Payroll Manager

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to support payroll, benefits, and HR operations for a transport organization in Riviera Beach, Florida. This Long-term Contract position will play a key role in maintaining accurate payroll processing, strengthening compliance practices, and improving reporting across payroll and HR functions. The role also contributes to implementation-related activities, including testing, validation, documentation, and post-launch support, while partnering closely with HR, Finance, and other internal teams.

Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for a large, multi-state employee population, ensuring timely and accurate pay results.
• Review payroll outputs such as taxes, earnings, deductions, garnishments, and accruals, and resolve discrepancies before finalization.
• Work with internal stakeholders and external implementation partners to support configuration reviews, testing cycles, validation efforts, and issue tracking.
• Analyze existing payroll, timekeeping, benefits, and HR workflows to identify operational gaps and recommend process improvements.
• Participate in data conversion activities involving employee records, payroll history, and benefits information to help maintain data accuracy.
• Support user acceptance testing and parallel payroll runs to confirm system readiness and reduce risk prior to launch.
• Partner with Finance on payroll reconciliations, accounting support, and month-end close activities related to payroll transactions.
• Assist with benefits administration by reviewing eligibility, enrollment details, and payroll deduction accuracy while addressing employee questions with HR.
• Prepare and maintain payroll, HR, and benefits reporting, while promoting strong data integrity and audit readiness across related systems.
• Contribute to year-end processing, audit support, policy documentation, and post-go-live stabilization for payroll and HR operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle payroll in a multi-state environment for a workforce of 500 or more employees.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance requirements, including federal, state, and local regulations, tax withholding, and reporting obligations.
• Hands-on experience with payroll and HR platforms such as ADP Workforce Now, UKG Ready, or UKG Pro.
• Background supporting system implementations, including testing, validation, data review, and process documentation.
• Ability to reconcile payroll reports, investigate variances, and maintain a high level of accuracy in payroll and benefits data.
• Experience collaborating with HR, Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders on payroll operations, audits, and issue resolution.
• Proficiency in developing compliance, operational, and external reports related to payroll, HR, and benefits activities.