Payroll Implementation & Transformation Consultant

Paper Trails Payroll • Kennebunk, ME

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Paper Trails is a Maine-based payroll, HR, and human capital management firm serving small and mid-sized businesses across New England. We're looking for an experienced Payroll Implementation & Transformation Consultant to lead new client onboardings from kickoff through their first few payrolls - and to keep making existing clients' systems smarter, faster, and more automated.

Requirements

• 2+ years working in the isolved suite, in a client service or project management environment
• Background in accounting, business, or HR
• Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, pivots, CSV cleanup)
• Sharp analytical and time-management skills, comfortable juggling several large projects at once
• Confident communicator with business owners by phone, email, and in person

Nice To Haves

• Degree in accounting, business, or HR
• FPC or CPP certification
• Familiarity with scripting concepts or AI tools

Responsibilities

• Lead new client onboardings from kickoff through their first few payrolls.
• Make existing clients' systems smarter, faster, and more automated.
• Act as the single point of contact for multiple concurrent client implementations, owning the full cycle: needs assessment, data collection, isolved configuration, testing, training, and first payrolls.
• Act as subject-matter expert on advanced configurations - building integrations with benefit carriers, 401(k) providers, and GL systems.
• Troubleshoot tax and compliance setups.
• Design process improvements that cut manual work and improve data accuracy.
• Mentor newer team members.
• Occasionally meet clients face-to-face.

Benefits

• Salary $65K–$75K based on experience
• Annual bonuses
• Profit sharing
• 100% company-paid health, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability (employee)
• 3% 401(k) company contribution
• Unlimited PTO
• All federal holidays
• Shortened Friday schedule (8:30–noon)
• Mon–Thu 8:30–4:00

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree