Payroll Supervisor

This is an exciting opportunity to join the King County Sheriff's Office as a Payroll Supervisor.

This position will provide strong leadership for five (5) payroll support staff and Payroll Specialists, and oversee the processing of bi-weekly payroll for over 1,100 employees by ensuring compliance with complex union contracts, federal, and state laws.

The Payroll Supervisor will oversee the full payroll cycle, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, and handle sensitive financial data with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.

The position will work directly with all levels of management and provide high-level customer service to commissioned and non-commissioned roles. The supervisor performs a variety of non-routine and increasingly complex payroll tasks, exercises discretion and independent judgement in processing payroll data, and assists with special assignments and projects.

This position is only open to current King County employees.

The Payroll Supervisor is a civil service classified position. The recruitment and hiring process will be administered in accordance with King County Civil Service Rules. You can access these rules at Civil Service Rules.

For more information about application requirements go to civil-service-application-

For more information about King County Service please visit our King County Civil Service website.

• Provide leadership, supervision, direction, and training in all aspects of payroll and related operations.
• Supervise payroll staff by overseeing, directing, monitoring workflow and work product. Manage employee performance to ensure payroll work items are completed accurately and by assigned deadlines.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all payroll related matters and payroll projects.
• Participate in strategic planning efforts and develop and/or revise payroll policies and procedures for assigned work unit as necessary.
• Provide research and analysis related to financial data including payroll issues regarding overtime, special duty, salary earnings history, labor contract settlements and retroactive payments.
• Develop, plan, and manage special projects within work unit.
• Direct and assist staff in handling difficult or unusual payroll issues through research and interpretation of policies, contracts and procedures.
• Manage daily payroll decisions tied to contractual labor obligations, navigating complex financial variables that directly impact the Sheriff’s Office budget and expenditures.
• Work with external auditors, labor negotiators on 11 KCSO union contracts, public disclosure requests, and central payroll staff on complex and time sensitive questions related to payroll.
• Testify at labor arbitration hearings (when needed) as payroll subject matter expert for department.
• Work closely with management to identify and interpret technical information on current payroll administrative policies and procedures and help resolve complex payroll problems related to labor contracts.
• Coordinate with Central Finance and labor relations on contract implementation, COLA, payroll calendar development, future policies and computer systems conversions.

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional, comprehensive accounting and payroll operations experience. An equivalent combination of education and professional experience in financial operations within a large organization may be considered.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in labor contract administration and interpretation
• Extensive experience with payroll production processing
• Labor contract implementation and administration experience
• Experience in complex payroll research and information gathering
• Strong interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution, and delegation skills
• Supervisory or lead experience in payroll operations or related area
• Strong organizational and collaboration skills

• You must be a United States citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, or deferred action childhood arrival (DACA) recipient
• You must have the ability to read, speak, and write in the English language fluently
• Verify that you do not meet any of the KCSO Automatic Disqualifying Behavior requirements
• You must be able to meet all KCSO background standards as listed in section 10.14 of the Civil Service Rules. Background…