Senior Payroll Lead - Compliance & Process Improvement

University of Georgia; Kentucky; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Georgia is seeking a Sr. Payroll Coordinator to lead payroll operations for Auxiliary Services, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing for over 1,000 employees.

The role serves as primary contact for approvals, escalations, and audits, supervising the Auxiliary Payroll Coordinator and partnering with Auxiliary HR and central payroll to resolve issues. Responsibilities include overseeing full-cycle payroll, reconciliations, and process improvements while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent and 5 years of professional experience.
• Advanced accuracy and attention to detail with analytical problem-solving.
• Strong communication and service orientation with discretion and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a high-volume environment.
• Leadership skills to train, supervise, and develop staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversees full-cycle biweekly and monthly payroll processing for 1000+ employees across units.
• Ensure accuracy of deductions, timesheet reporting codes, and special pay.
• Validate compliance with policy, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.
• Oversee payroll reconciliations, GL postings, and labor distribution.
• Troubleshoot payroll inquiries and communicate outcomes to employees and HR partners.
• Maintain payroll SOPs and support audit readiness and process improvements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical problem-solving

Communication

Deadline management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

University of Georgia is seeking a Sr. Payroll Coordinator to lead payroll operations for Auxiliary Services, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing for over 1,000 employees.

The role serves as primary contact for approvals, escalations, and audits, supervising the Auxiliary Payroll Coordinator and partnering with Auxiliary HR and central payroll to resolve issues. Responsibilities include overseeing full-cycle payroll, reconciliations, and process improvements while ensuring