Payroll Team Lead

Job Type Full-time Description Position Summary: The Payroll Team Lead is responsible for being an individual contributor and for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the payroll team, ensuring accurate and timely processing of Team Member payroll in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. This role serves as the subject matter expert for payroll processes, provides guidance to Team Members, and supports continuous process improvements. Roles and Responsibilities/ Essential Functions:

• Lead, mentor, and supervise the payroll team to ensure high performance and professional development.
• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for all employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance. This includes a variety of items such as tracking vacation, sick, FMLA, and LOA for Team Members, calculating PUA, computing and processing prevailing wage rates, completing verifications of employment, completing child support and other garnishments, etc.
• Review and approve payroll transactions, reports, and reconciliations.
• Maintain payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and internal policies, including tax regulations, labor laws, and audit requirements.
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, and IT teams to ensure data accuracy and timely processing.
• Handle escalated payroll issues and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
• Prepare and review payroll reports, metrics, and analytics for senior management.
• Participate in internal and external audits related to payroll.
• Conduct regular audits of benefit deductions within the HRIS to ensure alignment with payroll deductions and carrier billing statements, identifying and assisting in resolving discrepancies to maintain data integrity and compliance.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Audit benefits related data in HRIS systems to ensure integrity and accuracy.

Requirements

Competencies:

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Conceptual Thinking - Ability to think in terms of abstract ideas.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of
• performing a task.
• Project Management - Ability to organize and direct a project to completion.
• Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within
• given deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks in stressful situations.

Required Experience:

• 3+ years of payroll experience

Preferred Experience:

• Prior utilization of Paylocity
• 1+ years of leadership experience

Required Skills, Education and/ or Certifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent work experience in Accounting and/or Payroll position
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Skills, Education and/ or Certifications:

• Certified Payroll Professional

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