Payroll Manager

This is a mostly remote role, with monthly travel. The role requires travel at least once per month.

This individual will own end-to-end payroll operations for approximately 3,000 employees across 10+ states and multiple legal entities while managing a small team of analysts.

The ideal candidate will have experience with multi-site management.

• Overseeing regular and off-cycle payrolls, maintaining payroll controls and approval processes
• Completing pre-payroll reviews and variance analysis
• Managing multi-state tax and wage compliance
• Reconciling payroll to the general ledger
• Supporting financial, retirement plan, workers’ compensation, and regulatory audits.
• Partner closely with Finance and HR, oversee payroll system and data integrity, support acquisition integrations
• Personally handle complex payroll issues, year-end processing, and tax matters.

• 8+ years of progressive payroll experience, including 3+ years supporting multi-state payroll for 2,000+ employees
• 2+ years of direct payroll team leadership experience
• Experience managing payroll internal controls, reconciliations, segregation of duties, and multi-entity payroll
• Experience supporting financial statement and retirement plan audits
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, HR, or related field, or Associate’s degree with equivalent payroll experience

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification or eligibility to obtain within 18 months
• Experience integrating payroll for acquisitions or new legal entities
• Payroll/HCM system implementation or conversion experience
• Experience with Form 5500 audits
• Experience supporting payroll environments with multiple FEINs