Payroll Manager

Purpose:

Pays employees and organizes payroll information by maintaining the payroll process; completing reports; maintaining records.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintains payroll information by creating systems; managing the collection process, calculation, and entering the data.
  • Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and position titles, as well as division and department transfers.
  • Pays employees by directing the production and issuance of paychecks or electronic transfers to bank accounts.
  • Prepares reports by accumulating summaries of taxes, earnings, deductions, disability, leave and nontaxable wages.
  • Determines payroll liabilities by approving the calculation of employee federal and state income and social security taxes, and employer’s social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.
  • Balances the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.
  • Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests.
  • Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
  • Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
  • Maintains employee confidence and shields payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
  • Maintains payroll staff by sourcing, recruiting, orienting, and training new hires.
  • Leads payroll staff job results by mentoring and disciplining employees; managing and assessing job results.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Skills/Qualifications:

Leadership and people management, data entry skills, process management, reporting skills, benefits administration, worker compensation, accounting, financial skills, employment law.