Payroll Manager

About the role

ZGF is seeking a Payroll Manager to join our team in our Portland, OR office. This role owns the full payroll life-cycle for six US and one Canadian location. This will administers payroll and timekeeping while maintaining related standards, controls, and resolves escalated payroll and tax matters.

Responsibilities

• Own the payroll lifecycle from validation and approval through funding, payment, accounting, reporting, and review
• Process accurate bi-weekly payroll, including earnings, bonuses, adjustments, deductions, garnishments, taxes, and final pay
• Own the monthly Partner payroll process, including distribution processing, deduction and withholding administration, payroll system maintenance, reporting, and reconciliation support; serve as the primary resource for Partner payroll inquiries, information requests, and year-end payroll reporting
• Administer timesheet schedules, approvals, corrections, exceptions, reminders, and period close
• Maintain timekeeping standards and configurations; guide employees and managers on entry and approvals.
• Validate payroll master data and authorized changes
• Oversee U.S. and Canadian payroll compliance through outsourced tax providers
• Review payroll registers, exceptions, tax notices, and funding; resolve discrepancies before finalization
• Reconcile payroll bank activity, clearing and liability accounts, deductions, taxes, and provider payments; post journal entries
• Manage outsourced U.S. and Canadian tax reporting and filing, including data, funding, approvals, remittances, year-end reporting, notices, and service levels
• Serve as the payroll subject matter expert and escalation point for payroll, tax withholding, payments, and timesheet questions
• Administer payroll and timekeeping configurations, security, workflows, integrations, testing, upgrades, data integrity, and vendors
• Design and operate controls for approvals, segregation of duties, access, changes, reconciliations, exceptions, and evidence
• Maintain policies, procedures, process maps, calendars, and control documentation; coordinate audits and rem