Payroll Supervisor

Position Summary

The Payroll Supervisor is a strategic and hands-on leader responsible for overseeing end-to-end payroll operations with precision, compliance, and insight. This role goes beyond processing payroll. It serves as a center of excellence for payroll strategy, analytics, tax compliance, and timekeeping optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Aid in overseeing full-cycle payroll processing for a multi-state workforce, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local wage and hour laws.

• Support by helping create and deliver payroll training programs for General Managers, leaders, and cross-functional partners across the organization.

• Education stakeholders on payroll processes, timekeeping practices, compliance requirements, and system usage to ensure accuracy at the source.

• Act as a mentor and coach to payroll staff, developing their technical expertise and problem-solving capabilities.

• Promote a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and ownership within the payroll function.

• Create and maintain training materials, job aids, and SOPs to standardize payroll-related practices across all locations – identify gaps and help solve.

• Assist in analyzing payroll data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for cost savings and efficiency.

• Build and help maintain dashboards and reports for leadership visibility.

• Partner with Finance and HR to support forecasting, budgeting, and workforce analytics.

• Ensure compliance with all payroll tax regulations, filings, and reporting requirements.

• Manage tax registrations, audits, and inquiries across multiple jurisdictions.

• Stay ahead of regulatory changes and proactively implement updates.

• Work with Field HR and Accounting as needed for Payroll tax expertise.