Payroll Lead & HRIS Operations

Location: St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Salary: $850,000 - $95,000 annually Ready to own payroll operations, HRIS data integrity, and financial controls for a diversified, growing organization? This is an opportunity to leverage your deep payroll expertise while partnering closely with HR, Finance, and leadership to drive accuracy, compliance, and process improvement. Why This Opportunity Stands Out Visible, high-impact role supporting multiple business units across a diverse and growing organization Strong partnership with Finance, HR, Benefits, and leadership teams, offering broad organizational exposure Opportunity to own payroll operations, HRIS data governance, and key compliance initiatives Play a critical role in payroll accounting, reconciliations, and internal controls with significant influence on process improvements Stable, established company with a collaborative culture focused on performance, innovation, and trust Ideal for professionals who enjoy solving complex payroll, HRIS, and GL reconciliation challenges Key Responsibilities For The Payroll Lead & HRIS Operations Manage end-to-end multi-state payroll processing across multiple business units and legal entities Perform payroll accounting activities, including payroll-to-GL reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and month-end support Maintain HRIS data integrity through audits, data transactions, reporting, testing, and issue resolution Ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations, filings, year-end processing, and audit requirements Partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, and business leaders to resolve issues and improve payroll and HRIS processes Qualifications For The Payroll Lead & HRIS Operations CPP (Certified Payroll Processor) is a PLUS + 10+ years of hands-on payroll experience managing complex, multi-state payroll environments Strong General Ledger (GL) experience, including payroll accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial controls Advanced HRIS and payroll systems expertise, including reporting, audits, testing, and data management Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or related field (or equivalent experience) #PayrollHRISOperationsSpecialist #PayrollJobs #HRISJobs #AccountingJobs #FinanceJobs #INOCT2026