Payroll Manager

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee accurate and timely payroll operations for a large employee population in Jamestown, North Carolina. This onsite role is ideal for a detail-oriented leader who can balance day-to-day payroll execution with compliance oversight, reporting, and process enhancement. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to support payroll accuracy, confidentiality, and continuous operational improvement.

Responsibilities:
• Oversee the complete payroll cycle for employees, ensuring earnings, deductions, and taxes are processed correctly and on schedule.
• Administer bi-monthly and biweekly payroll activities for a workforce of more than 500 employees while maintaining high standards of accuracy.
• Monitor payroll practices against federal, state, and local regulations to ensure adherence to tax, wage, and hour requirements.
• Maintain secure and accurate payroll records, including employee data, timekeeping details, withholdings, and related documentation.
• Prepare payroll reports for leadership and audit purposes, and highlight meaningful trends or issues that may affect operations.
• Partner with Human Resources, Finance, and other internal teams to coordinate benefit updates, compensation changes, and payroll-related reporting.
• Evaluate current payroll workflows, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements that strengthen accuracy and overall efficiency.
• Support additional payroll and administrative duties as business needs require within this onsite position.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle payroll in a high-volume environment.
• Proven ability to process bi-monthly and biweekly payroll accurately and within established deadlines.
• Experience supporting payroll for organizations with more than 500 employees.
• Hands-on knowledge of Paycom and its payroll processing functions.
• Strong understanding of payroll laws, tax regulations, and wage and hour compliance requirements.
• High level of attention to detail with the ability to safeguard confidential employee and payroll information.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills for working across HR, Finance, and leadership teams.

Compensation

$70,000.00-$80,000.00 Yearly

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