[Hiring] Payroll Manager @SCM Metal Products Inc

Role Description

The Payroll Manager is a hands-on role responsible for the accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll across a complex, multi-state and multi-site environment. This position serves as the primary operational owner for Managed Payroll and payroll-related Workforce Management processes, with accountability for stabilizing payroll operations, resolving complex issues, strengthening controls, and driving consistent payroll discipline.

The Manager must be able to operate both strategically and directly in the details—leading the payroll function while personally supporting audits, reconciliations, troubleshooting, testing, configuration review, and issue resolution as needed. The role partners closely with HR Operations, Finance, site HR, and Dayforce to ensure payroll and time data are accurate, issues are resolved to root cause, and appropriate controls and processes are sustained.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, including experience leading payroll operations and/or employees.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-state U.S. payroll in a multi-site organization.
• Experience supporting complex payroll operations across multiple sites, legal entities, or business units.
• Hands-on Dayforce Payroll experience with working knowledge of Dayforce Workforce Management.
• Experience working with managed payroll providers and holding vendors accountable for service delivery and issue resolution.
• Experience managing vendors and leading and developing employees.
• Strong payroll processing, audit, reconciliation, controls, reporting, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis experience.

Requirements

• Dayforce Managed Payroll experience.
• Experience supporting payroll in a complex or evolving organizational environment.
• Manufacturing or industrial environment experience.
• Payroll/WFM implementation, stabilization, or transformation experience.
• CPP, PCP, CPM, or other relevant payroll certification.

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