Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field required.
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) preferred.
• 10-12 years payroll experience including strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxation and withholding.
• 5 years of payroll leadership experience (required).
• Experience working in high volume, multi-state payroll environment including hands-on experience with tax and related compliance functions.
• Advanced knowledge related to taxability of fringe benefits including cafeteria plans, and nonqualified and qualified plans.
• Previous accounting experience and working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Strong PC skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) and experience with large ERP systems required.
• Experience analyzing complex transactions, processes or policies and documenting conclusion in memorandums or ad hoc deliverables. Strong knowledge of federal and state wage and hour laws.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee and handle multiple projects, competing priorities and deliverables including project management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and cultures.
• Demonstrated ability to express ideas clearly and persuasively in oral, written, and presentation forms.

Responsibilities

• Leads and develops the payroll team to support the maintenance of the Company’s payroll and payroll tax compliance function in accordance with established payroll policies and procedures regarding withholding, taxation of benefits, garnishments, relocation reimbursements and nonqualified plans.
• Determines Company’s compliance requirement with respect to withholding and reporting as it applies to payroll by interpreting relevant laws and regulations, including applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.
• Establishes and enforces procedures designed to verify the integrity of the payroll data prior to processing to ensure its accuracy.
• Reviews payroll work products, such as payroll audits, journals, certifications, and other work completed by payroll team members.
• Manages the design, implementation, and monitoring of the internal control structure to facilitate accurate and complete payroll process and related financial reporting.
• Manages the development of training and cross-training objectives to ensure effectiveness in job and mitigation of risk.
• Manages the development and communication of payroll policies and procedures. Administer the Company’s policies and procedures regarding compensation and benefits to payroll.
• Manages the tasks and processes and collaborates with key stakeholders to successfully complete payroll processing and related payroll tax deliverables.
• Communicates decisions, to key stakeholders across the division including internal customers, partners, and upper-level management.
• Identify payroll issues that require escalation and consultation with upper management and propose solutions.
• Manages continuous improvement and performance measurement models, techniques, systems, and tools that enable the monitoring of the payroll value stream performance health.
• Leads continuous improvement for the payroll team using performance metrics and data, and optimize processes to ensure quality, effectiveness, and delivery of customer value.
• Manages the performance management of third-party payroll providers and/or sourcing partners; create and monitor SLA adherence; operational issue resolution and escalation; general oversight of performance and process improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven business partnering skills with the ability to work across organizations and geographies to drive improvements and work through challenges and provide solutions.
• Constantly pursues exceptional results that take us ‘next level.’ Comfortable proposing, justifying, initiating, and implementing change.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and successfully navigate ambiguous situations.
• Proven leadership skills, managing, leading and developing a team. Provides training, coaching/feedback, appropriate delegation, goal setting & monitoring, as well as performance management to grow and develop a successful payroll team.