Job description
Our client, a Commercial Real Estate Marketplace, is looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to join their team!
The Payroll Manager is responsible for payroll processing for entire company. This role is directly responsible for understanding and performing all phases of the payroll process, multi-state, bi-weekly in-house payrolls, time and attendance system interfaces, payroll tax reporting and reconciliation, and payroll related accounting transactions.
Location- Marina Del Rey-HYBRID
Salary- Up to $105K DOE
What You Will Do:
• Process, review, and balance bi-weekly and semimonthly payrolls
• Ensure payroll transactions are processed correctly for time, earnings, benefits, deductions, taxes, garnishments, and other items that affect pay and/or company liability
• Deep understanding of payroll taxes and rates in each state and locality
• Responsible for payroll administration, reconciliations to General Ledger and other accounts
• Timely assist employees and managers with payroll-related inquiries professionally, showing excellence in customer service
• Maintain operating procedures manual and ensure policies and procedures are up to date and are being followed
• Continuously evaluate, analyze, and recommend to the Division Controller opportunities to improve and/or streamline payroll processes
• Identify, research, investigate and resolve payroll anomalies during routine payroll analyses and audit
• Process monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting for multiple states including reconciliation to payroll and general ledger systems and submission of payments
• Plans and conducts and reports results of audits to ensure all enrollments are accurate
• Works closely with the Accounting and Finance department for quarterly and year end audits
• Collaborate and partner with Human Resources regarding new hires, terminations, benefit deductions, assigned payroll policies and other matters
• Administers unemployment claims
• Presents benefits overview to new hires during the onboarding process
Who You Are:
• MUST have owned payroll in previous role
• Experience with BambooHR
• Background with commission plans, VCP's etc
• Familiar with different company bonus tiers and payouts.
• Monthly (not quarterly) plans
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, or related degree or relevant combination of experience, education, and certification(s)
• At least 5 + years’ experience in processing full cycle payroll in a multi-state environment with exempt and non-exempt employees
• Extensive knowledge of wage and hour compliance, and payroll tax compliance
• Strong attention to detail
• Continuously seeking opportunities to improve the automation of the payroll and reporting processes
