Payroll Lead

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC in Manhattan partners with a non-profit to bring an experienced Payroll Lead to their team on a contract basis. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across a complex, multi-site environment while supporting payroll teams, strengthening controls, and maintaining operational continuity.

The Payroll Lead will provide leadership across multiple entities, locations, and jurisdictions, ensure compliance with payroll

Qualifications

• Payroll leadership experience across multi-site environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for payroll operations across multiple entities, locations, and jurisdictions.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing for a diverse employee population.
• Partner with Human Resources, Payroll, and Finance teams to address payroll issues, resolve escalated concerns, and support ongoing operations.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local payroll regulations and reporting requirements.
• Evaluate and strengthen payroll processes, internal controls, and procedures to improve accuracy and reduce operational risk.
• Support payroll audits, tax reporting, reconciliations, and year-end processing activities.
• Identify payroll-related risks and implement corrective actions to support business continuity.
• Provide guidance regarding payroll systems, third-party payroll providers, and outsourced payroll models.
• Analyze payroll reports and metrics to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with Finance on payroll accounting activities, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting requirements.
• Develop process documentation, training materials, and operational best practices for payroll teams.

Job description

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing. Beacon Hill is partnering with a non-profit in Manhattan to bring an experienced Payroll Lead to their team on a contract basis. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across a complex, multi-site environment while supporting payroll teams, strengthening controls, and maintaining operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for payroll operations across multiple entities, locations, and jurisdictions.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing for a diverse employee population.
• Partner with Human Resources, Payroll, and Finance teams to address payroll issues, resolve escalated concerns, and support ongoing operations.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local payroll regulations and reporting requirements.
• Evaluate and strengthen payroll processes, internal controls, and procedures to improve accuracy and reduce operational risk.
• Support payroll audits, tax reporting, reconciliations, and year-end processing activities.
• Identify payroll-related risks and implement corrective actions to support business continuity.
• Provide guidance regarding payroll systems, third-party payroll providers, and outsourced payroll models.
• Analyze payroll reports and metrics to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with Finance on payroll accounting activities, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting requirements.
• Develop process documentation, training materials, and operational best practices for payroll teams.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success, and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement. Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs. Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information

• Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility.
• Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you. Beacon Hill. Employing the Future