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Payroll Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 41+ payroll jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and summer Fridays—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include ConnectCPA, Arizona State University, and University of Washington.

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compressed weeks 8
summer Fridays 5
generous PTO 3
unlimited PTO 9
best places to work 6

Updated October 3, 2026

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Manager, Remote Accounting Services (PST)

14d

Supporting Strategies · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Transition Associate - Bookkeeping

ConnectCPA · Remote · Philippines

60 · GoodSummer Fridays

Senior Director, People Operations

Pindrop · Remote · USA

63 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Senior Bookkeeper

ConnectCPA · Remote · Philippines

60 · GoodSummer Fridays

Bookkeeping Manager (PH)

ConnectCPA · Remote · Philippines

60 · GoodSummer Fridays

Payroll Specialist (Netherlands)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · Netherlands +6 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO

Senior Payroll Specialist (Netherlands)

1mo

Oyster HR · Remote · Romania +6 more

72 · GreatGenerous PTO€62k – €72k

Senior Accountant

1mo

Consensus · Remote · USA

68 · GoodRotating 4 Day Week

Payroll Specialist

1mo

Arketa · Remote · USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$54k – $68k

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

2mo

Wealthsimple · Remote · Canada

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

Senior Director of People Operations

18d

Monzo · Remote · UK

56 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Online Bookkeeper (PH)

ConnectCPA · Remote · Philippines

60 · GoodSummer Fridays

Accounting Technician

Eidos Montreal · Hybrid · Montréal, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Business Operations Manager

Arizona State University · Onsite · Tempe, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$65k – $75k

Academic HR Specialist - SoM Academic Appointments and Compensation

University of Washington · Hybrid · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$60k – $90k

Department HR Specialist

Arizona State University · Onsite · Scottsdale, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$49k – $62k

Business Operations Specialist

Arizona State University · Onsite · Tempe, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$52k – $53k

Human Resources Generalist - Contact Center

16d

Cabify · Hybrid · Bogota, Colombia

72 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week

(Junior) Accountant

1mo

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

72 · GreatHalf Day Fridays

Customer Support Accountant

3mo

FreeAgent · Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK

72 · GreatSummer Fridays£32k – £36k

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Employers hiring for Payroll on this page include ConnectCPA, Arizona State University, and University of Washington. 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 42 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.

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Payroll Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 41+ payroll jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and summer Fridays—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include ConnectCPA, Arizona State University, and University of Washington.

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