Remote Payroll Lead - Dayforce & 5,000+ Employees

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC is seeking a Payroll Manager for a 100% remote role. You will oversee U.S. multi-state and Canadian payroll for 5,000+ employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing while operating in Central Time Zone hours.

The role offers a path to Director-level within 1–2 years, leading a payroll team and driving system improvements on Dayforce to scale operations across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• CPP certification a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a large organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead U.S. multi-state and Canadian payroll operations for 5,000+ employees.
• Oversee payroll processing, accuracy, compliance, and issue resolution.
• Triage Dayforce challenges and drive process improvements.
• Coach and develop payroll team members and strengthen controls.
• Partner with stakeholders to streamline payroll operations and support growth.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-state payroll

Canadian payroll

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Dayforce

Job description

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC is seeking a Payroll Manager for a 100% remote role. You will oversee U.S. multi-state and Canadian payroll for 5,000+ employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing while operating in Central Time Zone hours.

The role offers a path to Director-level within 1–2 years, leading a payroll team and driving system improvements on Dayforce to scale operations across the organization.