Top Payroll Jobs

Oversee accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing; validate payroll data, manage tax filings and year-end activities, resolve discrepancies, support audits, maintain payroll systems, and prepare reports. Partner with HR and Finance on employee changes, ensure regulatory compliance, safeguard confidential information, and mentor junior payroll staff.

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.

Manage domestic and international payroll processing, reconciliations, deductions, taxable benefits, audits, compliance, reporting, and employee inquiries. Collaborate with Finance, HR, and IT teams on payroll systems, documentation, process improvements, and special projects. The role requires accurate handling of confidential information, payroll legislation, labor surveys, and employment verification requests.

Processes weekly and biweekly payroll for approximately 90,000 employees using SAP Payroll. Analyzes, audits, reconciles, and resolves payroll issues; supports payroll interfaces, documentation, configurations, vendor services, compliance, and payment distribution. Requires strong attention to detail, problem-solving, communication, payroll knowledge, and familiarity with wage-and-hour regulations.

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.

Process end-to-end payroll for multiple companies using Workday, including time submissions, payroll transmissions, reconciliations, tax notices, garnishments, bonuses, deductions, 401(k) funding, GL entries, and audits. Analyze payroll accuracy, troubleshoot processing issues, resolve tax matters with third-party providers, prepare reports, improve processes, and support administrators and business partners.

Process accurate, timely US and Canada payrolls; collaborate with internal teams and external providers; maintain payroll records; support audits, reporting, reconciliations, and variance analysis; answer employee payroll questions; monitor legislative changes; ensure compliance; meet KPIs and SLAs; and contribute to process improvements.

Lead semi-monthly payroll processing for approximately 800 U.S. and Canadian employees. Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local tax regulations; resolve payroll issues; coordinate benefits deductions and external vendors; support year-end filings, audits, and reporting; improve payroll processes; and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Lead semi-monthly U.S. and Canadian payroll for approximately 800 employees, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local regulations. Resolve payroll issues, coordinate benefits deductions and vendors, manage year-end tax filings and audits, provide reporting and analysis, improve payroll processes, and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Manage weekly certified payroll, union reporting, payroll audits, employee records, wage and benefit tables, termination checks, tax and benefits corrections, reconciliations, and complex payroll reports. Provide team guidance while ensuring compliance with multi-state tax regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and government reporting requirements.

Processes weekly and multi-company payroll, including certified payroll, union reporting, garnishments, deductions, termination checks, tax records, and benefits. Maintains accurate employee payroll data, conducts payroll audits, responds to employee inquiries, supports internal and external audits, and assists with year-end reporting. The role requires familiarity with multi-state tax regulations, payroll systems, and construction or multi-craft union environments.

Process weekly and semi-monthly multi-state payroll, ensuring accurate employee data, tax withholding, reporting, and regulatory compliance. Maintain HRIS records, support audits and year-end W-2 and ACA reporting, manage employee payroll inquiries, and coordinate updates with HR, finance, and managers. The role also assists with EEOC and worksite filings, process improvements, and confidential employee data management.

Support bi-weekly/semi-monthly/monthly payroll processing for a defined population: data entry, timekeeping review, off-cycle adjustments, reconciliations, reporting, compliance, W-2 support, and employee payroll inquiries under senior guidance.

Process weekly payroll accurately and on time by reviewing timekeeping data, correcting discrepancies, managing deductions and garnishments, balancing payroll records, preparing banking and liability reports, maintaining employee pay profiles, and responding to payroll inquiries. The role works closely with Finance, HR, supervisors, employees, and third parties while protecting confidential information and independently resolving payroll issues.

Leads end-to-end payroll operations across the Americas, including complex in-house U.S. payroll and outsourced services in Canada and Latin America. Oversees compliance, taxation, controls, accounting, vendors, risk management, people leadership, technology transformation, automation, and AI initiatives. Partners with HR, Technology, Legal, Tax, Accounting, and Treasury teams to improve payroll accuracy, scalability, efficiency, and employee experience.

Owns Workday Payroll configuration, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, and continuous improvement. Manages payroll rules, tax setup, general ledger mapping, journal entries, reconciliations, data integrity, and compliance controls. Partners with HR, Accounting, and other stakeholders to develop scalable automated solutions, document processes, resolve errors, and lead AI adoption within payroll. Requires substantial payroll systems expertise, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to manage complex technical objectives independently.

Processes semimonthly U.S. payroll, including wages, deductions, benefits, garnishments, and multi-state tax filings. Supports payroll tax reconciliations, year-end W-2 processing, tax notices, and international payroll coordination with external providers. Collaborates with HR, Legal, and Finance, uses Excel and AI-powered tools for validation and reconciliation, and escalates complex tax or compliance matters.

Process accurate and timely payroll for airline employees, including reviewing payrolls, verifying pay changes and deductions, maintaining records, correcting errors, responding to employee and agency inquiries, supporting tax compliance and reporting, and collaborating with accounting and operations. The role requires confidentiality, organization, attention to detail, independent work, deadline management, and occasional non-standard hours.

Processes multi-state payroll for multiple clients across varied pay cycles, audits payroll changes and registers, manages payroll tax compliance, reconciles deductions, supports accounting entries and reporting, and answers employee and manager questions. The role also supports payroll implementations, conversions, year-end close, process improvement, internal controls, and M&A integrations while documenting procedures and maintaining wage-and-hour compliance.

Processes scheduled and off-cycle payrolls, enters payroll changes, calculates payroll, validates data, and resolves client inquiries. Maintains assigned client accounts, supports payroll projects, ensures compliance and accuracy, and collaborates with HR, Finance, Operations, supervisors, and clients. The role requires strong attention to detail, analytical problem-solving, communication, organization, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Processes scheduled and off-cycle payrolls, including employee updates, hours, earnings, deductions, tax overrides, calculations, and data validation. Responds to client inquiries, manages an assigned book of business, troubleshoots payroll discrepancies, maintains accurate records, and ensures compliant, timely processing. Collaborates with Payroll Supervisors and cross-functional HR, Finance, and Operations teams while handling confidential employee and compensation information.

Coordinates U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, payments, reconciliations, filings, audits, and tax agency inquiries. Maintains payroll tax accounts, researches discrepancies, processes withholding forms, supports year-end W-2 and T4 activities, and files amended returns when needed. Leads HRMS tax release testing and provides payroll tax support for business transactions and special projects. The role also assists with manual checks, positive pay, invoice reconciliation, HRIS setup, and compliance policy implementation.

Process full-cycle, multi-state weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees. Maintain payroll records, validate time and attendance data, calculate wages and taxes, process manual payments and employee transfers, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Respond to payroll inquiries, support audits, resolve discrepancies with HR, Finance, and IT, monitor leave-related pay, and maintain strict confidentiality while meeting deadlines.

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.

Processes weekly, semi-monthly, and custom payrolls for small-business clients. Calculates pay using tax tables, audits payroll and timekeeping records, resolves out-of-balance conditions, enters new hires and pay changes, processes levies and garnishments, and prepares management reports. The role provides client-facing payroll support and maintains accurate employee payroll records while meeting tight deadlines.