Operations Associate - Payments
Snorkel AI· 510 - DaaS G&A
Hybrid (Remote)$30/hr - $40/hrcontractPosted 3w ago
About the role
Three-month contract (40 hours/week) focusing on payments operations to support compensation for Expert Contributors in Snorkel AI’s data development network. Acts as front-linePayments Operations Associate handling payment issues, discrepancies, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to optimize payment workflows and maintain data traceability.
Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day queue of payment support tickets, serving as the primary point of contact for expert-facing communications on pay issues, discrepancies, and disputes.
- Investigate ticket issues by auditing contributor data and complex payment systems with dynamic bonus structures; flag errors or inconsistencies
- Resolve contributor’s pay disputes with clear, professional communication, escalating complex or sensitive issues as needed.
- Build and maintain SQL queries, scripts, automations and payment audit dashboards to speed up ticket investigation and reduce manual, repetitive work.
- Collaborate with Delivery, Operations, Finance and Engineering to troubleshoot discrepancies and streamline payment workflows for internal and external stakeholders.
- Help maintain payment compliance and data traceability for operations, audit and accounting purposes.
Qualifications
- 2-3 years of experience in a customer support, payments, payroll, or finance operations role, ideally with some exposure to variable/incentive-based compensation in a marketplace environment.
- Exposure to 1099 gig contractor compliance or payment strategy design (incentive programs, quality scoring, performance-based rewards), familiarity with compensation cycles, payment schedules, or contractor/contributor invoicing
- Demonstrated customer support experience by owning end-user or customer-facing communications, including sensitive or disputed payment conversations.
- Technically proficient in SQL (querying, extracting, validating data), Google Sheets (advanced formulas, complex spreadsheets), scripting/automation (e.g., Google Apps Script or similar), and building reports or visualizations,
- Experience with workflow automation tools such as Airtable or Zapier etc and reporting/dashboard tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Omni.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills; ability to manage a high volume ticket queue independently and prioritize concurrent requests with high attention to detail
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with comfort working cross-functionally across technical and non-technical teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
Skills
Required:SQLGoogle SheetsScripting/AutomationWorkflow automation toolsReporting/Visualization toolsCommunication
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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