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Hire-Authority · 1 week ago

Senior Payroll Manager (CPP Required, Relocation Available)

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $130K/yr

10+ years exp

Hire-Authority is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager for their international client located in the Montrose area. The role involves overseeing multi-state payroll functions and managing a team to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery.

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Hiring Manager

Jim Otto

Responsibilities

Oversee accurate and timely processing of weekly, bi-weekly, and semi-monthly payrolls that include salaried, hourly, tipped, seasonal and union employees in multiple states in the U.S. and Canada

Lead, mentor and professionally develop payroll team members toward the achievement of department, Company and personal goals

Ensure tax and regulations (Federal, states, and locals) are followed

Strong performance management background, engaging and comfortable addressing employee performance and goal setting

Strong communication with team to maintain team unity and camaraderie

Create and/or process reports to support executive and local management, Human Resources, Benefits, Risk Management and others as needed

Act as a payroll representative to service providers working with the Payroll office

Strong understanding and adherence to internal controls and SOX compliance procedures

Able to apply controls for development of processes and procedures of the department

Communicate and resolve issues for Human Resources, Accounting and other departments as needed

Understanding of Change Management best practices in order to communicate and deliver change to continuously improve departmental deliverables

Maintain high levels of customer service including response and resolution, as well as develop processes to improve the quality of customer service delivered by the department

Maintain a high degree of confidentiality and security of payroll information and data files

Consistently evaluate payroll processes and engage the team to develop and implement improvements on a continuous basis

Manage and ensure timely payroll turnaround times for responses, pay corrections, and reporting

Minimal travel may be required

Other duties and special projects as assigned

Qualification

CPP certificationPayroll managementUSCanadian tax regulationsPayroll systems knowledgeReport writing experienceMulti-state payroll experienceCustomer service skillsMicrosoft Office SuiteCommunication skills

Required

CPP certification required (and must be current)

Minimum of 10 years payroll experience with at least 5 years in managerial role

Experience as a Payroll Manager in an organization with greater than 10,000 employees

Knowledge of US multi-states and Canada provinces tax regulations

Knowledge of payroll systems and report writing experience

Knowledge of federal, state and local wage and hour laws, garnishments, payroll tax and regulatory reporting

Excellent customer service skills

Hands on and willing to step into processes and identify issues or areas for improvement

Experience with timekeeping, POS and other payroll related systems

Experience in a public traded company

Multi-state experience that includes California required

Able to operate within a flexible environment, where ambiguity requires interpretation

Strong communicator, understanding when best to lead and when to follow

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service. This includes assessment of customer needs, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction

Strong in Microsoft Office Suite