Payroll Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports.
• Understand proper taxation of employer paid benefits.
• Understand and balance garnishment calculations.
• Execute time and attendance processing and interface with payroll.
• Process accurate and timely year-end reporting when necessary (W-2, W-2c, etc.).
• Create Standard Operating Procedures.
• Process manual checks when necessary.
• Performs and manages daily payroll department operations
• Works with internal customers & employees for any request or clarification required.
• Works with Time and Attendance system processes, issues, reporting
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal controls, payroll taxes and payroll accounting
• In-depth knowledge of Multi-state tax requirements.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Working knowledge of Great Plains software, Nice to have

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required.
• 5-10 years of related payroll experience required.
• 5-7 years’ experience processing multi-state payroll.
• Working knowledge of payroll best practices.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state regulations.
• Strong PC skills including proficiency in Excel.
• Working knowledge of Payroll software such as Paychex and ADP Run
• Strong work ethic and team player.
• Teamwork
• High degree of professionalism.
• Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material.
• Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with various levels of management.
• Decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.

Job Type: Full-time