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# Payroll Specialist - Dallas, TX at Cobalt Service Partners

- **Company:** Cobalt Service Partners
- **Location:** Cobalt Service Partners - Hq
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltservicepartners/jobs/5447112008

## Job description

[Cobalt Service Partners](https://www.cobaltsp.com/) (CSP) is building the nation's leading commercial access and security integration platform. Backed by [Alpine Investors](https://alpineinvestors.com/), we partner with founder-led businesses that install, maintain, and repair commercial gates, doors, loading docks, and integrated security systems.

Since launching in late 2023, we've welcomed 22 partner companies into Cobalt. Each one has its own team, practices, and local history. Bringing them onto shared processes and systems without disrupting the people who built them is central to how we grow. Payroll sits right at the heart of that work.

## About the role

Cobalt Service Partners is hiring a Payroll Specialist to own accurate, on-time payroll for a group of operating businesses. Each business has its own employees, pay schedules and quirks, and you'll be the person they count on to get it right every cycle.

We're a startup, so our payroll processes, procedures, and systems are still taking shape. Processing payroll is the core of this job. Helping us build the way we do it — documenting steps, tightening controls, and shaping our systems as we grow — is the other part.

## What you'll do

Payroll processing (most of your time)

- Run end-to-end payroll for multiple businesses on weekly, biweekly and semimonthly schedules
- Collect and verify hours, new hires, terminations, pay changes, bonuses and commissions before each run
- Calculate and process deductions, garnishments, PTO accruals and benefit withholdings
- Review payroll registers for accuracy and resolve discrepancies before funds are released
- Make sure federal, state and local payroll taxes are withheld, filed and paid on time, including quarterly and year-end filings (941, W-2, W-3)
- Answer employee and manager questions about pay, deductions and tax forms
- Reconcile payroll to the general ledger and prepare journal entries or reports for accounting
- Support audits, workers' comp reviews and year-end close

Building how we work

- Write and maintain step-by-step procedures and checklists for each business you support
- Spot errors, manual workarounds and risks, and propose fixes
- Help evaluate, set up, or migrate payroll and HR systems as we standardize
- Bring newly added businesses onto our payroll process smoothly
- Partner with HR, accounting, and local business managers to keep data flowing cleanly

## What you bring

- 3+ years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally across more than one company or EIN
- Working knowledge of federal and multi-state payroll tax rules, wage and hour law, and garnishments
- Experience with at least one major payroll platform (for example ADP, Paychex, Paylocity, Gusto or UKG)
- Strong Excel skills: lookups, pivot tables and reconciliations
- A high bar for accuracy and confidentiality
- Clear, friendly communication with employees and managers who aren't payroll experts

## Nice to have

- Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
- Experience with field-service or hourly workforces (overtime, shift differentials, job costing)
- Experience helping implement or migrate a payroll system
- Exposure to acquisitions or onboarding new entities

Who thrives here

- You're comfortable when the answer is "we haven't decided that yet" and you'll help decide it
- You fix the root cause, not just this cycle's error
- You write things down so the next person doesn't have to guess
- You can juggle several pay calendars without missing a deadline
- You ask questions early and flag problems before payday, not after

## Why Cobalt

- Real variety. You'll support multiple partner companies, each with its own team, pay practices and history. It's not the same payroll every week.
- A hand in building it. Our payroll processes and systems are still taking shape, and you'll help design them instead of inheriting someone else's.
- Work that matters to people. The technicians and installers keeping our customers' buildings secure count on you to get their pay right.
- Competitive base salary, full health benefits, 401(k) with match, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability coverage, and professional development support.

Cobalt Service Partners and its operating companies are equal opportunity employers. Employment is at-will.

## About Cobalt Service Partners

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cobalt Service Partners is a permanent home for market-leading commercial access and security businesses, acquiring and supporting them while preserving their local brands and culture.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Alpine Investors)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (likely founded in the 2020s)
- **Founders**: Tyler Hoffman (Co-Founder & Co-CEO); another co-founder is not named on public sources.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Facilities Services / Commercial Access & Security
- **Target customers**: B2B – specifically owners of commercial access and security companies (door installation, access control, video surveillance) looking for a long-term acquisition partner; and their end customers (businesses needing commercial door and security services).
- **Mission statement**: “Securing legacies, unlocking possibility.”

## Products & Services
Cobalt Service Partners does not offer a single product to end users. Instead, it provides a platform for acquired companies via its "buy and build" model:

- **Acquisition & Stewardship**: Buys market-leading commercial access and security businesses, keeping their local brands, leadership, and culture intact.
- **Operational Support**: Provides hands-on help with recruiting (especially technicians, sales, leadership), training and professional development, finance and accounting, compliance, and technology implementation.
- **People Development**: Offers access to learning programs, training hubs, and a national network of peers for employees of partner companies.
- **Long-Term Home**: Positions itself as a permanent owner (not a flip or roll-up into a bureaucratic machine), allowing founders to exit while preserving their legacy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed as a private company.
- **Key Metric**: Headcount of 55 employees (as of mid-2026), with strong growth: +25.7% YoY.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by **Alpine Investors**, a values-driven investment firm.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Acquired at least three companies: **Automatic Entrances of Wisconsin** (Sep 2024), **Digi Security Systems** (Jun 2024), and **Piedmont Door Solutions** (date not specified).
  - Portfolio includes 16+ partner companies across the US (Toepfer Security, i-Tech Security, Homeland Safety Systems, etc.).
  - Rapid LinkedIn follower growth: +110.6% year-over-year, now at 10,850 followers.
  - Actively hiring with 22 open positions across finance, operations, M&A, and field technician roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **People-first stewardship**: Unlike typical private equity roll-ups that cut costs and centralize, Cobalt preserves local brands, leadership, and culture.
- **Long-term ownership model**: Described as a “permanent home” for acquired businesses, not a flip. This builds trust with sellers who fear losing their legacy.
- **Alpine Investors backing**: Access to capital, talent networks, and operational expertise from a well-known PE firm committed to "building enduring businesses by investing in and developing exceptional people."
- **Niche focus**: Concentrates solely on commercial access and security, allowing deep domain expertise and targeted support.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the portfolio through further acquisitions, building out operational infrastructure (recruiting, training, finance), and strengthening the network of partner companies.
- **Direction for growth**: Expand geographic footprint and service offerings by acquiring more market-leading companies in the same space, while investing heavily in the development of their people and technology.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a "people-first" ethos, stewardship, and "love learning" values. The company aims to create fulfilling, long-term homes for employees.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Employees at partner companies gain access to professional development programs and a national peer network. The company is actively growing (22 open roles), offering career advancement in a fast-scaling environment.
- **Work Model**: Mix of on-site (field technicians, regional roles) and remote (corporate functions: FP&A, Integration Controller). Headquarters in NYC.
- **Notable Perks**: Strong training culture, hands-on recruiting support, and a mission-driven focus on preserving the "blue-collar" roots of the business (named Cobalt to honor blue-collar workers).
- **Engineering/Technical Roles**: Field technicians and sales engineers are in high demand; the company highlights support for these roles as a core strength.

## Sources
1. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/why-cobalt)
2. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/our-team)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cobalt-sp)
4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltservicepartners)
5. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/our-companies)

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