Payroll & UKG HRIS Manager – Multi-State Expert

LHH Recruitment Solutions; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO

401(k) with company contribution

Paid holidays

Job summary

LHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Payroll & HRIS Manager in the Essex County, NJ area. This hands-on role requires owning the full payroll process, ensuring multi-state compliance, and serving as the UKG administrator across HR, Finance, and IT.

You will improve systems, analyze data, and partner with leadership to support HR initiatives. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of payroll experience, strong UKG expertise, and a background in HRIS/payroll implementations, with a bachelor’s degree

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll administration experience.
• Strong hands-on UKG and payroll processing experience.
• Experience managing multi-state payroll.
• Experience with an HRIS/payroll implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Information Systems, Accounting, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own the full payroll process from start to finish.
• Manage multi-state payroll compliance, audits, reconciliations, tax filings, and year-end activities.
• Serve as the primary UKG administrator and payroll subject matter expert.
• Troubleshoot system and payroll issues and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Maintain HRIS workflows, automations, permissions, and data integrity.
• Support UKG updates, upgrades, testing, integrations, and enhancements.
• Create and support payroll and HR reporting and analytics.
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, IT, and leadership.
• Provide system training and support to HR users.
• Assist employees with payroll, deduction, and tax-related questions.
• Support benefits open enrollment and other HR initiatives.

Skills

UKG payroll

Multi-state payroll

Payroll processing

HRIS implementation

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Information Systems/Accounting

Tools

UKG

Job description

LHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Payroll & HRIS Manager in the Essex County, NJ area. This hands-on role requires owning the full payroll process, ensuring multi-state compliance, and serving as the UKG administrator across HR, Finance, and IT.

You will improve systems, analyze data, and partner with leadership to support HR initiatives. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of payroll experience, strong UKG expertise, and a background in HRIS/payroll implementations, with a bachelor’s degree