Job Summary Director Payroll
Responsible for leading planning and overseeing the daytoday operations and activities of the payroll operations team for Corewell Health and subsidiaries. This includes developing and coaching a team of highly engaged direct reports as well as setting department goals priorities policies procedures and oversight of a complex centralized multicompany multijurisdictional payroll program. Responsible for the timekeeping timely and accurate payroll preparation/processing tax reporting while ensuring compliance with company policies and federal state and local tax laws. Establishes strong relationships with key stakeholders in Benefits Compensation and Accounting teams. Creates a strong internal control environment and supports the payroll team to create efficient and effective transactional payroll activities
Essential Functions: Director Payroll
- Keeps up to date and ensures compliance with governmental regulations and requirements for payroll wage and hour garnishments deductions benefits retirement fringe benefits time off and compliance. Maintains knowledge of trends and best practices. Makes recommendations and applies the knowledge to maintain the integrity of the payroll function and communicates proactively to impacted parties.
- Maintains oversight of the systemwide timekeeping and payroll function ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll. Ensures a culture of high reliability by holding the team accountable for excellent customer service and follow through and resolves escalations that may arise.
- Ensures all tax returns and external reporting related to payroll are filed timely and accurately including state wage detail reporting and W2 preparation and submission.
- Implements and continuously improves payroll processes including but not limited to off cycle payments manual checks overpayment manual deductions gross pay calculations deferred compensation garnishments levies child support relocation etc. Responsible for department process improvement workload management and staff performance efforts.Responsible for developing the skill sets of staff members so that job functions are performed as efficiently as possible. Empowers team members to ideate and be a part of creating these more efficient processes.
- Evaluates and improves audit disaster recovery and record retention processes and procedures.
- Communicates collaborates and acts as a consultant both internally and externally (audits legal counsel etc..
- Provides consistently accurate efficient scalable and costeffective payroll services that exceed industry standard performance benchmarks while providing business value to our stakeholders at all levels.
- Evaluates and audits payroll program specifications within the technology systems and works collaboratively with the Core Finance System team to ensure systems are functioning appropriately. Ensures appropriate regression testing and evaluation of new features during system upgrades.
- Leads payroll workstream on mergers and acquisitions including policy harmonization data migration and project planning.
- Designs and implement proper segregation of duties controls and internal selfaudits. Ensure compliance with all corporate policies and procedures. Partner with internal audit team to provide compliance reporting and process controls while ensuring no highrisk audit comments.
Actively participates in safety initiatives and risk mitigating measures where appropriate and completes all position and unit safety related competencies and requirements on a timely basis.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Director Payroll
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in business administration human resources or accounting Required
- Masters Degree or equivalent n business administration human resources or accounting Preferred
- 7 years of relevant experience direct payroll management experience. Required
- 5 years of relevant experience Leadership experience. Required
- 3 years of relevant experience a fully automated time & attendance payroll environment within a large multisite organization. Required
- 1 year of relevant experience Workday ServiceNow and UKG pro. Preferred
- Experience with union contracts and labor relation nuances. Preferred
- CRTPayroll Professional Certified (CPP) UNKNOWN Upon Hire Preferred
Physical Demands Director Payroll
- Pallet to Waist 6 from floor) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 25 lbs
- Waist to Waist > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
- Waist to Chest (below shoulder) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
- Waist to Overhead > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 20 lbs
- Bilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 15 lbs
- Unilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
- Pushing Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
- Pulling Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
- Sitting: Frequently
- Standing: Occasionally
- Walking: Occasionally
- Forward Bend Standing: Seldom
- Forward Bend Sitting: Occasionally
- Trunk Rotation Standing: Seldom
- Trunk Rotation Sitting: Occasionally
- Reach Above Shoulder: Seldom
- Reach at Shoulder or Below: Seldom
- Handling: Occasionally
- Forceful Grip > 5 lbs: Seldom
- Forceful Pinch > 2 lbs: Seldom
- Finger/Hand Dexterity: Frequently
- Visual Acuity
None No; Seldom Yes: Seldom
How Corewell Health cares for you
Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
Ondemand pay program powered by Payactiv
Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you like restaurants phone plans spas and more!
Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance pet insurance
Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status
Primary Location
SITE Corewell Health Place 100 Corewell Drive NW Grand Rapids
Department Name
Payroll
Employment Type
Full time
Shift
Day (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours
40
Hours of Work
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Days Worked
Monday to Friday
Weekend Frequency
N/A
CURRENT COREWELL HEALTH TEAM MEMBERS Please apply through Find Jobs from your Workday team member account. This career site is for NonCorewell Health team members only.
Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members patients visitors and community. We require a drugfree workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR Varicella Tdap and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an onsite or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process to perform the essential functions of a job or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability pregnancy or sincerely held religious belief.
Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color national origin sex disability age religion genetic information marital status height weight gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other legally protected category.
An interconnected collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system we advocate for equity as we care for our patients our communities and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity equity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.
You may request assistance in completing the application process by calling 616.486.7447.
Required Experience:
Director