Senior Payroll Manager - Workday Expert, Multi-State Leader

Atrium; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Atrium is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager to lead end-to-end payroll for 1,000+ employees across multiple states and entities. You will partner with HR, Finance, and Legal to ensure data integrity in Workday and drive process improvements.

The role requires 7+ years of payroll experience, strong Workday/GAAP knowledge, and a proven ability to optimize payroll accuracy, compliance, and reporting. Competitive base with annual target bonus offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud-based payroll systems.
• Experience managing payroll in a multi-state environment.
• Experience supporting multiple legal entities.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll taxes, wage and hour laws, and payroll compliance.
• Experience with payroll accounting, general ledger activity, and account reconciliations.
• Experience supporting a large employee population.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to analyze complex payroll data.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to payroll accuracy.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Ability to partner effectively with HR, Finance, Accounting, Benefits, Legal, and business leaders.
• Ability to manage confidential and highly sensitive employee information with sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll processing across multiple legal entities and multiple states.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of hourly, salaried, biweekly, and off-cycle payrolls.
• Oversee payroll operations for over 1,000 employees, with a predominantly hourly workforce.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex payroll issues, corrections, and employee inquiries.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, tax, wage and hour, and reporting requirements.
• Serve as a key subject-matter expert for Workday Payroll, including payroll processing, audits, testing, troubleshooting, and system enhancements.
• Partner with HR to maintain data integrity across Workday Payroll, Time & Attendance, and employee records.
• Support Workday releases, payroll system enhancements, testing, and automation initiatives.
• Conduct payroll audits and identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve accuracy, and reduce manual processes.
• Record payroll activity in the general ledger and reconcile payroll-related accounts.
• Manage payroll accruals, labor cost allocations, reconciliations, and wage and salary variance analysis.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance on month-end close activities and payroll reporting.
• Provide payroll data, reporting, and analysis to support business and financial decision-making.
• Support internal and external audits, including payroll and 401(k) audits.
• Oversee payroll-related benefit deductions and partner with HR and Benefits to resolve discrepancies.
• Support retirement plan reporting, annual compliance testing, and payroll-related benefits administration.
• Lead, coach, and develop Payroll team members.
• Build effective working relationships across HR, Accounting, Finance, Legal, Benefits, and Operations.
• Develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls, documentation, and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, scalability, automation, and the overall employee payroll experience.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Multi-state payroll

Workday expertise

Payroll taxes & compliance

Advanced Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Workday Payroll

Sage Intacct

General ledger

Job description

Atrium is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager to lead end-to-end payroll for 1,000+ employees across multiple states and entities. You will partner with HR, Finance, and Legal to ensure data integrity in Workday and drive process improvements.

The role requires 7+ years of payroll experience, strong Workday/GAAP knowledge, and a proven ability to optimize payroll accuracy, compliance, and reporting. Competitive base with annual target bonus offered.