Payroll Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of progressively responsible payroll experience, including at least 3 years managing payroll staff.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, internet tools, other proprietary programs, and the Workday payroll platform.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to define problems, exercise sound judgment, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strong problem-solving ability, including grasping business issues quickly, developing effective solutions, and resolving complex issues among demanding parties.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and adapt to rapidly changing business conditions.
• Ability to strategize, design, execute, and communicate with all organizational levels.
• Results-focused, accountable, and strong sense of ownership.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to read and understand applicable materials and interpret company documents.
• Manual dexterity to operate a calculator or computer.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in HR, Accounting, or Finance, or an Associate degree with payroll certification (CPP), as described in the minimum requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in HR, Accounting, or Finance is preferred.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage corporate multi-jurisdictional and global payrolls, ensuring timely and accurate payroll and payroll tax processing, distribution, and reporting.
• Serve as the primary contact and support for on- and off-site HR Managers on payroll, payroll tax, and Department of Labor regulatory and compliance issues.
• Manage a team of 4–5 Payroll Specialists and provide training and skills development.
• Balance strategic work with hands-on daily, weekly, and monthly departmental tasks.
• Identify and, where needed, implement payroll compliance controls, including SOX-related controls.
• Communicate regulatory and operational payroll changes and their business impacts to leadership and business partners.
• Assist Finance with payroll and related reports and journal entries for month-, quarter-, and year-end close, and support auditor requests.
• Register for new state, SUI, and local payroll taxes as needed and add jurisdictions to the payroll system.
• Manage unemployment rates for registered payroll states and ensure current, accurate information in the payroll system.
• Recommend updates to payroll processing policies, procedures, and payroll systems program management.
• Interpret government regulations and company policies affecting payroll; update practices to conform to federal, state, and local guidelines in the US and EMEA, and communicate changes to relevant parties.
• Create, schedule, and distribute custom reports for business, finance, or external needs.
• Analyze payroll and related costs to identify trends and ensure accurate reporting.
• Complete ad hoc projects, reporting, account reconciliations, and other work supporting Finance and HR.
• Select and supervise department staff, and communicate, interpret, and discuss company policies and procedures with the team.
• Determine job objectives, work methods, and performance standards; review performance against objectives and provide employee feedback.
• Manage the Payroll team and authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline, and discharge; administer other personnel actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k)