Payroll Manager
Skills
BusinessFinanceFinancial SystemsGarnishmentsHuman ResourcesHuman Resources Information SystemsIT Escalation
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 7+ years of payroll experience with complex payroll operations
- Experience managing payroll through third-party providers such as ADP or similar
- Experience with HR system integrations such as Workday
- Strong understanding of payroll compliance controls audits and tax reporting including W-2 T4 and multi-state payroll
- Experience in a scaling public-company or SOX-controlled environment
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and high accuracy ownership and employee experience focus
- Willingness to work with teams in European and Asia time zones and travel occasionally
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting Finance HR or related field
Nice to have
- Strategic
- Detail-oriented
- Collaborative
- Process-driven
- Analytical
- Leadership
Day to day
- Lead end-to-end payroll operations for the US and Canada, ensuring accurate and timely processing across complex multi-state and multi-provincial requirements.
- Own payroll platform configuration, audits, tax filings, issue resolution, and vendor coordination while acting as the subject matter expert for ADP.
- Partner closely with HRIS, People Solutions, Corporate Technology, and Finance to reconcile data flows, resolve discrepancies, and support controls, reporting, and year-end filings.
- Lead and develop a distributed payroll team, building scalable processes, documentation, and automation to improve accuracy and employee experience.