Manager, Payroll & Benefits

Overview

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We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager, Payroll & Benefits that will oversee all payroll and employee benefits functions within our organization, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency. This role is critical in managing the end-to-end payroll process, managing comprehensive benefits programs, and maintaining adherence to federal, state, and local regulations. The Manager will have an opportunity to influence HR operations and lead key payroll and benefits initiatives.

They will also be responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives, implementing best practices, and leveraging technology to enhance payroll and benefits operations. Ultimately, this position ensures that employees are compensated accurately and timely, and that benefits programs support workforce satisfaction and retention. This position manages two direct reports.

• Payroll and Timekeeping:
  Serve as the functional lead for the Labor module during an enterprise ERP implementation. Responsible for requirement definitions, process mapping, system design, configuration validation, user acceptance testing, and change management. Ensure accurate labor costing, time tracking, and payroll integration while supporting a successful system rollout.
• Manage end-to-end payroll process for 1,000+ employees bi-weekly payroll – import hours, audit payroll preview, review PR registers.
• Act as the primary authority on payroll taxes including federal, state, and local requirements.
• Manage and file all required tax forms, including but not limited to:
  Forms 941, 940, W-2, W-3, State and local withholding and unemployment filings
• Manage Time Keeping systems for all changes:
  New Hires and Terms, Rate changes, Dept. Changes, Shift changes or set up new shifts
• Oversee/monitor/track all PTO from calculating initial eligibility through verification of usage
• Manage employee tax with holdings, direct deposits, and garnishments
• Manage 401(k) funding requests and reconcile calculated company matching, file contribution reports and confirmations
• Manage quarterly calculations of goal sharing bonuses and process year end management bonus payroll
• Oversee monthly PR journal entries (G/L, Benefits, PR/Benefits Accrual, 401(k) Match, Vacation accrual, Vacation Bank accrual, severance entries
• Provide New Manager training timecard training
• Paycom and Epicor experience a plus, proficient with or the ability to quickly learn payroll software required.

• Benefits, Wellness and Leave Administration:
  Partner with Director, HR Operations to develop multi-year strategic recommendations for benefit programs balancing multiple perspectives (e.g., regulatory, corporate, financial and employee perspectives).
• Manage the companies’ health and welfare benefits programs and defined contribution plan in compliance with plan documents and contracts including annual benefits processes, including open enrollment, plan renewals, employee communications, and wellness initiatives. Conducts a competitive analysis to ensure benefit programs are competitive. Ensures benefits are cost-effective and aligned with the organizational strategy.
• Manage the day-to-day employee benefit program operations; process eligibility, enrollment, life events and terminations in our Paycom HRIS.
• Manage leave programs, including parental, short and long-term disability, FMLA, ADA, and other leaves of absence and ensures that all leaves are in compliance with company policies, federal, state and city leave laws. Informs employees of company policies and procedures and…