Regional Payroll Leader – Multi-State, Project-Based

Innovar Group; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovar Group is seeking a Regional Payroll Manager to lead payroll operations for a large, multi-state, project-based workforce. You will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll for hourly field employees and salaried staff while managing payroll controls and regional payroll processes.

You will oversee end-to-end payroll across multiple states, develop regional timekeepers, and maintain data integrity for job coding, timekeeping, and payroll journal entries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive, multi-state payroll experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading or supervising a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll laws and tax requirements.
• Construction, industrial services, infrastructure, or project-based payroll experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with certified payroll, prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, union payroll, or multi-rate payroll is preferred.
• Experience with ADP, UKG, Workday, Viewpoint, or a similar payroll platform.
• Advanced Excel skills, discretion with confidential information, and strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end payroll processing for hourly, salaried, and field-based employees across multiple states.
• Lead and develop regional timekeepers and payroll specialists.
• Ensure accurate processing of wages, overtime, bonuses, per diem, deductions, labor allocations, and complex pay structures.
• Manage certified payroll setup, reporting, and compliance for prevailing-wage or government-funded projects.
• Partner with HR, operations, and accounting to maintain accurate employee data, job coding, timekeeping, accruals, and payroll journal entries.
• Review payroll registers, tax filings, reconciliations, and audit documentation.
• Maintain payroll controls and lead internal, external, and government payroll audits.
• Analyze overtime, labor-cost, and payroll-error trends and provide insights to leadership.
• Drive payroll process improvements, automation, and system enhancements.

Skills

Payroll processing

Team leadership

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field

Tools

ADP

UKG

Workday

Viewpoint

Job description

Innovar Group is seeking a Regional Payroll Manager to lead payroll operations for a large, multi-state, project-based workforce. You will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll for hourly field employees and salaried staff while managing payroll controls and regional payroll processes.

You will oversee end-to-end payroll across multiple states, develop regional timekeepers, and maintain data integrity for job coding, timekeeping, and payroll journal entries.