Payroll Operations Leader — Process & Compliance Excellence

Talentify; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a Payroll Manager to act as the payroll subject matter expert, driving operational excellence through process improvements and technology optimization. You will partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, HRIS, and external vendors to deliver accurate payroll administration and enhance the employee experience.

Open to candidates with 5+ years in payroll, multi-state tax expertise, and prior leadership experience. This role is on-site in St.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, HR or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with payroll processing and analysis.
• Prior experience supervising or leading a payroll function.
• Multi-state and local tax experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day administration of bi-weekly, multi-state, multi-company payrolls.
• Oversee the complete payroll process from data validation through payroll confirmation and post-payroll activities.
• Ensure accurate processing of earnings, deductions, taxes, direct deposits, benefits, garnishments, retirement contributions, deferred compensation, incentive payments, expense reimbursements, and other taxable earnings.
• Process payroll adjustments including retroactive payments, off-cycle payrolls, manual checks, and gross-to-net calculations.
• Review payroll transactions for completeness and accuracy and resolve discrepancies prior to payroll processing.
• Balance and reconcile payroll registers, payroll taxes, benefit deductions, and related payroll liabilities on a bi-weekly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Coordinate payroll funding requests, post-payroll interfaces, and accounting files.
• Partner with Finance to ensure payroll information is accurately executed and recorded in the general ledger.
• Prepare payroll, audit, compliance, regulatory, and management reports.
• Take initiative to identify opportunities to improve payroll service delivery by anticipating employee and organizational needs.

Skills

Payroll processing

Multi‑state taxes

Compliance

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Excel (advanced)

UltiPro

HRIS/Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, HR or related field

Tools

UltiPro

Microsoft Excel (advanced)

Job description

Talentify is seeking a Payroll Manager to act as the payroll subject matter expert, driving operational excellence through process improvements and technology optimization. You will partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, HRIS, and external vendors to deliver accurate payroll administration and enhance the employee experience.

Open to candidates with 5+ years in payroll, multi-state tax expertise, and prior leadership experience. This role is on-site in St.