Payroll Manager

Leave Your Mark; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Leave Your Mark, based in Nashville, seeks a Payroll Manager to lead accurate, compliant payroll operations across a growing multi-state healthcare organization. You will own end-to-end processing for corporate, clinical, and provider teams, while ensuring audit readiness and system optimization.

You will manage semi-monthly and bi-weekly cycles, handle hires, terminations, leaves, bonuses, and off-cycle payments, and partner with Finance on month-end close.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience including multi-state payroll processing
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading a payroll team
• Strong knowledge of payroll tax compliance, wage-and-hour laws, and payroll accounting practices
• Experience with payroll/HRIS systems such as ADP Workforce Now, Workday, UKG, or Paylocity
• Experience supporting healthcare, multi-site, multi-entity, or M&A environments
• Exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to manage competing deadlines
• CPP certification preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field; equivalent experience considered

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end multi-state payroll processing for all employee populations
• Manage payroll activities including new hires, terminations, leaves, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, and off-cycle payments
• Review payroll reports and ensure accuracy prior to submission
• Serve as escalation point for complex payroll questions and employee concerns
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage-and-hour requirements
• Manage payroll tax registrations, filings, reconciliations, and audit readiness
• Maintain payroll policies, controls, and processes to support organizational growth
• Optimize payroll systems, integrations, and reporting tools while driving automation and process improvements
• Partner with Finance on payroll accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close
• Support payroll integrations for newly acquired entities
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of payroll specialists while establishing strong processes and accountability

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPP certification

Tools

ADP Workforce Now

Workday

UKG

Paylocity

Excel

Job description

Our client is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll operations across a growing multi-state healthcare organization. This role will own end-to-end payroll processing for corporate, clinical, and provider teams while ensuring compliance, system optimization, audit readiness, and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end multi-state payroll processing, including semi-monthly/bi-weekly payroll cycles for all employee populations.
• Manage payroll activities including new hires, terminations, leaves, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, and off-cycle payments.
• Review payroll reports and ensure accuracy prior to submission.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex payroll questions and employee concerns.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage-and-hour requirements.
• Manage payroll tax registrations, filings, reconciliations, and audit readiness.
• Maintain payroll policies, controls, and processes to support organizational growth.
• Optimize payroll systems, integrations, and reporting tools while driving automation and process improvements.
• Partner with Finance on payroll accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close.
• Support payroll integrations for newly acquired entities.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of payroll specialists while establishing strong processes and accountability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-state payroll processing.
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of payroll tax compliance, wage-and-hour laws, and payroll accounting practices.
• Experience with payroll/HRIS systems such as ADP Workforce Now, Workday, UKG, or Paylocity.
• Experience supporting healthcare, multi-site, multi-entity, or M&A environments.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with complex payroll data.
• Exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• CPP certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field; equivalent experience considered.