Corporate Payroll Manager; Union

The Corporate Payroll Manager, Union is responsible for leading and overseeing payroll operations across multiple business units and geographic regions, with a primary focus on complex union payroll administration. The position requires expertise in administering multiple collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), union dues, fringe benefits, certified payroll requirements, prevailing wage regulations, and complex wage calculations. The Corporate Payroll Manager, Union will drive payroll consistency and operational excellence by developing, implementing, and maintaining standardized payroll processes across diverse business units.

This leader serves as a strategic partner to Finance, Accounting, Operations and Human Resources to ensure payroll compliance, process efficiency, and scalability in support of organizational growth.

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for multiple business units across various states, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, and collective bargaining agreement requirements.
• Administer complex multi-union payroll functions, including union dues deductions, fringe benefit calculations, pension contributions, health and welfare remittances, apprenticeship contributions, prevailing wage requirements and certified payroll reporting.
• Ensure compliance with multiple collective bargaining agreements and union-specific wage schedules, work rules, overtime requirements, and jurisdictional requirements.
• Review and approve payroll transactions including regular weekly payrolls, tax adjustments, bonus payments, off-cycle payrolls and ACH payments.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex payroll, tax, and union-related issues.
• Research, resolve, and document payroll discrepancies prior to final payroll approval.

• Serve as subject matter expert in the processes and systems utilized for the purpose of completing union payroll, to include payroll processing, HRIS, field services and ERP systems.
• Develop and implement standardized payroll policies, procedures, workflows, and best practices across multiple business units.
• Create consistent payroll controls and operating procedures that drive compliance and efficiency while supporting organizational growth and acquisitions.
• Play a key role in payroll system implementations, integrations, upgrades, conversions, and automation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes and improve reporting accuracy through system enhancements and process redesign.
• Develop and maintain payroll process documentation, workflow maps, training materials, and standard operating procedures.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, and union payroll regulations.
• Monitor changing payroll tax laws, labor regulations, prevailing wage requirements, and collective bargaining agreement provisions.
• Manage state payroll tax registrations, agency correspondence, audits, notices, and Power of Attorney filings.
• Oversee preparation and review of quarterly and annual tax filings, W-2 reporting, union reporting requirements, certified payroll reports and labor compliance documentation.
• Coordinate and manage internal and external payroll audits.
• Ensure payroll records are maintained accurately and in accordance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance to complete payroll reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, general ledger balancing, and month-end close activities.
• Reconcile payroll data between payroll systems and ERP platforms.
• Prepare and distribute payroll reports, labor analytics, compliance metrics, and management reporting.
• Support annual…