Top Payroll Jobs

Owns complex U.S. payroll processing for more than 10,000 employees across multiple entities. Responsibilities include biweekly, off-cycle, and bonus payrolls; reconciliations; audits; tax compliance; W-2 processing; resolving payroll discrepancies; supporting HRIS enhancements and integrations; improving controls and processes; using AI-enabled tools; and mentoring team members.

Lead global payroll operations across multiple countries, including payroll strategy, compliance, systems implementations, vendor management, team leadership, and process automation. Partner with People Technology, People Operations, Finance, and external vendors to establish payroll for new entities, support market expansion, mitigate regulatory risk, improve efficiency, and ensure accurate, timely employee payments.

Oversee U.S. payroll tax compliance, reconciliations, notices, agency inquiries, filings, payments, registrations, and issue resolution. Coordinate with third-party payroll tax providers and partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, and other stakeholders. Support quarter-end and year-end processes, maintain audit-ready documentation and internal controls, research regulatory changes, and improve payroll tax processes to reduce compliance and financial risk.

Performs accounting and clerical functions, including month-end close data entry, journal entries, cash and account reconciliations, financial reporting support, fixed asset management, billing, payroll, accounts payable, and audit documentation. Assists the Financial Services Director with daily department coordination while ensuring accurate reporting and GAAP compliance.

Process accurate, compliant, high-volume US payrolls for multiple clients in a managed services environment. Responsibilities include reviewing payroll, resolving discrepancies, ensuring statutory compliance, improving processes, supporting client onboarding and parallel runs, communicating complex issues, escalating exceptions, and mentoring junior team members.

Processes accurate bi-weekly and off-cycle payrolls, including adjustments, deductions, direct deposits, stop payments, reissues, severance, and other special payments. Researches and resolves payroll issues, reviews queries and audit errors, supports payroll close activities, maintains confidential employee data, and provides professional assistance to HR managers, managers, and employees. Also supports vendor-managed payroll programs.

Prepares, audits, reconciles, and processes multistate and global payroll. Resolves tax, withholding, garnishment, wage-hour, system, and employee payroll issues; supports audits, reporting, tax filings, general ledger reconciliations, and incurred cost submissions. Maintains payroll controls and records, enters accounting and journal transactions, collaborates on system and compensation initiatives, and mentors junior payroll specialists.

Supports U.S. payroll tax compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Responsibilities include employee tax setup, withholding calculations, reconciliations, quarterly and annual filings, year-end W-2 processing, agency notice resolution, documentation, audit controls, vendor coordination, and process improvement. The role partners with payroll, HCM, finance, and external vendors while maintaining data accuracy and meeting quarter-end and year-end deadlines.

Processes and maintains payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable records. Verifies invoices, enters financial data into ERP and payroll systems, reconciles accounts, investigates discrepancies, processes payroll changes and tax documentation, manages billing and collections, and supports compliance with accounting procedures. Requires strong organization, communication, analytical ability, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

Manage multi-state payroll processing and employment tax compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Responsibilities include payroll transactions, tax filings, reconciliations, year-end reporting, tax notices, audits, payroll records, and resolving discrepancies. The role partners with Finance, People Operations, auditors, and external providers while using payroll, HRIS, tax, timekeeping, and Excel systems to improve accuracy, controls, and processes.

Leads payroll operations across the Americas and APAC, overseeing multi-country processing, compliance, controls, funding, tax payments, reconciliations, providers, and audit readiness. Manages payroll professionals, partners with Accounting, Treasury, People Tech, and HR teams, and supports Workday integrations, RSU processing, system enhancements, country implementations, migrations, and process improvements. Coaches the team and drives accurate, timely, scalable payroll delivery.

Processes regular and off-cycle U.S. payroll, calculates wages and deductions, reconciles payroll reports, validates timekeeping data, resolves employee inquiries, supports audits, maintains compliance with payroll regulations and SOX controls, documents procedures, and recommends process improvements.

Processes payroll across multiple entities, tax jurisdictions, and pay cycles. Audits timekeeping, leave, compensation, deductions, benefits, wage attachments, and payroll records; reconciles payroll in HRIS; processes adjustments; prepares reports; and answers payroll questions. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, supports HRIS testing and documentation, maintains confidentiality, and delivers accurate payroll processing within deadlines.

