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Payroll Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 35+ payroll jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include Arizona State University, Fluxon, and Anthropic.

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4-day weeks 4
compressed weeks 4
generous PTO 4
unlimited PTO 7
best places to work 6

Updated September 13, 2026

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Manager, Remote Accounting Services

2mo

Supporting Strategies · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Senior Payroll Specialist (Germany)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · Romania +6 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€63k – €75k

Senior Accountant

16d

Consensus · Remote · USA

68 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

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Payroll Generalist

29d

WorkMotion · Remote · Egypt

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

People Partner

1mo

Fluxon · Remote · USA

62 · GoodNo Meeting Days$70k – $85k

People Partner

1mo

Fluxon · Remote · Canada

62 · GoodNo Meeting Days$75k – $90k

Senior Accountant (German Speaker)

4mo

saas.group · Remote · Germany

62 · GoodFlexible Hours

Operations Associate

1mo

Earth Species Project · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$75k – $85k

Payroll Specialist

1mo

Arketa · Remote · USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$54k – $68k

Lead, People Systems - Payroll, Absence and Time-Tracking

1mo

Wealthsimple · Remote · Canada

57 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$116k – $145k

Controller

10d

National Parks Conservation Association · Hybrid · Washington, DC, USA

90 · Excellent4 Day Work Week$116k – $139k

Department Human Resources Manager

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Arizona State University · Onsite · Tempe, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$70k – $80k

Junior People & Culture Manager

25d

AWIN · Hybrid · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

HR and Payroll Specialist

University of Washington · Hybrid · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$66k – $77k

Human Resources Site Coordinator

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Lake Charles, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$73k – $89k

Junior Payroll Administrator

10d

AVEVA · Hybrid · London, UK

66 · GoodGenerous PTO

People Operations Specialist

11d

carwow · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO

(Junior) Accountant (f/m/d)

1mo

Urlaubsguru · Hybrid · Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

72 · GreatHalf Day Fridays

Customer Support Accountant

2mo

FreeAgent · Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK

72 · GreatSummer Fridays£32k – £36k

Senior Staff HR Partner, International

Ridgeline · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Employers hiring for Payroll on this page include Arizona State University, Fluxon, and Anthropic. Payroll roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Payroll is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Payroll roles span the full seniority range — we list 36 open roles requiring Payroll across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Payroll hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Payroll roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Payroll candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Payroll on current listings.

Payroll Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 35+ payroll jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include Arizona State University, Fluxon, and Anthropic.

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