ABOUT GENERATE CAPITAL

Generate Capital is a leading investment and operating platform for sustainable infrastructure. Founded in 2014, Generate has been accelerating the Infrastructure Revolution for years, partnering with pre-eminent innovators with a diversified fleet of over 2,000 sustainable infrastructure assets, serving more than 1000 customers and communities. We are the one-stop shop for technology companies, developers and integrators for capital and help to deploy sustainable infrastructure and for customers to meet resilience, decarbonization and cost savings goals.

Climate change, and the related resource challenges of food insecurity, energy poverty, and water scarcity, require an unrelenting focus on delivering solutions at the urgency and scale required. At Generate, we believe that we can solve the world’s most pressing resource issues by taking a systems-level approach, one that has the appropriate time horizon and the financial, operational and human capacity to comprehensively address the challenges before us. We recognize that our stakeholder alignment is our license to operate: customers, communities, innovators, developers, employees, capital partners and the planet all must win.

We do work others can’t. Generate is the long-term, flexible, operationally capable, and values-driven partner for pioneering project developers and solutions providers, offering an empathetic and experienced approach to solving the world’s most important problems.

Joining Generate is an opportunity to help build a cutting-edge, values-driven organization that is redefining the economics of sustainable infrastructure. At Generate we take a long-term approach to our people and are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and empathetic workforce that is willing to roll up our sleeves and do what it takes to get infrastructure projects built. We integrate our values – integrity, collaboration, excellence, intellectual honesty, and accountability – at all levels, in all of our decisions. Certified as a Great Place to Work, Generate offers employees a collaborative culture, opportunities for personal growth and exposure to ongoing learning opportunities.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are looking for a dynamic and thoughtful individual who is organized, detail-oriented, a strong communicator, and thrives in a fast-paced growing organization. This person understands the value of strong processes and will enthusiastically familiarize oneself with our software systems to assist in managing seamless, efficient, and highly organized payroll & benefits administration process. This person is passionate about the type of work Generate is doing, looking to apply their experience to help scale a growing business. This person can juggle – and juggle well – managing a variety of systems and projects simultaneously while providing the highest standards of service.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as the Payroll Manager:

• Manage payroll and benefits administration, ensuring all forms of compensation are properly reconciled and paid timely
• Process payroll on a semi-monthly basis including preparing and loading data batches, processing and auditing payroll reports, and post processing tasks as assigned
• Manage the following payroll tax (federal, state, local, FICA, etc.) activities: ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, set up payroll earning and deduction codes, answer employee questions related to tax forms (state withholding, W-4, etc.), troubleshoot issues related to the payroll tax
• Ensure accurate processing of new hires, terminations, raises, bonuses, leaves of absence, bank and address changes, and other personnel events in our payroll and HRIS
• Register new local tax jurisdictions and/or earnings and deduction codes, and set up in the Paylocity system
• Process health benefit enrollments and qualifying event changes and all benefit related documents
• Handle duties related to managing insurance plan elections, (i.e. medical, dental, vision, 401k, life, accident, disability insurance, HSAs, FSAs)
• Work closely with benefit brokers and vendors to ensure timely and accurate ACA reporting compliance, 5500 filings, IRS and DOL filings and audit responses, and all other benefit related compliance obligations. Assist with benefit-related issues (i.e. deduction discrepancies)
• Ensure that plans are designed and managed in compliance with all applicable regulations such as ACA, HIPAA, DOL, FMLA and ERISA.
• Prepare and maintain specific employee files, inputs individual employee benefits information into employee database/system, ensuring accuracy, compliance and confidentiality, (i.e. unemployment claims, worker compensation, FMLA)
• Act as a key resource for employee payroll and benefit related processes and questions, including calculation of wages, deductions (including taxes and benefit premiums), PTO, enrollment, and other related inquiries
• Maintain a professional working relationship with staff and handle all benefit inquiries and complaints to ensure quick, equitable, courteous resolution
• Follow payroll policy and best practices as well as bring your own ideas to the table on how we can improve them
• Maintain the highest level of confidentiality for all employee payroll and personnel records

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

• A demonstrated passion for, or commitment to, our mission
• 4+ years of relevant experience at a high growth start-up and/or public company
• Minimum 2 years of payroll and tax experience in multiple states to include experience working with tax agencies strongly desired
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of payroll tax and the regulatory environment, which includes federal, multi-state, and local tax regulations
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, and ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Comfortable with Excel and other Microsoft office applications
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to payroll
• Experience with Paylocity, Expensify and Bill.com is a plus
• Enthusiasm in familiarizing oneself with our software systems and training employees on how to use them or problem-solve
• Outstanding communication and customer service skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening
• Unimpeachable integrity and glowing references
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening as well as strong writing, editing, and basic design skills.
• High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges
• Intellectual agility, curiosity, and creativity; problem-solving is your default mode
• Entrepreneurial spirit: flexibility, comfort with risk, recognition that “perfect can be the enemy of the good”