Payroll Manager

About the role

Form Energy is hiring a Payroll Manager to lead, develop, and oversee the payroll team and end-to-end payroll operations. This role ensures absolute payroll accuracy, multi-state tax compliance, strategic vendor governance, and continuous process optimization. This role reports into our Senior Director, Talent, Systems and Total Rewards. As part of our People Systems team, you will bring deep expertise in manufacturing payroll environments (managing complex shift differentials, labor distribution, and hourly tracking) along with an advanced understanding of payroll tax regulations to mitigate risk and partner effectively with HR, Finance, and Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the execution of payroll across a diverse workforce, including complex, shift-based manufacturing employees and exempt engineering and infrastructure teams.
• Manage time-clock integrations, labor distributions, and strict wage-and-hour compliance (FLSA) for both overtime/shift differentials, while serving as the primary escalation point for employee inquiries and establishing internal customer service SLAs.
• Own the payroll-to-accounting lifecycle, including month-end closing, journal entries, and reconciling payroll accounts against the General Ledger.
• Monitor and apply multi-state, local, and workers’ compensation tax updates, and manage adjustments for complex compensation structures like health/retirement benefits and equity tracking.
• Act as the primary relationship owner and escalation point for our payroll vendor (ADP) to maximize system capabilities and performance KPIs.
• Direct the preparation of quarterly/annual tax filings and serve as the lead interface for internal and external payroll audits.
• Partner with HR and Finance leadership to design and implement seamless automation workflows, system integrations, and scalable payroll process mapping.
• Deliver predictive analytics and executive-level reporting to advise senior leadership on strategic resource planning and operational trends.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in accounting, finance, HR, or related fields, including direct people management.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) highly preferred.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience managing payroll in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Deep understanding of complex time-tracking (FLSA compliance, shift differentials, overtime rules, piece-rate, and multi-facility setups).
• Advanced, practical understanding of payroll tax laws, including multi-state taxation, reciprocal agreements, local tax jurisdictions, and year-end reconciliation.
• Advanced expertise in ADP systems required, alongside experience managing complex vendor relationships and service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to be onsite 3 days per week; schedule may occasionally vary depending on necessity to support the workforce.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role, which will require working onsite from either our office in Weirton, WV or Somerville, Massachusetts 3 days per week. Relocation assistance is available.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and stock options.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees and 80% for dependents, starting from day one.
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents).
• Generous vacation policies.

Pay

Compensation range: $128,660 – $184,966