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# Payroll Specialist at Sequoia

- **Company:** Sequoia
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sequoia/2fba12ab-7073-4628-a18d-ab7d7755de58

## Job description

Who We Are:

Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies of all sizes achieve their business goals through smarter people spend. For 24 years, we’ve guided the most innovative employers to navigate growth and get the most out of their global people investment. With our expert advisory team and integrated platform, we help clients drive business impact through their total comp and benefits, improving executive decision making, controlling costs, protecting the business, and elevating the employee experience. Visit Sequoia.com http://Sequoia.com or follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/sequoia-tpi/%22%20/t%20%22_blank to learn more.

What You Get to Do:

The Payroll Specialist is at the center of Sequoia One’s operations, and an ongoing point of contact for our clients. You will be working with multiple clients to process data and deliver accurate and timely payroll.

- Process accurate payrolls in accordance to specified deadlines
- Maintain payroll data (client and employee level)
- Interface with clients internally and externally to assist with inquires and resolve any issues
- Work with various vendors (time and attendance, payroll/HRIS)
- Maintain and create document process workflows
- Assist with quarter and year-end activities (returns and W-2 filing)
- Represent Sequoia’s client service commandments to come through for our clients at all times
- Report back to management team on program implementations, and status of defined accountability metrics

Sequoia’s Culture – Our most important asset

- Integrity
- Passion for service
- Innovative
- Growth oriented
- Caring for others
- Promise-centric
- Focused on relationship building

Sequoia provides equal opportunity to all applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, citizenship, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

## Compensation & Benefits

Sequoia provides competitive compensation including base salary, performance-based bonus programs, and comprehensive benefits package.

Sequoia’s Candidate Privacy Policy

https://www.sequoia.com/legal/candidate-privacy-policy/

## About Sequoia

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Sequoia is an integrated platform and advisory firm that helps investor‑backed companies optimize their total compensation and benefits spend.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: San Mateo, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Greg Golub

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Total Compensation & Benefits solutions (Business Consulting and Services, HR Technology)
- Target customers: Investor‑backed companies of all sizes (startups to large enterprises), B2B
- Mission statement: *“To come through for people who put their trust in us.”* (sequoia.com/company/about)

## Products & Services
- **Sequoia OS™** – Integrated platform that unifies compensation, benefits, and risk management.
- **Advisory & Brokerage** – Expert strategic guidance on comp, benefits, and risk tailored to each client’s growth stage.
- **Outsourcing & PEO** – Co‑employment and HR outsourcing to ease administrative burden.
- **Investor Solutions** – Services designed to help investor‑backed companies meet compliance, budgeting, and reporting requirements.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – USD 140 M (LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Clients/Partners**: Over 2,500 clients across 140+ countries; NPS of 75 (sequoia.com)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount growth of 10.2% YoY (1,049 employees as of mid‑2026)
  - Geographic expansion to 14 countries (U.S., India, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Singapore, etc.)
  - Active job postings up 600% month‑over‑month (LinkedIn)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated platform + advisory**: Combines technology (Sequoia OS) with dedicated human experts, differentiating from pure‑software or pure‑brokerage competitors.
- **Deep specialization**: 24+ years exclusively focused on investor‑backed companies.
- **High client satisfaction**: 75 NPS and 2,500+ clients indicate strong retention and trust.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding global footprint and platform capabilities.
- Deepen relationships with investor‑backed companies across their lifecycle.
- Invest in technology to automate and unify people‑spend decisions, while maintaining high‑touch advisory.

## Why Work Here
- Culture described as “people‑first”, collaborative, and driven by service. (sequoia.com/company/careers)
- Perks: competitive compensation, performance‑based bonuses, best‑in‑class benefits, generous parental & family leave, flexible R&R policies, paid volunteer time off.
- Recruiting approach: relationship‑based (direct outreach, networking, referrals) rather than traditional job postings.
- Global, distributed team with opportunities in multiple countries.
- Engineering and product teams are growing (open roles include Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Lead Backend Engineer, Data Scientist, etc.).

## Sources
1. [sequoia.com](https://www.sequoia.com/)
2. [sequoia.com/company/careers](https://www.sequoia.com/company/careers/)
3. [sequoia.com/company/about](https://www.sequoia.com/company/about/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/sequoia-tpi/jobs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sequoia-tpi/jobs)

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