Senior Payroll & HRIS Operations Lead

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC in St. Petersburg, FL is seeking a Payroll Lead & HRIS Operations to own end-to-end payroll across multiple states, manage HRIS data integrity, and strengthen internal controls in partnership with HR, Finance, and leadership.

This high-impact role offers collaboration with benefits, shared services, and accounting teams, with responsibility for payroll accounting, reconciliations, year-end processing, and process improvements to drive accuracy and compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on payroll experience in complex, multi-state environments.
• Strong GL experience with payroll accounting, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Advanced HRIS and payroll systems expertise, including data reporting, testing and audits.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• CPP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end multi-state payroll processing across multiple business units and entities.
• Perform payroll accounting activities, including payroll-to-GL reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and month-end support.
• Maintain HRIS data integrity through audits, data transactions, reporting, testing, and issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations, filings, year-end processing, and audit requirements.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, and leadership to resolve issues and improve payroll and HRIS processes.

Skills

10+ years payroll experience

GL reconciliation

HRIS systems expertise

Education

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

Tools

HRIS software

Job description

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC in St. Petersburg, FL is seeking a Payroll Lead & HRIS Operations to own end-to-end payroll across multiple states, manage HRIS data integrity, and strengthen internal controls in partnership with HR, Finance, and leadership.

This high-impact role offers collaboration with benefits, shared services, and accounting teams, with responsibility for payroll accounting, reconciliations, year-end processing, and process improvements to drive accuracy and compliance.