Payroll Manager

THE COMPANY

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

STACK is looking for a Payroll Manager to supervise and coordinate payroll processing operations across multiple states in the US and in Canada. This detailed-oriented and analytical role works closely across our People & Culture and Accounting teams to support accurate and timely processing and reporting of all payroll data. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in understanding multi-state payroll and payroll tax requirements, understanding of systems and analytics to run and interpret reports, and the ability to work well across teams to solve discrepancies and review data.

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing in compliance with federal, state, and local laws, labor laws, and industry regulations
• Oversee processing of multi-state/province U.S. and Canadian payroll
• Provide payroll expertise and implement best practices
• Support processing and analysis of biweekly, monthly, and annual payroll data, including OT rates
• Support local, state, and federal payroll tax activities, including tax registration, tax updates and regulations, filings, and tax audits
• Review and input required garnishments, deductions, and leave
• Provide payroll data from Workday for required workers compensation state and federal reports
• Oversee and audit payroll General Ledger, including management of back-end attribution of roles across project or capital labor assignment
• Perform monthly OT variance analysis
• Assist Accounting and Finance in researching actual to budget variances
• Oversee and audit payroll GL and cash requirements to actual cash outflow
• Research and provide coding for payroll notices
• Oversee and audit management of Concur T&E expense reimbursements and reporting
• Support in system enhancement, process improvement, and implementation of Workday in Q1 2026

• Location:
  
  Denver, CO In office 3 days per week
• Travel:
  Minimal, less than 10%
• Compensation: $102,000 - $117,000 annually + bonus
• Benefits:
  Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred
• 3+ years of Payroll supervisory experience desired
• Deep knowledge of payroll functions, specifically payroll taxes and Canadian payroll processing in Workday preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Note to external agencies:
We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.

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