At Deckers Brands, Together, Every Step is a promise kept that every employee can bring their authentic self, is valued and supported, as a whole person, at work and beyond. Together, Every Step is how we continue to deliver exceptional business results, experience an amazing place to work, and have a positive impact on the communities and world around us.
Job Title: Payroll Coordinator
Reports to: Supervisor, Payroll
Location: Goleta, CA Hybrid
Typically, 3 times per week in office, Tuesday – Thursday
The Role
As a Payroll Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Payroll Specialist and ensuring accurate, timely payroll processing for North American entities. You’ll help maintain data integrity, resolve exceptions, and deliver essential reporting to departments and agencies, all while contributing to process improvements and employee experience.
We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.
Your Impact
- Manage time and attendance activities, partnering with managers to resolve exceptions, balance hours and earnings, and process manual payments
- Participate in payroll process design and enhancements, applying training to improve accuracy, efficiency, and service
- Produce and maintain payroll reporting for compliance agencies, benefit vendors, and internal stakeholders; deliver ad hoc reporting for wages, hours worked, garnishments, and deferrals
- Serve as payroll subject matter expert during implementations, upgrades, and change events, supporting testing and issue triage
- Crosstrain across payroll processes to provide backup coverage and ensure continuity of operations
- Develop and maintain training programs and materials for payroll products
- Partner with Accounting to support payroll billing, general ledger activity, reconciliations, and related processes
Who You Are
- FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification), or actively pursuing certification
- Experience supporting payroll implementations, upgrades, testing, and/or parallel runs
- Experience administering garnishments and benefits deductions
- 2+ years of payroll experience, including multi-entity and/or multi-state processing
- Working knowledge of payroll controls and compliance requirements (e.g., SOX concepts, audit support, data governance)
- Experience with time and attendance and payroll systems; ability to troubleshoot errors and resolve exceptions
- Proficiency in Excel (e.g., sum, lookups) and ability to produce reconciled payroll reports
- High attention to detail and confidentiality; ability to meet strict deadlines in a recurring payroll close cycle
Good communication skills and ability to partner effectively with employees, HR, Accounting, and external vendors
What We'll Give You –
- Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
- Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
- Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
- Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
- Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
- Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.
$23.46 - $29.33
The salary range posted reflects the estimated minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in:
Goleta, California
Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all the other beautiful parts of your identity.