Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants · 6 hours ago
Payroll Manager
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $120K/yr
6+ years expLettuce Entertain You Restaurants is looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee all aspects of their multi-state, bi-weekly payroll operations for approximately 7,500 employees. This role requires expertise in payroll taxation, compliance, and team management, ensuring timely and accurate payroll disbursement while leading continuous process improvements.
HospitalityRestaurants
Responsibilities
Lead and manage the Payroll team to ensure all day-to-day and payroll cycle processes related to Lettuce and its affiliated companies' complex, multi-state payroll for 7,500+ employees of all types, ensuring compliance with all internal policies and federal, state and local laws and regulations, including oversight of those individuals’, providers’ and teams’ responsibilities to
Execute comprehensive processes and procedures to account for changes in employee status, terminations, tax jurisdictions, and statutory deductions
Manage the full payroll lifecycle, including processing manual checks, stop payments, voids, and reversals
Run and analyze pre-check and routine pre-payroll reports, proactively identifying and correcting discrepancies, errors, and exceptions
Perform payroll balancing by running reports, investigating variances, and determining and executing corrective actions
Set up new earnings and deductions codes ensuring proper taxation configuration
Research and resolve payroll discrepancies, errors and exceptions expeditiously and accurately through direct and frequent interaction with service providers and leaders and employees at all levels
Maintain proficiency in job functions of all direct reports’ positions and provide active back-up support when business needs require
Monitor, address and document individual Payroll and related team members’ individual employee performance
Communicate effectively with third-party service providers, executive leadership, partners, restaurant management, office teams, corporate teams and all employees to thoroughly communicate payroll and payroll-related policies and procedures and to investigate and resolve payroll and payroll-related questions, issues and concerns
Continuously drive improvements, automation, communication, and education to enhance the payroll process and administrator experience
Qualification
Required
6+ years of progressive, hands-on experience managing a high-volume, multi-state payroll
Expert-level knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax laws and compliance, including garnishment processing
Proven ability to manage quarter-end and year-end processing (W-2s, tax filings, etc.)
Experience in managing and developing a payroll team
Advanced proficiency with major payroll and timekeeping systems (UKG Pro & WFM experience preferred)
Possess certification such as Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
Skilled in driving process automation and improvements
Preferred
Advanced proficiency with major payroll and timekeeping systems (UKG Pro & WFM experience preferred)
Benefits
Paid Time Off - including Paid Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation
401(k)
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
Dental & Vision Insurance
Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
Domestic Partner Benefits
Restaurant Discounts
Employee Assistance Program - focusing on a commitment to mental health & wellness
Company
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
What has made Lettuce Entertain You a nationally-recognized restaurant company? It’s simple: we hire people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kevin Brown
CEO
Carrol Symank
Executive Partner - Vice President of Risk Operations
Recent News
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2025-08-13
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