Payroll Manager

The Payroll Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for enterprise payroll. This leader ensures accurate, timely and compliant payroll delivery while maintaining strong oversight of plan administration, governance, vendor performance, financial integrity and audit readiness.

• Own end-to-end in-house payroll operations in Workday across weekly, biweekly and semi-monthly cycles and multiple legal entities.
• Set payroll governance, processing and systems strategy in alignment with enterprise financial, compliance and technology objectives.
• Monitor and implement federal, state and local payroll, tax, wage-and-hour and calculation requirements.
• Own payroll tax filings, reconciliations and agency issue resolution across federal, state and local jurisdictions.
• Direct integrations among Workday payroll, retirement platforms and financial systems; identify automation, AI and process improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency and the employee experience.
• Lead the effort from a payroll perspective to integrate new business and new acquisitions.
• Develop a high-performing team of 9 through clear priorities, coaching, performance management and succession planning.
• Support the Ace sponsored benefit plans from a payroll perspective including, participant deferral calculations, coordination of communications, compliance, audits, inquiries and coordination with plan partners.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for excellence, and ability to lead their team in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will also have the ability to communicate effectively and work seamlessly with the executive team, Human Resources and other business partners within the organization.

• Approximately $800 million in annual payroll processing.
• Approximately $176 million in payroll taxes withheld and remitted.
• Approximately 38,000 employees processed annually, with approximately 13,800 active employees.

• 10+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience, including 5+ years at the manager or director level in high-volume, multi-state and multi-entity environments.
• Demonstrated leadership of in-house Workday payroll, including configuration governance, change management and testing strategy.
• Deep knowledge of payroll operations, financial controls, payroll taxation and regulatory compliance.
• Strong analytical, communication and judgment skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into practical business solutions.
• Proven success leading teams, managing change and improving processes through technology and automation.
• Strong commitment to audit readiness, internal controls, record retention and data privacy.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.

$120200 - $149950 per year

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits
* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly…