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Payroll Manager Job Description

FAQ about hiring Payroll Manager

The Payroll Manager at Talent Gait is the protector of our most crucial promise: paying people correctly and on time. This position demands exceptional attention to detail, a strong understanding of tax law, and the capacity to navigate intricate data under stringent, recurring deadlines.

Job Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Manage the complete Payroll process of employees—ensuring that pay, bonuses and deductions are calculated correctly and paid on time.
  • Maintain tax guidelines with a profound understanding to ensure that compliance is earned in all federal and local levels, and efile payroll taxes as well as year-end reports.
  • Handle the connection between HRIS and payroll systems to make sure that employee information, including vacations and raises, is properly represented.
  • Act as first-line problem resolution contact for employees inquiring about paychecks, tax withholdings and benefit deductions; provide understandable and complete explanations.
  • Auditing payroll files for regular checking of the records to detect errors before they affect employees or influence the company’s capital.
  • Oversee the rollout of new payroll technology or software updates in order to enhance efficiency and security in payroll processing.

Skills Required:

  • Expertise in payroll software and ERP applications for high-volume data management and complex calculation automation for a large, heterogeneous workforce.
  • An in-depth understanding of tax laws, social security legislations & employment standards to ensure the company is fully compliant with all statutory obligations.
  • Immaculate attention to detail: capable of catching the slightest glitches in data input or calculation that could generate million-dollar mistakes.
  • Good analytical skills to do payroll reconciliations, labour cost tracking, and financial reporting, which could deliver real value to the management team of the company.
  • High level of integrity and confidentiality in managing financial data, personal employee information and the utmost business ethics.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills: Ability to articulate complex tax and payroll concepts in a way that is clear to employees; able to work closely with finance and HR.

Perks & Benefits

Features depend on the employer and may include advantages, but are not limited to:

  • Flexible or remote work options
  • Competitive, market-aligned compensation
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Learning budgets and certifications
  • Performance bonuses (role-dependent)
  • Access to International products and teams

Salary Range Based on Experience, Skills, Role, and Company Norms

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

“Deadline Day.” There is a lot of pressure to be 100% perfect every month, but we do have great systems to support you.”

Do I work with Finance?

Constantly. You are walking the line between HR and Finance, making sure our people costs end up in the company’s general ledger.

How do we handle taxes?

We’ve deployed sophisticated automated software, but we need to make certain that we are addressing every new local and national tax law.

What tools do we use?

We rely on best-in-class payroll systems that are tied to our in-house HRIS system to allow for efficient data flow and accuracy.

Can this role be remote?

As you manage very sensitive financial data, we prefer for this role to be more in-office; however, we do have some flexibility during non-peak payroll weeks.

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