[Hiring] Payroll Manager @Fusion Connect

Role Description

The Payroll Manager provides functional oversight and strategic leadership for payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll administration. This position establishes payroll priorities, policies, controls, and performance expectations; oversees payroll tax compliance, financial reconciliation, reporting, systems, vendor relationships, and year-end activities; and leads the payroll team in identifying and managing operational risks and process improvements. The Payroll Manager partners with Human Resources, Finance, and other stakeholders to support effective payroll governance and business operations.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of full-cycle payroll operations, payroll tax compliance, controls, audit readiness, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
• Ability to lead payroll operations and systems initiatives, oversee vendor relationships, and implement effective process improvements.
• Strong commitment to detail and accuracy in all aspects of payroll operations, processing, and reporting.
• Strong analytical judgment, risk assessment, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional partnership skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and people-management skills, including setting priorities, coaching employees, managing performance, and maintaining accountability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and recurring deadlines while maintaining confidentiality, data security, and high standards of accuracy.
• Uphold confidentiality and ensure data security for all payroll information, adhering to organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work collaboratively with HR, finance, and other departments to gather necessary information and resolve payroll-related issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll Tax, or in any related field. Qualifying experience may be substituted with two years of related experience for each year of education.
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience managing full-cycle payroll processing and tax compliance for federal, state, and local authorities.
• Requires recent experience with Workday Payroll, including proficiency in processing payroll and managing payroll-related data within the system.

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