Senior Manager of Payroll

This Senior Manager of Payroll will oversee Payroll and report to the Chief Accounting Officer. You will ensure that all employees are paid on time and in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. You will also develop and implement new policies and procedures related to Payroll.
Responsibilities
Payroll Compliance:

• Handle tax corrections, DOL reporting monthly to IL and other states, and ACA
• Complete, W2 process, 1095, Garnishments/Child Support/Tax Levy

• Ensure that payrolls are processed in a timely manner, that they run successfully adhering to established regulatory requirements and laws, including tax and labor laws. This is achieved by setting up and maintaining appropriate policies, standard office operating procedures, and applying international, federal, state, and local payroll tax regulatory requirements
• Tax corrections, DOL reporting monthly to IL and other states, and ACA
• Set up key performance standards for payroll processing and carry out effective management of operations to ensure those standards are met
• Work cordially with colleagues of the department of human resources
• Coordinate the day-to-date activities of payroll in the assigned region, providing the team adequate training, guidance, and expertise
• Set measurable goals for the payroll office and staff to achieve, and ensure quality service is delivered
• Identify areas of payroll processing for improvement and generate ways of addressing and settling issues
• Interpret established policies to employees and managers and educate them on how to apply the policies
• Keep staff informed of changes to payroll policies, regulations, and procedures, and their effect and implementation
• Provide effective leadership, supervision, and guidance to payroll team members to enable them to succeed on their job
• Plan, supervise, coordinate, and evaluate the work of subordinates and make recommendation for hiring, firing, or disciplining erring staff
• Provide training to staff members and counsel them on performance improvement, team effectiveness, cross-training, training and development, and on other areas to enable them achieve success
• Supervise the tax and accounting reconciliation processes and execute tax updates
• Supervise and coordinate year end processes involving closing out the calendar year; and new year start up processes
• Ensure timely handling and settlement of employee questions and issues related to payroll and taxes

Role Specific Skills

• System Experience: Workday and ADP preferred
• Complete year-end process for corrections with tax
• Complete payment for benefit administration and partner with Compensation and Benefits Specialist on Open Enrollment completion
• Knowledge of how to manage the ticketing system for ADP payroll services and Workday
• Manage Workday processes: time tracking in Workday PTO & PTO Discrepancies
• HRIS: Knowledge of payroll and time and attendance modules within Workday preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 10+ years of experience in payroll
• 3+ years of leadership experience preferred

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities, and schedule may change at any time with or without notice.
SMS Assist is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.
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