Payroll Manager

Overview

This role serves as the operational backbone for employee pay, owning end-to-end payroll processing for the entire workforce with accuracy, compliance, and care. The position is detail-intensive and trust-critical, requiring deep payroll expertise, strong controls orientation, and the ability to partner effectively across HR and Finance.

This role is fully remote on a 9/80 schedule.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle payroll processing for exempt, non-exempt, and hourly employees through ADP, ensuring accuracy of earnings, deductions, taxes, and adjustments each cycle
• Maintain payroll records and controls with the rigor required of a company operating under ITAR and government contract obligations
• Oversee payroll-related reconciliations and ensure balance sheet accounts are accurate and audit-ready
• Partner with HR on employee changes, benefits, timekeeping, and compliance matters—connecting people data to pay outcomes
• Manage all payroll reporting obligations, including quarterly and annual filings across multiple states
• Respond to employee payroll questions with clarity and urgency, resolving discrepancies quickly and completely
• Maintain and continuously improve payroll policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Support system improvements and integration initiatives involving ADP, including enhancements that improve accuracy, efficiency, and employee experience
• Assist with audits and ad-hoc reporting requests, providing clean data and clear documentation on demand

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience with ADP Workforce Now or equivalent platform
• Strong working knowledge of payroll compliance, tax rules, and multi-state requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
• Experience managing or supervising payroll operations in a multi-site or government-contracting environment
• Demonstrated ability to maintain payroll controls and produce audit-ready documentation
• Strong attention to detail and a track record of resolving discrepancies quickly and completely
• Experience supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, or process improvement initiatives
• Prior experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or a private-equity-owned business
• Familiarity with a carve-out, separation, or post-transaction stand-up environment where payroll infrastructure was built or rebuilt from scratch

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided description.

Location

Fully remote; 9/80 schedule.