Description

About the Role

As a Payroll Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records with a strong focus on payroll-related accounting. Your primary responsibility will be to oversee the general ledger functions, perform payroll account reconciliations, and assist in the month-end close process including partnering with our US Accounting team. This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys structured, detail-driven work and wants to grow their scope over time. You'll work cross-functionally with HR, AP, and FP&A teams to resolve discrepancies, match disbursements, and keep our books audit-ready year-round.

This is a remote role supporting our US accounting operations, working US hours:

Monday–Friday aligned to US West Coast (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST).

Location – Remote | Bandung, Indonesia

What You'll Be Doing

Payroll Recording

Preparing and posting payroll-related journal entries — regular payroll, bonuses, commissions, severance, and multi-subsidiary review
Working knowledge of payroll tax compliance (federal, state, local withholding and unemployment) — able to understand FICA and how state taxes work
Experience with benefits-related payroll accounting: 401(k), disability, life insurance, and health benefits journal entries and reconciliations
General payroll related daily bookkeeping, maintain employee record

Accrual & GAAP Knowledge

Solid understanding of GAAP as it relates to payroll: accrued PTO, bonus accrual, payroll tax accrual, reversing vs. non-reversing entries
Comfortable reconciling payroll-related balance sheet accounts to the GL each close cycle
Experience with multi-subsidiary or multi-entity accrual allocations (e.g., commission/bonus accruals split All Subs, LLC allocations)

Journal Entries & Close Process

Able to independently prepare recurring journal entries from a checklist/template and route for review (prepare review post workflow)
Comfortable with contractor-related accruals — verifying new contractors, checking amounts, reclassing to correct periods

AP/AR Exposure

Some experience reviewing open POs, contractor bill approvals, vendor reconciliations, and expense report review

Audit Support

Able to prepare clean supporting documentation, variance analysis, and transaction schedules for internal/external auditors during year-end audits

About You

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience
2-5 years of GL accounting experience, including hands-on payroll accounting (journal entries, accruals, reconciliations)
CPA preferred but not required.
Possess excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively organize and present information and respond to questions.
Experience with payroll platforms and comfortable with payroll register review
Independent thinker and problem solver with ability to present solutions.
Working knowledge of FICA, FUTA/SUTA, and multi-state withholding rules
Experience reconciling benefits deduction accounts, understand pre-tax vs. post-tax deductions
Able to work independently in a remote, distributed team environment across multiple time zones
Familiarity with Netsuite is preferred.
Experience with Dayforce or Numeric is a plus.
Strong understanding of multi-country or international payroll exposure a plus
Advanced excel skills.

About Us

NinjaOne unifies IT to simplify work for nearly 40,000 customers in 140+ countries.

The NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform delivers endpoint management, autonomous patching, backup, and remote access in a single console to improve efficiency, increase resilience, and reduce spend. By automating IT and managing all endpoints, organizations give employees a great technology experience at work.

NinjaOne is obsessed with customer success and has retained a 98% customer satisfaction score for more than 5 years.

What You'll Love

We are a collaborative, kind, and curious community
We prioritise your work/life balance offering a hybrid work environment and free in-office lunches throughout the week
We reward your work with opportunity for growth and advancement
Grow personally and together with one of the fastest growing companies globally
Develop your skills through our renowned training platform
Receive competitive compensation
Collaborate with an amazing international workforce

Additional Information

Applicants must hold valid working rights in Indonesia at the time of application. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer in accordance with Indonesia's Manpower Law. All applicants will receive fair consideration for employment regardless of nationality, gender, age, disability, or background. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace for all employees.

Payroll Accountant - Indonesia