The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  HP is hiring a Payroll Specialist in Iowa City, IA.

• Role description

  The spreadsheets at HP are large, the stakes are real, and the Payroll Specialist chair has been empty too long. Bring 5 years of finance experience to a $94,000 - $130,000 role built around ownership, teamwork, and growth.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom
  • Keep depreciation schedules synced as assets retire across Iowa City
  • Resolve billing disputes and escalate aged receivables for collection
  • Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks
  • Lead the HP audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors
  • Manage banking relationships and optimize treasury operations

  What You'll Bring

  • Comfort owning finance decisions in an IA market
  • Comfort being measured against a clear senior bar
  • A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
  • Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
  • The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
  • A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email

  HP is the clarity-seeking IA company that built its name on finance work nobody else wanted to do properly. Giving and receiving direct feedback is a skill we practice openly across every level.

  Joining us means $94,000 - $130,000, a clear promotion ladder, paid family leave, and mentors invested in your success.

  This page reflects a live, current opening, refreshed just hours ago.

  Trade the maybe-someday for a definitely-now and apply to HP this afternoon.

• Required skills

  • External Audit
  • Anaplan
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • CIA Certification
  • Month-End Close
  • Fixed Assets
  • Presentation Skills
  • Strategic Planning

• Benefits & perks

  • Company-wide holiday shutdown
  • Dental insurance
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Public transit subsidy
  • Industry membership dues
  • Travel insurance for business trips
  • Paid jury and witness duty
  • First-week welcome kit
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Nap pods
  • Core hours flexibility
  • Free laptop and tech setup
  • Vacation Days

• Apply before 2026-08-15

  Submit your application for this Temporary finance position.