reports on the US team. You'll report directly to the Head of Global Payroll and be a key leader in making sure North American payroll keeps pace with Anthropic's growth. Strategic importance: You'll be a key contributor to our compliance initiative - our framework for managing payroll tax obligations across US & Canada. You'll also be part of the team driving AI adoption within payroll: we're actively building out how AI tools can improve reconciliation accuracy, error detection, and reporting workflows. This isn't a future initiative - it's happening now. Responsibilities US Payroll Operations - Own full-cycle payroll processing for all US entities - multi-state, multi-frequency, exempt and non-exempt populations - Process complex equity compensation including RSUs, ISOs, and NSOs, ensuring accurate tax withholding and timely reporting - Manage high-volume payments: bonuses, commissions, severance, and equity events - Oversee quarter-end, W-2 preparation, year-end reconciliations, and resolution of federal and state tax notices - Maintain and continuously improve Workday payroll configuration -

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