Processes accurate, timely bi-weekly multi-state payroll, including California wage-and-hour compliance, tax filings, deductions, garnishments, benefits, commissions, final pay, W-2s, and payroll journal entries. Maintains audit-ready records, reconciles payroll and benefit accounts, responds to employee and agency inquiries, supports audits and month-end close, and escalates complex compliance issues. The role also supports payroll process automation and requires in-office work Monday through Friday.

Oversee end-to-end Canadian payroll processing, ensuring accurate calculations, statutory deductions, tax compliance, and timely delivery. Resolve complex payroll issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and partner with vendors and internal stakeholders. Lead process improvements, quality reviews, automation, training, and team mentoring while supporting operational excellence and service-level commitments.

Process and review compliant multi-state payroll for domestic clients, coordinating with leadership and HR departments. Manage payroll inputs, PTO, sick leave, garnishments, liens, deductions, reimbursements, labor and tax compliance, and client-specific procedures. Provide support across multiple payroll and HRIS platforms while meeting deadlines and maintaining accurate records.

Short-term payroll tax consulting project focused on validating multi-state and local tax registrations, updating tax rates in Dayforce, closing inactive jurisdictions, and creating a proactive system for tracking and auditing payroll tax compliance.

Processes payroll data, wage and overtime calculations, deductions, advances, and employee record changes. Reviews timekeeping records, updates pay and tax information, maintains attendance records, and supports client payroll needs. The role requires confidentiality, organization, communication, Excel proficiency, and occasional overtime and travel.

Coordinate and execute US and Canadian payroll across multiple pay groups and cycles. Manage schedules, audits, reconciliations, compliance controls, employee inquiries, discrepancies, and special payroll activities. Provide operational guidance to Payroll Analysts, collaborate with global stakeholders and technical teams, monitor payroll KPIs, support system testing, and drive process improvements using analytics, AI, and automation.

Leads global payroll integrations for acquisitions and supports U.S. payroll transformation. Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional transitions, data conversion, testing, reconciliation, cutover, compliance controls, payroll system improvements, Workday-to-UKG Pro integration, automation, complex payroll processing, and year-end reporting. The role also develops integration playbooks, resolves operational issues, and delivers scalable process improvements.

Administer payroll for exempt and non-exempt employees, including processing employee changes, deductions, tax updates, reimbursements, garnishments, and withholdings. Transmit payroll data to third-party systems, reconcile discrepancies, maintain accurate records, and ensure compliance with regulations and collective bargaining agreements. Respond to employee payroll inquiries, process expense reimbursements, support internal controls, and maintain audit-ready documentation while meeting strict deadlines and protecting confidential information.

Process and reconcile multi-state payrolls, including taxes, deductions, liabilities, adjustments, and off-cycle payments. Manage payroll compliance, quarterly and year-end reporting, tax notices, reconciliations, and accounting entries. Maintain payroll system configurations, integrations, codes, security, workflows, and documentation. Investigate data issues, support audits, improve processes, and collaborate with HR, Finance, Legal, vendors, and payroll stakeholders.

Lead multi-state payroll for 5,000+ employees across bi-weekly salaried and weekly craft payrolls; manage two payroll supervisors; ensure compliance with federal/state laws, union CBAs, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage; drive process improvements, oversee tax filings and year-end W-2s, and partner with HR, IT, and Legal.

Supports payroll processing, payroll tax setup audits, compliance reviews, data validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution. Maintains payroll tax configurations across jurisdictions, investigates withholding and deduction discrepancies, responds to HR support tickets, and documents audit findings. Collaborates with Payroll, HR, and Finance teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations.

Leads multi-state and multi-entity payroll operations across the U.S. and Canada, managing a large payroll team and overseeing Workday processing, payroll taxation, prevailing wage compliance, reporting, controls, audits, garnishments, and regulatory filings. Partners with HR, HRIT, and Finance on data, time tracking, and payroll costing. Drives process improvements, training, system initiatives, business continuity, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring accurate, secure, and compliant payroll delivery.