Payroll Manager

As a Payroll Manager, your goal is to lead all payroll operations and strategy, ensuring timely and accurate processing of payroll for Briggs & Stratton employees across the United States and Canada, while ensuring full compliance with federal, state/provincial, and local regulations. You’ll also oversee the project to implement a new payroll system, including planning, testing, integration processes, etc., and manage third-party vendors and a direct report to achieve established payroll objectives and operations. Finally, you’ll maintain a strong focus on data integrity to ensure the data’s accuracy and security; driving continuous improvement efforts, enhancing the efficiency in payroll processes and maximizing the utilization of third-party vendors.

You will do this by:

• Managing and processing payroll for both the US and Canada across multiple frequencies (i.e., weekly, semi-monthly), ensuring timely and accurate calculation of wages, deductions, and taxes.
• Staying informed on legislative changes; ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state/provincial, and local payroll regulations, including wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Managing and evaluating the relationships with payroll vendors, ensuring service level agreement expectations are met, and is seamlessly integrating with internal processes.
• Maintaining the highest level of data integrity within payroll systems and processes, ensuring the accuracy, confidentiality, and privacy of employee data; implementing data-integrity standards and protocols.
• Generating and analyzing payroll reports to identify trends, variances, and any potential issues or insights to report to management.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for process and system improvements, including streamlining workflows, automating tasks, and leveraging technology to enhance the efficiency of operations.
• Ensuring accurate and timely tax calculations, filings, remittances, and reconciliations on tax accounts.
• Performing a full range of managerial responsibilities which may include but are not limited to: interviewing, hiring, coaching, and developing employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; EEO/AA, performance management, department budget.

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or related field OR equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum of seven, with ten or more preferred, years of progressive experience in payroll management.
• Minimum of three, with five or more preferred, years experience leading/managing a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with payroll system implementations.
• Strong working knowledge of Dayforce and/or UKG software.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification.

Additional Knowledge & Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of payroll practices including payroll rules, regulations, and tax withholding laws.
• Strong analytical skills & ability to devise & solicit new approaches to solving system problems & automating payroll processes.
• Ability to motivate, guide, mentor, supervise, and review work of multi-functional staff groups.
• Strong written, verbal & interpersonal communication skills for effective interaction with diverse groups.
• Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities/projects along with ability to isolate and resolve problems within fixed time frames.
• Strong computer literacy, especially spreadsheet and document software.
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location.

Travel Required:

% of Travel: 0

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.