Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
We are looking for an experienced payroll leader to oversee high-volume payroll operations for a large workforce across Dallas, Texas and broader U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions. This role will guide a sizable payroll team, ensure precise and compliant processing, and work closely with internal partners across HR, Finance, Accounting, Benefits, and Compliance. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale payroll administration, strong people leadership, and hands-on experience with Paylocity in a complex multi-jurisdiction environment.
Responsibilities:
- Direct payroll execution for a workforce of roughly 10,000 + employees across the United States and Canada, ensuring each cycle is completed accurately and on schedule.
- Supervise weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, and special payroll runs, including review of earnings, deductions, incentive payments, tax withholdings, and garnishment activity.
- Lead and develop a payroll organization of approximately 20 team members by setting priorities, coaching performance, and supporting long-term growth.
- Review payroll outputs, account reconciliations, funding needs, tax submissions, and operational reporting to maintain strong financial and compliance controls.
- Partner with Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, and IT to strengthen payroll processes, improve data integrity, and resolve operational issues.
- Act as the primary expert for Paylocity administration, including system setup, testing, upgrades, and ongoing optimization efforts.
- Maintain alignment with payroll laws and regulations across federal, state, local, and Canadian jurisdictions, and address audit or compliance concerns as they arise.
- Establish and refine payroll procedures, internal controls, and workflow improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
- Produce payroll metrics, reconciliations, and leadership reporting, while supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- At least 8 years of progressive payroll experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
- Minimum of 5 years managing payroll teams in a high-volume environment.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing payroll for more than 10,000 employees across multiple states or jurisdictions.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Paylocity payroll administration.
- Solid understanding of payroll taxes, wage and hour requirements, garnishments, statutory deductions, and payroll accounting practices.
- Proven background in payroll audits, reconciliations, and compliance management.
- Experience with full-cycle and multi-state payroll processing; familiarity with platforms such as ADP Workforce Now is beneficial.