Payroll Accountant Manager

Ian Martin Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ian Martin Group is seeking a Payroll Accountant Manager to lead its payroll accounting operations in a large enterprise. You will plan and organize the department and ensure accurate GL entries for payroll and stock activity.

Responsibilities include driving close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, audits, and process improvements; manage staff development and system changes. Required: Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance, 8+ years payroll accounting experience, SAP S/4HANA and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 8+ years of accounting experience with payroll responsibilities in a large enterprise.
• Strong GL accounting, accruals, reconciliations, and payroll-related treatments.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA; ADP familiarity is a plus.
• Knowledge of internal controls, risk mitigation, and regulatory reporting.
• Experience with full cycle payroll processing and stock transactions.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and lead the payroll accounting department.
• Ensure accurate general ledger entries for payroll and stock activity.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and accrual accounting.
• Manage payroll procedures, system changes, and tickets.
• Oversee payroll-related closing activities and forecasts.
• Lead recruitment, training, and development of accounting staff.
• Serve as advisor on payroll analysis and financial performance.
• Coordinate audits and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Implement process improvements and system upgrades.

Skills

GL accounting

Accruals

Payroll processing

Internal controls

Regulatory compliance

Financial analysis

Project management

Audits

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

ADP GlobalView

SmartCompliance

Blackline

Workforce Software

SAP ECC

SuccessFactors/Employee Central

Job description

Payroll Accountant Manager

$125,000 - $170,000 per year, depending on experience.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Payroll Accountant Manager to support its payroll accounting operations in a large enterprise environment. This role is responsible for planning, organizing, and leading the payroll accounting department. Responsible for accurate general ledger entries related to payroll, stock transactions, performing balance sheet reconciliations, and ensuring proper accrual accounting for employee compensation, benefits, and stock activity.This role will review NAM payroll procedures, manage system changes, manage support tickets to ensure accurate payroll processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Under broad direction, responsible for planning, organizing, and leading accounting department staff in the activities supporting general ledger, sub-systems, and related business applications, which may also include the preparation of financial statements and ancillary reports in a corporate or cost accounting environment
• Responsible for preparation, review, and accuracy of business activities within the department, including executing financial close activities, reviewing and updating business practices, performing internal control self-assessments, preparing forecasts and annual business plans, and performing ongoing process/system improvements
• Responsible for managing the recruitment, training, and development of accounting personnel within the assigned area
• Serves as a trusted business advisor to management on payroll analysis, error resolution and escalation, key financial issues, financial performance, and strategy execution, including commercial business insight
• Responsible for interpreting and applying company policy and accounting principles to financial transactions for internal control compliance
• Responsible for interpreting and applying company policy to ensure payroll processing in North America is compliant with regulations and abide with internal control compliance
• Manage payroll related accounting, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and GL entries
• Manage PTO/vacation reserve tracking and year-end vacation payouts, and communications
• Reconciliation of W-2’s, 1099’s, T-4’s, payroll accounts, including wages payable, taxes, and benefits, including adjusting entries.
• Maintain accurate payroll records for audits and regulatory purposes
• Manage internal and external audits related to payroll
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and company policies
• Identify and implement improvements to payroll processes
• Support payroll system upgrades or implementations
• Perform Root Cause Analysis, communicate issues and resolution, work to remediate and implement process/system changes to prevent reoccurrence.
• Manage payroll related projects to implement system/policy changes with various teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 8+ years of accounting experience with direct payroll accounting responsibilities in a large enterprise.
• Strong command of GL accounting, accruals, reconciliation, and payroll-related accounting treatments.
• Demonstrates project management skills and awareness of financial performance metrics.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge in aspects of finance and accounting, internal controls and risk mitigation, company policy, financial analysis and statutory reporting, forecasting, and financial applications.
• SAP S/4HANA experience required; ADP familiarity a plus.
• Experience with full cycle payroll processing, different types of stock transactions and federal, state, and local taxes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional accounting certification preferred.
• Experience with ADP GlobalView (or enterprise-level payroll system) and SmartCompliance in a large enterprise payroll environment.
• Blackline experience.
• Workforce Software time system experience.
• CPA preferred or actively pursuing.
• SAP ECC experience.
• SuccessFactors/Employee Central experience.
• Knowledge of fundamental time and payroll regulations.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor - priority referral of Protected Veterans requested. An Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by law.