Overview
This role involves serving as a US Payroll Manager for a complex client environment, initially providing operational continuity for a key client to ensure US payroll is accurate, controlled, and delivered on time. After the initial assignment, the position may transition into another client engagement, supporting either business-as-usual payroll delivery or a payroll improvement, implementation, or transformation project.
The ideal candidate can thrive in changing environments, quickly learn new organizations and processes, and balance operational delivery with problem-solving and project support. You will take ownership from the outset, identify priorities quickly, and bring structure and stability to evolving situations.
This is a remote position that can be worked from the US or UK.
Responsibilities
- Oversee accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of US payroll services.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with senior client stakeholders and partners.
- Work closely with payroll vendors, HR, Finance, and other relevant partners to deliver a responsive, high-quality service.
- Maintain payroll data integrity and investigate discrepancies between source systems and payroll outputs.
- Support system testing, data validation, process improvements, and implementation activity as required.
- Use technology and automation to strengthen payroll controls, reporting, and operational efficiency.
- Support reconciliations and payroll accounting requirements, including general ledger needs and financial controls.
Requirements
- Confidently work across payroll, HR, time, benefits, and finance systems.
- Quickly learn and navigate different client systems and operating environments.
- Maintain payroll data integrity and investigate discrepancies between source systems and payroll outputs.
- Support system testing, data validation, process improvements, and implementation activity where required.
- Use technology and automation to strengthen payroll controls, reporting, and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
- Significant experience managing end-to-end US payroll operations, ideally within a multi-client, consultancy, outsourced, or fast-changing environment.
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxation and compliance requirements.
- Practical experience managing multi-state payrolls and associated reporting obligations.
- Strong experience using a recognised US payroll platform and working with integrated HR and payroll data.
- Experience managing third-party payroll, benefits, tax, or other pay-related vendors.
- Strong understanding of employee benefits, retirement plans, deductions, and payroll-related taxation.
- Experience processing and reviewing variable compensation, including bonuses and commissions.
- Working knowledge of payroll accounting, reconciliations, general ledger requirements, and financial controls.
- Experience supporting payroll implementations, migrations, stabilisation, or process improvement would be advantageous.
- Experience of ADP Workforce Now and Workday preferred.
Compensation & Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, national origin, ancestry, age, parental status, disabled status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification, in accordance with applicable law.
Location
Remote position that can be worked from the US or UK.