Senior Payroll Specialist

SDL Search Partners; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match

Health care benefits

Lunch provided daily

Job summary

SDL Search Partners in Manchester, NH is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our team. You will handle payroll for multiple clients across several states with bi-weekly, weekly and monthly schedules, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

This in-office role offers a strong work-life balance, a culture that values growth and leadership support, and benefits including retirement matching and health care. The ideal candidate has 2–10 years of payroll experience and a detail-oriented, proactive

Qualifications

• 2–10 years payroll experience
• strong systems & process improvement experience
• experience mentoring at least one payroll staff
• multi-state payroll & payroll tax reporting experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Handle payroll for multiple clients across several states (bi-weekly, weekly, monthly)
• Ensure payroll accuracy and compliance
• Mentor and support payroll staff
• Analyze and improve payroll processes

Skills

Payroll

Multistate payroll

Compliance

Mentoring staff

Process improvement

Attention to detail

ADP experience

Tools

ADP

Job description

Well-established and growing company is looking for a strong Senior Payroll Specialist to join their team!

The team handles payroll for multiple clients, multi-state, bi-weekly, weekly and monthly schedules. The ideal candidate loves a fast-paced environment, has high attention to detail, enjoys digging in and understanding the ins & outs of a new client, and has an understanding of payroll compliance.

This role is an in-office position, with a good deal of flexibility around hours worked & a highly favorable work/life balance. Fantastic company culture including retirement match, additional health care benefit, in-office lunch provided daily, great team atmosphere, ability to grow and a supportive leadership team.

Requirements:

• 2 - 10 years payroll experience, ideally in a fast-paced environment
• excellent systems & process improvement experience
• experience managing and mentoring at least one payroll staff
• Experience with ADP a plus
• Multi-state payroll & payroll tax reporting experience a plus
• strong technical skills