The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Dollar Tree is hiring a Payroll Specialist in Anaheim, CA.

• Role description

  Dollar Tree grew faster than its finance function, so this Payroll Specialist role in Anaheim, CA carries unusual weight. Match 5 years and Leadership to this Anaheim job and you unlock $131,000 - $187,000, a contract schedule, and steady upward room.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate records in CPA Certification and recommend process improvements
  • Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind
  • Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
  • Translate the finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts
  • Own grant compliance so Dollar Tree never returns a restricted dollar
  • Keep the CA property-tax filings ahead of every assessor deadline

  What You'll Bring

  • Knowledge of CA-specific regulations relevant to finance work
  • Fluency in Cultural Awareness earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
  • Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
  • Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
  • Real Excel chops, plus the KPI Reporting curiosity to keep growing
  • Practical command of Treasury Management, with bonus points for Payroll Processing
  • The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself

  From its base in Anaheim, CA, Dollar Tree has spent the last decade making Fixed Assets dramatically less painful for finance teams everywhere. The door to every manager at Dollar Tree is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

  Step into $131,000 - $187,000, real mentorship, a benefits package that delivers, and the kind of flexible contract rhythm people rarely leave.

  Candidate outreach for this finance opening is happening as we speak.

  Your move: the Payroll Specialist role in CA is live, and the apply button is right there.

• Required skills

  • Journal Entries
  • Payroll Processing
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Excel
  • Treasury Management
  • KPI Reporting
  • CPA Certification
  • CFA Certification
  • SOX Compliance
  • Fixed Assets
  • Leadership
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Attention Management
  • Delegation

• Benefits & perks

  • Retention bonuses
  • Accessible workplace design
  • Yoga Classes
  • Headspace or Calm subscription
  • Lifestyle spending account
  • Game room and recreation space

• Apply before 2026-08-08

  Submit your application for this Contract finance position.