Job Title: Payroll Manager
Job Location: Eastern Shore, AL
Salary: $90,000-100,000k
Payroll Manager
Our client is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee the full-cycle payroll function for a multi-state workforce. This role will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely weekly payroll processing, payroll tax compliance, reconciliations, reporting, and quarterly and year-end filings.
The Payroll Manager will serve as the company’s payroll subject matter expert, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations while monitoring changes in legislation and updating processes as needed. The position will also oversee payroll tax registrations, agency inquiries, audits, payroll systems, and the development of standardized payroll procedures.
This is a hands-on leadership role that will supervise payroll staff, manage departmental workflow, provide training, and partner with HR and company leadership on employee-related matters. The ideal candidate will have strong multi-state payroll experience, excellent attention to detail, knowledge of payroll tax regulations, and the ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end weekly payroll processing for a multi-state workforce
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll and tax regulations
- Prepare and file payroll tax returns, including Form 941s, state filings, and year-end W-2/W-3 reporting
- Perform payroll, tax, and general ledger reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
- Manage state tax registrations and payroll setup for new states
- Support internal and external payroll audits
- Monitor regulatory changes and update payroll processes accordingly
- Maintain payroll systems, procedures, and documentation
- Provide payroll and expense reporting to the Controller
- Supervise, train, and evaluate payroll department staff
- Serve as the primary contact for payroll tax agencies and audit inquiries
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality and accuracy in handling payroll information
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field preferred
- 5+ years of payroll processing experience
- 3+ years of multi-state payroll experience preferred
- 3+ years of supervisory or management experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of payroll taxes, wage and hour regulations, and payroll controls
- Experience with union payroll administration preferred
- Proficiency with payroll software and Microsoft Office
- CPP certification preferred
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and leadership skills