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:

Payroll Operations

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

Payroll Clerk Supervision

• 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
• Provide real-time guidance and escalation support for complex payroll issues
• Create and maintain training materials, job aids, and SOPs to standardize payroll-related practices across all locations – inform identify gaps and help solve.

Payroll Analytics Assistance

• Analyze payroll data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for cost savings and efficiency. This is done while processing payroll data or by helping resolve issues that may arise.
• Build and help maintain dashboards and reports for leadership visibility
• Partner with Finance and HR to support forecasting, budgeting, and workforce analytics

Payroll Tax Knowledge

• 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.