Payroll Lead

The Payroll Lead is responsible for overseeing and supporting the day-to-day operations of the payroll function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across multiple states. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines full-cycle payroll processing with operational oversight, team training, issue resolution, and continuous process improvement.

What You Will Do

Lead and actively participate in full-cycle weekly payroll processing for salaried and hourly employees across multiple states, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable laws. Coordinate payroll schedules, deadlines, and workload distribution to ensure efficient execution of payroll activities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate brings extensive multi-state payroll experience, advanced knowledge of UKG Ready, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to lead payroll operations in a fast-paced environment with a large, diverse workforce.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of full-cycle, multi-state payroll processing for both hourly and salaried employees.
• Advanced proficiency in UKG Ready, including payroll processing, reporting, troubleshooting, and system functionality.
• Demonstrated experience leading payroll operations, coordinating workloads, and training or mentoring payroll team members.
• Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll regulations, including FLSA, payroll taxes, garnishments, and wage-and-hour requirements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, formulas, and data analysis.
• Knowledge of payroll accounting, general ledger reconciliation, and payroll-to-GL integration.
• Experience developing payroll procedures, improving internal controls, and implementing process efficiencies.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation strongly preferred.