Remote Payroll Supervisor: Lead, Compliance & Automation

Ensemble Performing Arts; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and AD&D coverage

Paid Time-Off

Job summary

Ensemble Performing Arts is seeking a highly organized Payroll Supervisor to join our Finance team and lead payroll operations across our portfolio of performing arts businesses. You will supervise the payroll team, ensure accurate and timely processing across multiple pay schedules, and safeguard payroll reporting and compliance.

This role suits a detail-focused leader who enjoys coaching, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and takes pride in maintaining accuracy and regulatory compliance in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience, including 2+ years in a lead or supervisory role.
• Working knowledge of multi-state payroll and wage-and-hour compliance.
• Ability to coach, develop, and lead a team.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop payroll coordinators, setting priorities and workloads around each pay cycle.
• Review work for accuracy, provide regular feedback, and conduct performance reviews.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex payroll issues, employee inquiries, and manager questions.
• Oversee the payroll group inbox to ensure timely, accurate responses.
• Oversee end-to-end processing of weekly, biweekly, and semi-monthly payrolls for hourly and salaried employees.
• Review timekeeping data, overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, commissions, and retro adjustments before each run.
• Approve payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, and release payments, including direct deposits, paper checks, and off-cycle payments.
• Process garnishments, child support orders, and other deductions accurately and on schedule.
• Ensure timely, accurate processing of adjustments and final pay.
• Reconcile payroll to the general ledger and coordinate with Accounting on journal entries and accruals.
• Prepare payroll reports, such as labor cost, headcount, and overtime, for Finance and HR leadership.
• Maintain controls that protect confidential employee and compensation data.
• Stay current on regulatory changes and update procedures and system settings as needed.
• Support internal and external audits with clear documentation.
• Document procedures and identify opportunities to automate and streamline processes.

Skills

People leadership

Compliance mindset

Attention to detail

Process improvement

Tools

Excel

Paylocity

Job description

Ensemble Performing Arts is seeking a highly organized Payroll Supervisor to join our Finance team and lead payroll operations across our portfolio of performing arts businesses. You will supervise the payroll team, ensure accurate and timely processing across multiple pay schedules, and safeguard payroll reporting and compliance.

This role suits a detail-focused leader who enjoys coaching, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and takes pride in maintaining accuracy and regulatory compliance in