Payroll Manager

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$109,000 per year to $130,000 per year

Telecommute Status

Hybrid

How many days a week at a regular work location?

2 days onsite

Announcement

PRIDE Industries is a fast-paced company with a mission:
To Create Jobs for People with Disabilities while providing high quality, value-added solutions to our nationwide customers. We are currently recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Description

PRIDE Industries

Job: Payroll Manager

Job Code: 381 - PR-Payroll Manager

HR Title Group: HR, Payroll & Training

Salary Grade: E18

FLSA Status: Exempt

Approval Date: November 2025

SUPERVISES: There are direct reports with this position.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under minimal supervision, the Payroll Manager manages the Company’s payroll processing and accounting function. Employees in this job class develop, implement, and administer payroll policies and procedures; develop long term strategic plans related to the payroll system platform; and serve as a liaison with other departments in the resolution of payroll related issues. This job class requires extensive knowledge of multi-state and federal wage and hour laws, reporting, and regulations, and the ability to manage a payroll staff function.

TYPICAL DUTIES:

• Plans, organizes and manages the payroll processing and accounting functions to ensure accurate, timely, and properly controlled payments to employees.
• Schedules and prioritizes tasks and ensures adherence to procedures, regulations and guidelines while minimizing errors.
• Supervises employees; ensures a competent, motivated team through hiring, training, development, counseling and reviewing the performance of employees.
• Develops, implements, and administers the Company’s payroll policies and procedures that are aligned and integrated with human resources systems and processes, and accounting controls and reporting.
• Defines and develops long-term strategic payroll plans, addressing system platform and administrative needs.
• Analyzes new contracts to determine and document payroll requirements, and trains payroll team accordingly.
• Ensures compliance with garnishment and support orders, and the proper application of federal, state, and local employee tax with holdings;
• Ensures a competent, motivated staff through effective hiring, training, counseling, supervising and evaluating.
• Schedules and prioritizes tasks, and ensures adherence to procedures, regulations and guidelines while minimizing errors.
• Cross-trains employees appropriately to ensure daily back up and coverage of departmental functions.
• Conducts and participates in regular departmental meetings; and solicits and accepts useful business improvement recommendations from staff.
• Serves as an information source and liaison with other departments regarding payroll regulations and department operations. Participates as a member of inter-departmental project teams.
• Oversees the preparation and filing of W-2 and related tax forms; various local, state, and federal tax submissions; and statutory reports. Ensures that required payments are executed to the proper entities.
• Responds to internal and external audit reviews of payroll records.
• Resolves non-routine payroll issues and ensures that staff is engaged in reconciling issues;
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five or more years of payroll processing including three years in a supervisory role;
• Certified Payroll Profession (CPP) preferred;
• Understanding of federal and state laws and interpretations regarding wage taxation and payment;
• Ability to supervise assigned staff to meet production goals and follow practices and procedures in a high-volume department;
• High degree of computer literacy in specialized software related to departmental operations including payroll systems, and database, Internet, spreadsheet, and word processing programs;
• Supervisory skills to hire qualified employees, provide for their professional development, administer performance management and disciplinary processes effectively, and address employee relations appropriately;
• Ability to effectively supervise and develop assigned team to meet production/service goals while adhering to safety policies and rules;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; to make presentations and respond to inquiries by senior management, customers and/or employees;
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, reasoning, problem solving and analytical skills;
• Exceptional customer service skills;
• Human relation skills to build effective relationships with team, customers and public;
• Advanced computer literacy including knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software;
• Knowledge of business English including vocabulary, spelling, and correct grammatical usage and punctuation;
• Mathematical skills to include the ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations;
• Ability to establish priorities and solve a wide range of…