The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Carlyle Group is hiring a Payroll Specialist in Oakland, CA.

• Role description

  Carlyle Group is hunting for a Payroll Specialist whose comfort zone includes both SOX Compliance and the uncomfortable questions behind every variance. Everything about this junior Payroll Specialist post says trust — $77,000 - $112,000, internship flexibility, and 1 years rewarded with real say.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Forecast headcount costs and partner with HR on compensation planning
  • File quarterly sales-and-use tax across every CA jurisdiction we touch
  • Reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count without the drama
  • Translate Treasury Management dashboards into plain language for non-finance leaders
  • Build the cash-forecast that tells Carlyle Group when to draw the line of credit

  What You'll Bring

  • A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
  • Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
  • The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
  • Prior experience working on-site in Oakland, CA, or willingness to relocate
  • A collaborator who makes the junior review feel less like an exam
  • A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
  • Comfort with internship arrangements and the rhythms of a high-trust workplace

  Carlyle Group spent 1 years in the trenches of finance so its clients across Oakland, CA wouldn't have to. Collaboration over heroics is our default, and we'd rather win as a group than burn anyone out.

  Lead with the number, $77,000 - $112,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Oakland life.

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• Required skills

  • External Audit
  • Tax Preparation
  • SOX Compliance
  • Excel
  • Audit Sampling
  • Treasury Management
  • IFRS
  • Fixed Assets
  • Internal Audit
  • ACA
  • Facilitation
  • Presentation Skills
  • Interpersonal Skills

• Benefits & perks

  • Casual dress code
  • Competitive base salary
  • Professional association memberships
  • Voluntary benefits marketplace
  • Pet-Friendly Office
  • Tenure-based rewards

• Apply before 2026-12-14

  Submit your application for this Internship finance position.