Top Payroll Manager Jobs

The Payroll Manager oversees multi-state and multi-entity payroll tax compliance, including tax calculations, payments, filings, W-2s, reconciliations, and reporting. The role investigates discrepancies and notices, maintains procedures, supports audits, safeguards confidential data, and partners with payroll, HR, and accounting teams. It also contributes to process improvements, strategic initiatives, business continuity, and management reporting.

Oversee biweekly payroll processing, timekeeping, deductions, tax filings, benefits contributions, general ledger coding, reporting, audits, and W-2 processing. Ensure compliance with governmental, company, and union requirements; maintain payroll system changes and licenses; supervise payroll activities; answer employee and manager questions; and monitor legislative updates.

Manages multi-state, multi-entity payroll operations, including union and certified payroll, payroll tax compliance, reconciliations, controls, audits, systems, integrations, and process automation. Leads and develops payroll staff, resolves complex issues, partners with Finance, HRIS, IT, Legal, vendors, and union representatives, and ensures accurate, timely, compliant payroll processing.

Manages end-to-end multi-state and multi-entity payroll operations, including union, certified, and prevailing-wage payroll. Leads payroll staff, establishes controls, oversees reconciliations, supports tax and audit compliance, resolves complex issues, and partners with HRIS, IT, Finance, Accounting, Legal, vendors, and union representatives. Serves as payroll systems subject matter expert and drives integrations, automation, testing, and process improvements.

Lead end-to-end payroll operations for multiple senior living communities, including weekly processing, tax compliance, audits, system administration, reporting, controls, and process improvement. Manage payroll staff, employee setup, special payments, W-2 processing, payroll metrics, and cross-functional support with HR, Benefits, and Accounting. Ensure accuracy, compliance, timely processing, and continuous improvement across the payroll function.

Manages end-to-end, multi-state and multi-entity payroll operations, including union, certified, and prevailing-wage payroll. Leads payroll staff, ensures tax and regulatory compliance, oversees reconciliations and controls, resolves complex issues, supports audits, and partners with HRIS, IT, Finance, Accounting, Legal, vendors, and union representatives. Serves as payroll systems subject matter expert and drives integrations, automation, process improvements, and risk mitigation.

Manage global payroll operations across assigned geographies, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing. Lead a payroll team, oversee statutory filings, tax payments, reconciliations, accounting entries, audits, vendors, and employee inquiries. Support the transition from fragmented providers to a global payroll platform, improve policies and procedures, and drive operational efficiency and compliance.

Leads accurate, compliant payroll operations for more than 1,000 employees across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Manages a payroll team, oversees tax compliance, reconciliations, controls, funding, audits, vendors, employee support, and payroll systems. Partners with Accounting, Finance, HR, Treasury, and Legal while driving process improvements and system upgrades.

Manages college payroll operations, including payroll processing, deductions, benefits, taxes, garnishments, retirement contributions, reconciliations, audits, regulatory reporting, and year-end W-2 processes. Ensures compliance with federal and state laws, maintains payroll controls and systems, resolves sensitive payroll issues, supports HRIS configuration and improvements, and supervises payroll staff. Provides employee guidance, training, reporting, and coordination with accounting, finance, IT, and other college departments.

Owns multi-country payroll across the US, UK, Singapore, Argentina, and EOR countries. Responsibilities include payroll operations, tax and statutory compliance, benefits deductions, contractor payments, vendor and EOR management, equity and commission processing, reconciliations, controls, and audit readiness. The role will also lead payroll expansion into new countries and use AI and automation to improve accuracy and reduce manual work while protecting sensitive employee data.

Leads payroll operations and a team of Payroll Analysts, overseeing end-to-end processing, reconciliations, audits, tax administration, controls, compliance, issue resolution, and year-end activities. Partners with HR, HRIS, Benefits, Finance, and Accounting to ensure accurate payroll services. Manages payroll systems, process improvements, reporting, funding, employee concerns, and payroll-related projects while maintaining data security and operational accuracy.

Manages end-to-end payroll processing, including on-cycle and on-demand payments, audits, reconciliations, integrations, metrics, case assignments, specialist training, performance coaching, issue escalation, process improvements, and payroll functionality testing.

Oversee end-to-end weekly payroll for more than 1,000 multi-state employees, including salaried, hourly, and union workers. Manage UKG Pro payroll and Workforce Management timekeeping systems, ensure compliance with wage, tax, prevailing wage, certified payroll, and union requirements, audit reports, resolve discrepancies, and coordinate payroll reporting and audits. Partner with Finance and HR on reconciliations and system improvements while supervising, mentoring, and reviewing the Payroll Specialist.

Leads payroll tax initiatives across the US, Canada, and LATAM; partners with business, Legal, Product, Finance, and FinTech teams on tax-compliant products and processes. Manages tax controversies, authority correspondence, audits, controls, reporting, and continuous improvement. Advises on international tax, cross-border services, marketplace relationships, contracts, and evolving regulatory requirements while driving strategic execution in a high-growth environment.

Oversee high-volume, multi-state payroll processing for salaried and hourly employees across multiple pay groups and cycles. Ensure payroll tax, reporting, regulatory, SOX, and internal-control compliance; manage reconciliations, W-2s, audits, and payroll reporting. Lead payroll system enhancements, testing, issue resolution, and vendor partnerships. Supervise and develop payroll staff while collaborating with Finance, HR, IT, Operations, auditors, and executives.

Oversee biweekly payroll processing for more than 1,200 employees across 35+ states. Ensure accurate wages, deductions, taxes, PTO administration, records, reporting, audits, and compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Maintain payroll systems, resolve employee inquiries, recommend process improvements, and collaborate with HR and Accounting. The role requires strong payroll, HRIS, analytical, organizational, and compliance expertise, with occasional evening or weekend work.

Leads global payroll initiatives across AMER and EMEA, including vendor implementations, country launches, system integrations, process improvements, automation, and cross-functional programs. Partners with payroll, HRIS, Benefits, Accounting, People teams, and vendors to manage requirements, risks, dependencies, and delivery. Provides hands-on payroll processing, validation, reconciliation, troubleshooting, and operational support while establishing scalable program-management practices and improving payroll controls and employee experience.

Leads end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing. Manages payroll staff through training, coaching, and performance development; oversees payments, audits, reconciliations, reporting, issue resolution, and regulatory compliance. Drives process improvements, maintains payroll documentation, supports Workday and other payroll system enhancements, and collaborates with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Manages bi-weekly payroll processing, payroll reporting, general ledger entries, timekeeping systems, payroll differentials, holiday schedules, and internal and external audits. Trains supervisors and employees, responds to payroll inquiries, supervises the payroll department, and coordinates special projects. Requires payroll management experience, supervisory experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with office software.

Leads end-to-end, multi-entity payroll operations, including processing, tax compliance, reconciliations, audits, funding, system administration, controls, and vendor management. Supervises payroll staff, manages payroll systems and integrations, ensures regulatory compliance, resolves complex issues, and drives process improvement. Partners with HR, Finance, IT, and organizational leaders while preparing reports and supporting year-end activities.

Leads large-scale union and non-union payroll operations, ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreements, US GAAP, SOX controls, FLSA, and payroll regulations. Oversees payroll payments, reconciliations, banking, configuration testing, acquisitions, process improvements, and cross-functional initiatives. Manages team development, performance, succession planning, and strategic alignment. Requires 7–10 years of progressive payroll management experience, including oversight of payroll for organizations with 25,000 or more employees.

Oversee accurate, timely US and Canadian payroll processing through an external provider. Manage payroll compliance, tax filings, deductions, timesheets, reconciliations, audits, reporting, year-end cycles, workers’ compensation classifications, and incentive calculations. Resolve employee payroll inquiries, maintain procedures, train backup staff, improve processes, prepare labor budgets, and coordinate payroll data with finance and internal departments. The role also supports expense review and other accounting activities.

Oversee the City's payroll operations, including payroll processing, audits, reconciliations, accounting, compliance, payroll reporting, and employee compensation records. Manage payroll systems and vendor relationships, troubleshoot discrepancies, support timekeeping initiatives, monitor payroll budgets, and ensure compliance with laws, contracts, and collective bargaining agreements. Provide guidance and training to departmental payroll staff, collaborate with Finance, HR, Treasury, Retirement, Legal, and IT, and act as Payroll Director when needed.

Leads end-to-end multi-state payroll operations for a project-based professional services organization. Oversees payroll personnel, compliance, tax reporting, reconciliations, audits, PTO administration, reporting, and employee support. Partners with HR, Finance, Accounting, Benefits, IT, and business leaders while leading HRIS implementations, integrations, system upgrades, automation, testing, and process improvements. Ensures accurate, timely, scalable, and compliant payroll operations across jurisdictions.

Oversee international payroll operations for the U.S., India, and Canada, including processing, compliance, tax remittances, reconciliations, reporting, and vendor management. Supervise payroll staff, resolve complex payroll issues, maintain controls and audit trails, and lead process improvements and system enhancements. Partner with HR, Finance, IT, benefits providers, and external vendors to ensure accurate, compliant payroll and support audits, implementations, and payroll-related reporting.