Payroll & Benefits Manager

The Payroll & Benefits Manager plays a critical role in ensuring Valiant Residential delivers a seamless, accurate, and exceptional People experience for all Team Members. This role oversees all aspects of payroll administration, benefits operations, compliance, and HRIS optimization—serving as a subject-matter expert and trusted partner to leaders, onsite teams, and corporate departments. This position requires deep hands-on expertise with Paylocity, including advanced workflow management, reporting, configuration, and troubleshooting. The Payroll & Benefits Manager owns the integrity of payroll and benefits data, drives continuous improvement, and ensures our People operations reflect the Valiant Spirit of excellence, accuracy, and care.

Note: This role is 100% in office in Dallas (75 & Walnut Hill Lane area).

We Are Valiant

With over 37 years of experience, Valiant Residential is a next-generation property management leader, uniquely attuned to the needs of property owners and residents. We are driven by a Valiant Spirit—bold, innovative, and committed to excellence—fostering prosperous partnerships and long-term success. Our team thrives on collaboration, integrity, and strategic thinking, making a meaningful impact in the industry.

Why Work at Valiant?

At Valiant Residential, we don’t just offer jobs—we build careers. Consistently ranked as a "Top Place to Work," we are a leader in the property management industry, driven by bold, innovative professionals who make an impact.

We believe in rewarding great work with competitive total compensation and time off with comprehensive benefits, including free health insurance options and 401(k) matching. Growth isn’t just encouraged—it’s expected. With career development opportunities, a collaborative culture, and a commitment to innovation, we empower our employees to thrive.

What You’ll Be Doing

Payroll Management (Primary Function)

• Own end-to-end payroll processing for multi-state, multi-entity operations with weekly and semi-monthly cycles.
• Ensure accurate calculation of wages, bonuses, commissions, overtime, deductions, garnishments, and retroactive adjustments.
• Maintain and audit payroll records, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and data integrity.
• Lead payroll reconciliations, general ledger mapping/exports, and coordination with Accounting/Finance.
• Manage year-end processes including W-2s, taxable fringe reporting, and audits.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Paylocity workflows, settings, configuration, and automations.
• Monitor timekeeping compliance, review timecards, and provide guidance to managers and onsite teams.
• Serve as the escalation point for payroll questions, issues, and exception handling.

Benefits Administration

• Oversee administration of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, FSA, and 401(k) plans.
• Manage annual open enrollment, partnering with brokers, carriers, and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and timely benefits enrollment, changes, and terminations in Paylocity and carrier systems.
• Review and reconcile monthly carrier invoices; address discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and other federal/state benefit regulations.
• Lead communication and education of benefits offerings to Team Members and People Leaders.
• Support life-event questions and serve as primary point of contact for employee benefits inquiries.

Compliance & Reporting

• Maintain compliance with FLSA, federal and state wage laws, payroll tax requirements, and benefit-related regulations.
• Partner with Finance on payroll tax filings, audits, and periodic reviews.
• Manage HRIS/payroll reporting for leadership, Finance, and audits (internal, external, SOX, workers’ comp, etc.).
• Ensure policies, procedures, and documents remain up-to-date and compliant.

HRIS (Paylocity) Ownership

• Act as system owner for payroll, time & labor, benefits, workflows, and reporting.
• Build and maintain dashboards, custom reports, workflows, forms, and onboarding/offboarding automations.
• Troubleshoot system-related issues and partner with Paylocity representatives on escalations.
• Document processes and drive continuous optimization of People operations within the system.

Team Member & Leader Support

• Provide timely, accurate, and customer-focused support to employees, People Leaders, and corporate partners.
• Train managers and onsite teams on payroll, timekeeping, and benefits processes as needed.
• Support the People & Culture team in cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives.