Payroll Manager

Our client is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll operations across a growing multi-state healthcare organization. This role will own end-to-end payroll processing for corporate, clinical, and provider teams while ensuring compliance, system optimization, audit readiness, and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end multi-state payroll processing, including semi-monthly/bi-weekly payroll cycles for all employee populations.
• Manage payroll activities including new hires, terminations, leaves, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, and off-cycle payments.
• Review payroll reports and ensure accuracy prior to submission.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex payroll questions and employee concerns.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage-and-hour requirements.
• Manage payroll tax registrations, filings, reconciliations, and audit readiness.
• Maintain payroll policies, controls, and processes to support organizational growth.
• Optimize payroll systems, integrations, and reporting tools while driving automation and process improvements.
• Partner with Finance on payroll accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close.
• Support payroll integrations for newly acquired entities.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of payroll specialists while establishing strong processes and accountability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-state payroll processing.
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of payroll tax compliance, wage-and-hour laws, and payroll accounting practices.
• Experience with payroll/HRIS systems such as ADP Workforce Now, Workday, UKG, or Paylocity.
• Experience supporting healthcare, multi-site, multi-entity, or M&A environments.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with complex payroll data.
• Exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• CPP certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field; equivalent experience considered.