UKG HRIS & Payroll Leader — Hybrid

LHH; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

401K plan

EAP program

Commuter benefits

Job summary

LHH seeks an experienced Payroll & HRIS Manager to lead multi-state payroll operations in a hybrid Essex County, NJ setting, acting as the UKG subject matter expert. This hands-on role drives process improvements, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration across HR, Finance, and IT.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in payroll leadership, deep UKG experience, and strong data stewardship. Onsite presence is required about one day per week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll administration and leadership experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with UKG and payroll processing.
• Involvement in HRIS or payroll system implementations, upgrades, or enhancements.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full payroll process for a multi-state employee population.
• Ensure payroll compliance, tax reporting, audits, reconciliations, and year-end processing.
• Serve as the primary administrator and SME for UKG.
• Troubleshoot payroll and HRIS issues and identify opportunities for process enhancements.
• Maintain HRIS workflows, security permissions, automations, and data integrity.
• Support system upgrades, implementations, testing, integrations, and ongoing enhancements.
• Develop and maintain payroll and HR reporting and analytics.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and business leadership.
• Provide end-user training and support for HR and payroll systems.
• Respond to employee inquiries related to payroll, deductions, taxes, and benefits.
• Assist with open enrollment and other HR initiatives as needed.

Skills

Payroll leadership

UKG platform

HRIS systems

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

UKG

HRIS

Job description

LHH seeks an experienced Payroll & HRIS Manager to lead multi-state payroll operations in a hybrid Essex County, NJ setting, acting as the UKG subject matter expert. This hands-on role drives process improvements, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration across HR, Finance, and IT.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in payroll leadership, deep UKG experience, and strong data stewardship. Onsite presence is required about one day per week.