Manager Payroll

Full-time - Manager

Silver Spring, MD

Hospitals

About the position

The Manager of Payroll will be responsible for coordinating payroll functions throughout the enterprise, including processing, production, and distribution of payroll and related remittances, payroll tax filings, development and monitoring of institutional payroll policies and procedures, compliance with federal, state, and local laws governing payroll, and management of payroll staff.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely production and distribution of paychecks, related payments, and documentation.
• Maintain payroll records as required; establish, document, and implement procedures to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing and record keeping.
• Ensure compliance with state, federal, and local laws and regulations related to payroll.
• File tax returns and reports, and make payments, as mandated timely and accurately.
• Appropriately and efficiently process payroll-related data.
• Ensure accurate processing in the payroll system of transactions affecting payroll including calculation of employee pay and maintenance of earning and deduction codes.
• Oversee the accurate transfer of data to the general ledger, the Human Resources Information System, and other systems as appropriate.
• Design and prepare reports of payroll data as needed.
• Maintain a library of standard and ad hoc report formats.
• Provide for the development and training of payroll, Finance, Human Resource, and hospital staff in payroll systems and procedures.
• Ensure high quality payroll services are provided to employees.
• In collaboration with Director, hire, train, develop and direct assigned staff to meet departmental objectives.
• Provide timely coaching and performance feedback.
• Deploy staff appropriately to meet business objectives.
• Set and clearly communicate team goals and priorities in alignment with departmental goals and budgets.
• Develop the budget and assign resources to meet the team goals.
• Provide the resources and guidance required for employees to perform effectively.
• Develop procedures to ensure high safety and quality, and course-correct as needed.
• Identify customers' needs and ensure service excellence in meeting those needs.
• Be the link between the department and the team in defining the strategies to meet team goals.
• Provide prompt and clear feedback to staff and support their performance.
• Ensure team adherence to organizational regulations.
• Manage the working environment to promote productivity and motivation.
• Represent the team in clearing obstacles to high performance.
• Hire staff and develop their capabilities.
• Monitor and promote strong employee engagement.
• Encourage and share new ways of making the right work easier to do.
• Recognize and share incremental improvements in operations.
• Promote the success of organizational and department initiatives by clearly aligning programs to the mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of Payroll experience.
• At least 5 years of experience using PeopleSoft 8.0 and higher.
• At least 3 years of accounting and/or payroll supervisory experience preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• CPP preferred.