Payroll Manager

Job Overview

Atlantic Group is hiring a Payroll Manager in New York, NY for their client. This role supports payroll operations, accounting, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-state payroll processing for a diverse employee population while ensuring timely and accurate payroll operations.
• Prepare payroll-related journal entries, reconcile payroll accounts, support month-end close activities, and maintain payroll-related financial records.
• Maintain payroll cost center allocations, review general ledger coding, prepare payroll reporting, and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, union agreements, and year-end payroll reporting requirements.
• Support benefits accounting, payroll accruals, account reconciliations, and audit preparation while partnering with finance and human resources.
• Maintain payroll system configurations, identify process improvements, and support payroll and accounting system enhancements.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is required.
• Certification: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification is preferred.
• Experience: 7+ years of payroll experience, including payroll accounting or general ledger responsibilities, is required.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience processing union payroll, multi-state payroll, payroll tax compliance, and payroll accounting is required.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with ADP Workforce Now, Microsoft Excel, and payroll or accounting systems is required.
• Experience preparing payroll-related journal entries is required.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail, discretion, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining payroll accuracy are required.