Payroll Manager (Direct Hire)

Tittle – Payroll Manager

Location- Los Angeles, CA /Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote

Job Type – Fulltime – Direct hire

The Payroll Manager is responsible for overseeing the payroll processing operations. Ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time and in compliance with all legal and company policies. The ideal candidate will possess a process improvement mindset and will also need to stay current with changes in the law and ensure compliance with federal and state payroll tax requirements. This is a hands-on role that will require serving as a backup for the payroll administrator.

This position serves as the subject matter expert for Workday Payroll and will partner closely with Total Rewards, Finance, HRIS, and external payroll vendors to ensure seamless payroll operations and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing multi-state payroll environments, with deep hands-on expertise in Workday payroll processing and administration.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant payroll experience
• Expert knowledge of US payroll regulations, tax laws and compliance
• Excellent organizational skills and time management skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Solution driven, ability to troubleshoot and provide new ideas for change as appropriate
• Ability to work on complex problems of diverse scope and with general instruction on new assignments
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to partner with internal and external teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• Experience with Workday strongly preferred
• CPP Certification strongly preferred
• ADP Smart Compliance experience

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