Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager

The Payroll Manager will be responsible for managing and administering all aspects of the payroll and timekeeping functions. The candidate must understand principles of payroll processing, payroll taxes, company-wide timekeeping, be able to work well with business partners and interact professionally with all employees. Specific duties include:

• Process accurate & timely payroll
• Perform production payroll tasks
• Perform pre and post payroll audits
• Analyze attendance data
• Follow-up on missing and/or incorrect data
• Understand and verify tax calculations
• Knowledge with employee and employer payroll income tax
• Understand and administer garnishment processing
• Troubleshoot basic system issues
• Independently troubleshoot all payroll related errors or problems
• Develop custom reports utilizing Cognos
• Document issues, resolutions and timing for all employee inquiries
• Take ownership for managing all aspects of designated responsibilities
• Communicate status/progress/future action items or recommendations to immediate manager
• Provides other administrative support to Finance management including maintaining files and performs additional projects and assignments in support of Finance as required
• Operates as Plan Administrator if our 401(k) plan
• Maintains ownership of and performs as the Subject Matter Expert on the Timekeeping module with the corporate Accounting Software (Costpoint TESS)
• Maintains Payroll and Timekeeping staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
• Maintains Payroll and Timekeeping staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results