Payroll Manager

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Job Summary

AmeriLife is currently looking for a Payroll Manager to join our Finance team! The Payroll Manager will be in a collaborative role between HR and Finance to oversee and supervise the organizations payroll functions, ensuring pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations.

Job Description

Duties/Responsibilities

[The following reflects duties for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned.  Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time for business reasons.]

• The management oversight and delivery of payroll enterprise-wide ensuring timely and accurate processing of payroll transaction including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with all key stakeholders, promoting timely and open communication and productive partnerships to address common challenges, including the development of team members.
• The HRSS Payroll function consists of multiple process streams, including payroll processing for various payrolls.
• The Payroll Lead works in partnership with Accounting and HRBP Leads to ensure compliance with all standard operating procedures and timely and accurate transaction processing.
• Ensure Payroll operations are executed in compliance with standard procedures and consistently meet the service standards of completeness, timeliness, and accuracy.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Monitor the team’s quality and efficiency of end results.
• Ensure all established operational controls and reasonability checks are performed on a timely basis, and that the results of the testing are evidenced.
• Ensure that any Payroll breakages (service and/or financial) are documented and subject to timely reporting and to source/cause analysis, and that the necessary remediation actions are completed and tested on a timely basis.
• Ensure payroll delivery complies with all country legal and fiscal requirements and that all regulatory requirements are consistently met.
• Ensure all Payroll processes are demonstrably “audit ready” at all times and assume management responsibility for the successful outcome of all internal and external audits within the region insofar as they relate to the Total Rewards activity set.
• Ensure regular, documented vendor reviews are performed and that appropriate measures are taken to remediate poor vendor performance. Track ongoing vendor performance to ensure full remediation has occurred.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing in Workday, systems, and procedures.

Management and Supervision:

• Provide Payroll and Payroll Tax Leadership and Management direction for the Human Resources Organization
• Identify opportunities for and drive improvement in control processes, practices, and systems.
• Share identified best practices with the HR leadership team and identify and implement best practices.
• Drive talent development, including the development of succession plans for all critical positions on the functional team.
• Actively support employee engagement activities to promote timely two-way communication and a strong sense of ownership and common purpose across the team.

Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required.
• 5-7 years of related experience required.
• Strong Payroll and Payroll Tax experience is required
• Experience in Change and Project Management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes.
• Knowledgeable with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in Change and Project Management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrated drive, integrity, good judgment, adaptability, creativity, self-awareness, and ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Proficient with payroll software (Workday required)