Payroll Manager - $130k plus bonus

Hybrid – McLean

Direct Hire

Candidates must be US Citizens

Our client is a $2.5 billion services-based government contractor with 7,000 employees worldwide. Their accounting department is growing and adding a Payroll Manager to the team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable, growing company and gain executive exposure. The ideal candidate will have prior payroll management experience with a large company, ideally a government contractor, plus prior supervisory experience. Payroll is processed on a bi-weekly basis for hourly and salaried employees in all 50 states. This position reports to the Controller with exposure to a hands-on CFO.

Payroll Manager Responsibilities:

• Managing all aspects of the payroll process, such as approving transactions, correcting errors and the oversight of 3 direct reports
• Attending to any payroll-related queries or questions from employees with the mindset that speed and accuracy to resolve mistakes is paramount
• Keeping updated with labor legislation and changes in employee insurance/tax regulations
• Ensuring compliance with tax laws and organizational policies, implementing new policies if necessary
• Maintaining payroll systems and reporting any issues to the executive team
• Auditing payroll transactions to ensure that accounts, payment dates, and taxes are accurate
• End of year W2 processing
• Coordinating with internal & external auditors
• Creating monthly and annual payroll reports for executive management review
• Resolving payroll discrepancies quickly and efficiently
• Creating strategies for the continuous improvement of payroll in general

Payroll Manager Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Human Resource Management
• Prior payroll and time keeping experience with Deltek Costpoint
• Three or more years of experience in a supervisory position specifically related to payroll for a large corporation, ideally a government contractor or service-related industry such as consulting
• Familiarity with labor legislation and federal tax laws
• Experience with processing payroll in all 50 states
• The ability to ethically work with employee-sensitive information
• Excellent communication skills and client/employee service mindset

For immediate consideration, please email a Word copy of your resume to Lcooper@cordiaresources.com