PAYROLL MANAGER

Liberty Healthcare Management; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Healthcare Management in Wilmington, North Carolina, seeks an experienced Payroll Manager to lead the payroll function, ensuring accurate time extraction from Lawson and other systems, and compliant tax filing.

The role requires supervising staff, maintaining data integrity, and providing system and process improvements across payroll operations to meet regulatory requirements and organizational needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field is required.
• 5 years' supervisory experience in payroll, or 10 years progressive payroll supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of multi-state/multi-locality tax jurisdictions is required.
• Experience with Lawson (Infor)/HR Payroll is preferred.
• Hospital-Healthcare payroll experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payroll processing and ensure accurate time extraction from INFOR (Lawson), Genesis, Axxess, Web Time Net Health, and manual timesheets when needed.
• Ensure timely tax withholdings, and regulatory year-end reporting including W-2s and related forms.
• Supervise Payroll department staff and train users across Liberty systems and field staff in timekeeping methodologies.
• Maintain data integrity of payroll information across Axxess, Genesis, Lawson/Infor.
• Provide leadership on projects or system development and generate required payroll data for regulatory agencies.
• Maintain audit trails and internal controls for payroll processing; coordinate with Accounting, HR, IT and other departments.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Payroll regulations knowledge

Excel & MS Office

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

Lawson (Infor) HR Payroll

Genesis

Axxess

NetHealth

Job description

PAYROLL MANAGER

Liberty Healthcare Management Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

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PAYROLL MANAGER

JOB SUMMARY

• Procedures include payroll time extraction from INFOR (Lawson) payroll system, Genesis, Axxess, Web Time Net Health and when required manual timesheets.
• The Payment and timely filing of all tax withholdings and other deductions from earnings on bi-weekly, quarterly or annual basis; and full oversight and compliance with all regulatory year-end reporting, not limited, but includes timely distribution and filing of W-2s, W-2C, transmittal, SSA downloads
• Oversees the supervision of the Payroll department staff and training of employees involved in ALL Liberty systems and end user including training of field staff in timekeeping methodologies and processes.
• Maintaining the data integrity of the payroll information in Axxess, Genesis, & Lawson/Infor.
• Providing leadership in project and/or system development
• Providing payroll and labor data required for regulatory/government agencies
• Ensures proper audit trail and internal controls are enforced related to payroll processing
• Requires maintaining working relationships with other key operational departments, including General Accounting, Human Resources, IT and end users.
• Management and distribution of unemployment requests.
• Management of VOW/VOE, references, verifications of employment for outside sources.
• Management of weekly and quarterly cash requirement. Overseeing cash sheet accuracy and distribution to end users.
• Upgrading, testing and making changes to system parameters
• Providing reports to the user population
• Communicating with timekeepers to ensure that their needs are met
• Stay current with payroll tax and labor laws to ensure compliance at all times
• Implementation, maintenance, reporting and funding for the Company 401(k) program, including all year-end auditing reports which consist of maintaining complex spreadsheets for audit work papers.
• Management of the Liberty Fleet Lease and Company car programs. Managing the taxability of the program, contributions and reconciling at year-end.
• Management and monthly reconciliation of payroll bank accounts ensuring timely submission of taxes, ACH and benefit-related transactions.
• Management of the deferred compensation plan monthly contribution and the administration of the 401(k) plans.
• Management of the estimates and yearly Workers Compensation audit comprisedof providing accurate estimates and reconciling those to year-end reports.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree with major in Accounting or related field.
• 5 years' supervisory experience (payroll environment), or 10 years progressive payroll experience in a supervisory position required.
• Demonstrated knowledge in a multi-state/multi-locality tax jurisdiction required.
• Lawson (Infor)/HR Payroll knowledge preferred.
• Hospital-Healthcare payroll experience preferred.
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal payroll and related tax regulations, legislation and guidelines including but not limited to: writs of garnishments, child support, levies, subpoenas, non-resident alien and U.S. tax treaties.
• Knowledge of basic accounting practices, regulations and procedures.
• Must possess exceptional writing skills to partner with Accounting and Human Resources to prepare, update, consolidate and disseminate in-house policies and procedures manuals, payroll processing instructions, and payroll manuals for facility usage, e.g. Axxess, Lawson, NetHealth, and Genesis.
• Must be a team player, reliable and willing to assume additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Must be proficient in Excel/Word/ MS Office.