Payroll Manager

Pay: $84000.00 - $120000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Step into a high-impact leadership role with a growing payroll services team where your expertise will directly shape operations client service and team success.
• Lead and develop payroll professionals while remaining hands-on with complex payroll matters and process improvement.
• Work with a diverse client base including businesses with multi-state payroll needs giving you broad exposure and meaningful responsibility.
• Join a collaborative environment that values accuracy ownership critical thinking and strong client relationships.
• Enjoy a Monday through Friday schedule strong benefits schedule flexibility and potential work-from-home flexibility after successfully ramping up.

Location:

Waukesha WI. This role will begin full-time in the office so you can become fully integrated with the team and operations. Some schedule flexibility is available with the potential to work from home one day per week after ramp-up and half-day Fridays when workload permits.

Note:

Candidates must have hands-on payroll experience multi-state payroll knowledge strong math and critical-thinking skills a degree and the ability to work on-site in Waukesha during the initial ramp-up period. Prior payroll leadership or management experience is highly preferred.

About Us

We are a growing financial and payroll services organization that helps businesses operate with greater accuracy confidence and clarity. Our team takes a proactive service-focused approach and works closely with growing businesses and entrepreneurs who value responsive support and trusted expertise. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Lead coach and provide day-to-day direction to the payroll processing team.
• Oversee accurate and timely payroll processing for clients with different pay schedules and multi-state operations.
• Review payrolls reports employee changes deductions garnishments direct deposits and adjustments for accuracy.
• Manage workloads deadlines client assignments and quality-control processes across the payroll department.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex payroll questions client concerns and payroll-related issues.
• Build strong client relationships through timely knowledgeable and professional communication.
• Support new client onboarding by reviewing prior payroll records gathering information and coordinating payroll setup.
• Review new payroll configurations before initial processing to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Support federal state and local payroll compliance payroll taxes notices amendments and agency correspondence.
• Coordinate year-end payroll activities including reconciliations and W-2 processing.
• Partner with accounting tax and administrative teams to resolve issues and support clients.
• Develop procedures checklists and improved workflows that strengthen accuracy efficiency and the client experience.
• Stay current on payroll laws regulations and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• 2 years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Hands-on multi-state payroll experience required.
• Degree required.
• Prior payroll leadership supervisory team lead or administrative management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience handling payroll for multiple clients or companies strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of payroll taxes filings notices compliance and year-end processing.
• Strong Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office math analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent organization communication leadership and client-service abilities.
• Experience with Execupay is strongly preferred but not required.
• Ability to manage confidential information and competing deadlines with accuracy and professionalism.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Make a visible impact on a growing payroll operation and the clients who depend on it.
• Lead a team while still using your technical payroll expertise.
• Work alongside knowledgeable accounting tax and administrative professionals.
• Benefit from a supportive team environment that values initiative collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Receive employer-sponsored health insurance paid time off paid holidays and a 401(k) with company match.
• Gain increasing schedule flexibility after becoming established in the role.

JPC- 2194

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: bachelors degree. 2 yrs payroll processing exp.

• Required Years as Associate: 2
• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):

Submission Email:

Abbey Krueger-

Michelle Hausz-

Quick Recruiter Reference

Growing payroll and financial advisory organization seeking a hands-on Payroll Manager to lead multi-state client payroll operations and the Waukesha payroll team. Initially full-time on-site with potential flexibility after ramp-up. Target 5 years of payroll experience; degree and multi-state payroll required with leadership strongly preferred.

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