Payroll Manager

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
85K-95K
Expert/Leader
Social Impact
The Role
Manage multi-location payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing, legal and tax compliance, audits, reconciliations, reporting, system maintenance, employee changes, and year-end filings. Train payroll staff, resolve discrepancies, monitor fraud and waste, coordinate external audits, maintain benefits records, and collaborate with Finance and HR. The role requires extensive payroll management experience, CPP certification, and preferably a bachelor’s degree.
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Description

Responsible for training and supporting the payroll team to ensure timely and accurate payroll processing, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local and benefits requirements and promoting an excellent customer service culture. Must have some knowledge of Paylocity/UKG payroll systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee payroll processing and operations for multiple locations, ensuring accurate and timely pay.   
  • Ensure strict and consistent compliance to labor laws, tax withholdings, wage orders, garnishments and year-end reporting.
  • Set up and maintain functional payroll systems (Paylocity/UKG).
  • Audit payroll transactions to ensure all amounts and payment dates are accurate.
  • Reconcile and prepare reports for ledgers, journal entries, 5500s, overtime usage, retirement, attrition etc.
  • Lead processing, accuracy and distribution of W-2 statements. 
  • Approve one-time or permanent changes in payroll (e.g. salary increases, tax deduction, bonuses).
  • Approve all employee changes from the self-service portal.
  • Train employees who are involved in payroll on best practices.
  • Manage payroll discrepancies quickly and efficiently.
  • Collaborate with Finance and HR to create payroll reports. Create and maintain all cost centers, allocations and new location codes.
  • Monitor and audit payroll for fraud, abuse and waste.  
  • Prepare onboarding material to enable new hires and add union codes, exempt status and benefit hours, payroll policy, CID and Respite codes. Help new hires understand the company’s compensation and benefits policies (Orientation).
  • Coordinate external audits (Work Comp. and 403B, 5500).
  • Answer payroll-related questions from employees and supervisors
  •  Maintain records for insurance and benefit partners (Employees contributions, loans and employer contributions).
  • Maintain system updates

Envision Unlimited offers competitive salaries and a generous benefit package to our professionals:

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Coverage: HMO, PPO

Dental and Vision Insurance Options

Company paid Life and LTD Insurance

Voluntary plans (Pet insurance, AD&D, Life, Critical Illness, Short Term Disability)

11 Paid Holidays

Paid vacation, sick time and personal days

403B plan

In house training and CEU’s

Employee Assistance Network

Support for pursuing clinical licensure (financial and time off)

Opportunity for career growth & development

Envision Unlimited provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Requirements

Qualifications:

A minimum of 10 years of payroll experience

At least five years in payroll management

Must be a CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting or business administration

Skills Required

  • At least 10 years of payroll experience
  • At least five years of payroll management experience
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting or business administration
  • Knowledge of Paylocity or UKG payroll systems
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The Company
600 Employees

What We Do

Envision Unlimited is a full spectrum of care organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health challenges from infants to senior citizens. Their mission is to provide quality services that promote choice, independence, and inclusion. Innovative services include community living options, day programs, employment, respite, mental health services, and specialized foster care for children with disabilities.

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