Payroll Architect: Multi-State, Travel Pay & Growth

RiseMe; Northdale (FL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Short term disability

Job summary

FTS Group is seeking a qualified payroll professional to run end-to-end payroll for GEBM, UCA, and FTS across multiple states. You will own tax registrations, per diem and travel pay treatment, and ensure accurate coding that drives project margin analysis.

Based in Tampa with a hybrid schedule (onsite Tue–Thu, remote Mon/Fri), you will reconcile payroll to the general ledger, answer employee questions, and build scalable processes for growth and compliance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-cycle payroll experience with direct responsibility for running payroll
• Multi-state payroll experience, including state withholding and unemployment registration and filing
• Experience with an hourly workforce, including overtime calculation, timesheet-based time capture, and shift or premium pay
• Working knowledge of FLSA overtime rules, including how the regular rate of pay is determined
• Experience with garnishments, wage orders, and multi-state final pay timing requirements
• Experience with quarter end and year end payroll tax filings and W-2 production
• Advanced Excel, including the ability to reconcile two systems that disagree and find out why
• High school diploma or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end payroll on cycle across GEBM, UCA, and FTS. Time capture, approvals, earnings and deductions, PTO accrual, off-cycle checks, terminations, and final pay per state rules
• Own multi-state payroll tax. Registration and setup before crew first day, withholding and unemployment filings, local taxes where they apply
• Own tax treatment of travel pay (per diem, lodging, mobilization) under accountable plan rules
• Calculate overtime on the correct regular rate, including bonuses and per diem considerations
• Own job/site cost coding to feed project margin analysis
• Manage onboarding/offboarding at volume, I-9 and E-Verify, state reporting, direct deposit, withholding elections
• Own quarter/year end tasks: 941s, reconciliations, W-2s, workers comp audit
• Reconcile payroll to GL each cycle and explain variances
• Build scalable payroll function with documented procedures and system needs for growth
• Answer employee payroll questions clearly and promptly

Skills

Full-cycle payroll

Multi-state payroll

Hourly workforce

FLSA overtime rules

Garnishments & wage orders

Quarter & year end filings

Advanced Excel

High school diploma

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ADP Workforce Now

Job description

FTS Group is seeking a qualified payroll professional to run end-to-end payroll for GEBM, UCA, and FTS across multiple states. You will own tax registrations, per diem and travel pay treatment, and ensure accurate coding that drives project margin analysis.

Based in Tampa with a hybrid schedule (onsite Tue–Thu, remote Mon/Fri), you will reconcile payroll to the general ledger, answer employee questions, and build scalable processes for growth and compliance.