Sr. Manager, Payroll Services (part-time / Stamford, CT)
About The Position
Knoa Pharma is a public health-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing the opioid crisis. Our focus is on expanding access to lifesaving overdose reversal medicines and affordable treatments for opioid use disorder. Owned by a not-for-profit foundation, everything we do is centered on improving public health, saving lives, supporting recovery, and bringing forward medicines that make a meaningful difference. Knoa Pharma has a robust generics and branded portfolio of medicines in development to address unmet medical needs, and it supports public health initiatives to address the opioid crisis. Its public health-minded purpose enables the company to expand access to lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medicines and affordable treatments for opioid use disorder – at no profit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; or five to seven years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A thorough understanding of payroll administration and payroll legislation is essential for this position.
- Experience with Dayforce HCM and Dayforce Payroll.
- Strong understanding of payroll accounting and GL entries.
- Ability to analyze, interpret and implement current payroll legislation.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries from federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
- Advanced and creative problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical abilities, and detail oriented.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation helpful.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary company contact and relationship manager for the payroll outsourcer, ensuring payroll services are delivered accurately, timely, securely, and in accordance with established service expectations.
- Coordinate the payroll calendar, including required employer approvals and fundings.
- Perform payroll responsibilities not completed by the outsourcer, including issue resolution, internal approvals, reconciliations, reporting requests, and cross-functional coordination with HR, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and Tax.
- Monitor payroll tax compliance and incoming tax correspondence to ensure accurate tax reporting, remittances, reconciliations, amendments, new state and local registrations and account terminations.
- Support the payroll outsourcer in the administration of payroll-related benefit deductions including 401(k), Supplemental Savings Plan, HSA, FSA, garnishments, disability, and workers’ compensation deductions or payments.
- Manage taxable tuition and relocation and imputed income for life insurance.
- Support payroll-related compliance activities, including company and benefit audits, workers’ compensation renewals, payroll tax apportionment and required government surveys.
- Develop and maintain payroll accounting processes, including general ledger interfaces, account reconciliations, payroll adjustments, journal entry support, and financial reporting requirements.
- Respond to employee and management inquiries regarding payroll and payroll reporting.
- Manage year-end and year-begin payroll activities, including updated benefit deductions from Open Enrollment, W-2 review, taxable wage and benefit reporting, annual reconciliations, and coordination of required corrections with the outsourcer.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Supplemental Savings Plan
- HSA
- FSA
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Manager
