Corporate Payroll Lead

Overview

The Corporate Payroll Lead is responsible for ensuring timely, accurate payroll processing and related reporting. This role supports and guides the Payroll Specialist and provides support and backup to the Report Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Oversee corporate semi-monthly payroll processing to ensure it is completed timely and accurately, including:
  • Auditing tax errors, compensation changes, new hires, address changes, and employees on leave
  • Sending end-of-pay-period reminder emails to staff
  • Editing the pay period schedule when revisions are needed
• Process corporate payrolls by:
  • Auditing time entry, retro reports, registers, and payroll details across each company
  • Completing adjustments (bonuses, severance, missed earnings not captured on retro reports)
  • Reviewing error reports provided by OSV
• Complete federal and state compliance reports and routine company status reports on time and accurately, including:
  • Quarterly:
    • SAIF quarterly reports and breakdown for Finance
    • Update and/or create Leadership Bonus reports
  • Monthly:
    • Severance payments/tracking
    • Severance report
    • WOTC report
    • SAIF code audit/corrections
    • Labor reports
    • Audit benefits and garnishments
    • Audit terminations and follow up on severance
    • Workers comp reporting
  • Annually:
    • W2s
    • Update Payroll Calendars for payroll teams and Operators
    • SAIF and other WC audits
    • Gross wages by state
• Maintain clear, open communication with HR and Finance departments and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5 years of payroll experience and supervision/manager-level experience required
• Understanding of accounting, payroll, and payroll tax processes
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team with all levels
• Read and write in English to process paperwork and follow up on required actions

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS degree
• DB shop leadership experience

Skills

• Adaptable
• Initiative
• Collaborative
• Communication
• Effective prioritization

Location

• Remote work eligible in any state where the employer has business operations.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally move or lift office items
• Must be able to work in an office environment
• Must be able to communicate effectively to perform job duties
• Vision must be good or corrected in order to perform essential job duties
• Hearing must be good or corrected in order to understand information needed to perform essential job duties
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery (e.g., calculators, copy machines, computers, and other office equipment)

Compensation & Benefits

• DOE (Dependent on Experience)