Payroll Operations Manager Lead & Optimize MultiState Payroll

Coca-Cola Consolidated; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Consolidated is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead assigned payroll operations and coach four Payroll Analyst I teammates. You will oversee daily execution, workload planning, and processing across multiple states, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.

Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to resolve issues, implement changes, and maintain payroll controls. This role emphasizes leadership, process improvements, and compliance within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day payroll operations across cycles, processing schedules, calendars, reconciliations, and issue resolution.
• Provide leadership, coaching, development, workload planning, performance management, and quality oversight for four Payroll Analyst I teammates.
• Manage operational payroll exceptions related to deductions, garnishments, union dues, interfaces, and vendor-related issues.
• Partner with HR, Finance, IT, Treasury, Labor Relations, Driver Services, payroll vendors, and leadership to resolve issues and support changes.
• Execute payroll controls, maintain documentation, support audit requests, monitor service metrics, and ensure procedures are followed.
• Support payroll testing, implementations, analyst readiness, training, and change-management initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Payroll leadership

SAP payroll

Workforce Dimensions

Driver Services tool (TMW)

ADP

Garnishments

Deductions

Payroll controls

Audits

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Business Administration / Accounting / Finance / HR / Information Systems or related field

Tools

SAP payroll

Workforce Dimensions

Driver Services tool (TMW)

ADP

Job description

Coca-Cola Consolidated is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead assigned payroll operations and coach four Payroll Analyst I teammates. You will oversee daily execution, workload planning, and processing across multiple states, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.

Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to resolve issues, implement changes, and maintain payroll controls. This role emphasizes leadership, process improvements, and compliance within a dynamic environment.