Senior Payroll and Retirement Manager

About the role

The Senior Payroll & Retirement Manager is a key leader responsible for delivering accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll and retirement operations within a complex, multi-state manufacturing environment. This role partners across Finance, HR, and Operations to optimize processes, enhance system capabilities (UKG), and deliver data-driven insights that support business growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations for a workforce distributed across 37+ states and multiple manufacturing sites
• Drive process improvement and standardization, eliminating inefficiencies and reducing manual workarounds
• Identify and resolve reporting, configuration, and mapping errors within UKG, ensuring data accuracy and reliability
• Design scalable payroll processes to support continued organizational growth and increasing workforce complexity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or related field
• 8–12+ years of payroll experience, including leadership in complex, multi-state environments
• Hands-on UKG experience required, including system optimization and issue resolution
• Demonstrated success in streamlining processes and fixing reporting/mapping inaccuracies
• Strong experience with 401(k) plan administration and leading annual audits
• Experience supporting expatriate or international employees
• Prior team leadership experience required

Benefits

• Pay range: $115,000 – $130,000
• Career Scope and Advancement: Accelerated paths for the right candidates, locally and globally
• World of Wellness Philosophy: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Health Advocate, 401k, legal, disability, and theft insurance
• Corporate Social Responsibility: Reducing CO2e emissions to as close to zero as possible, community involvement
• Skills Development: Diverse and multifaceted role, learning from senior leaders and experts, exposure to mentorship