Payroll Manager

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to support a long-term contract opportunity in Westborough, Massachusetts. This role will lead a large-scale payroll implementation initiative while ensuring accurate and compliant payroll operations for a complex, multi-state workforce. The ideal candidate brings strong payroll leadership, hands-on system implementation experience, and the communication skills needed to coordinate effectively across multiple locations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the rollout of a payroll solution across mutiple sites, ensuring a smooth and organized implementation process for a workforce of more than 2,000 employees.

• Manage end-to-end payroll activities for a large employee population, maintaining accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across multiple states.

• Partner with internal stakeholders, project teams, and vendors to define payroll requirements, resolve issues, and keep implementation milestones on track.

• Provide subject matter expertise on payroll workflows, controls, and best practices to support system configuration and process alignment.

• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and drive solutions that support successful delivery of payroll objectives.

• Support testing, validation, and issue resolution to confirm the payroll platform functions effectively before and after deployment.

• Communicate updates, expectations, and key decisions clearly to leadership and cross-functional teams throughout the engagement.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience leading payroll implementations in complex organizational environments.
• Strong background in full-cycle payroll administration for large employee populations.
• Hands-on expertise managing multi-state payroll with a solid understanding of compliance requirements.
• Experience working with ADP payroll platforms, with ADP Workforce Now strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to support payroll operations for organizations with more than 500 employees.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance project-based implementation work with ongoing payroll oversight in a fast-paced setting.

Compensation

$60.00-$75.00 Hourly

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