Payroll Manager

Overview

The Payroll Manager plays a key role in planning, overseeing, and supporting payroll-related projects to drive project success. The Payroll Manager will work in partnership with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), contributing to PEO selection and implementation, maintaining the ongoing relationship, conducting audits, and helping ensure accurate timekeeping data flow for a high-volume, hourly workforce. In this position, you’ll provide responsive, employee-focused support and collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to promote compliance and operational excellence.

Join the $4.6B SR 400 Express Lanes project in Atlanta—one of the largest roadway projects in the United States—delivered through a public-private partnership led by FlatironDragados and ACCIONA. This landmark infrastructure project includes the design, construction, long-term operation, and maintenance of the corridor for 50 years, transforming a critical route and supporting mobility in one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions.

What you will be doing

• Evaluates current processes, procedures, systems, and tools and develops project plans to address inefficiencies within the payroll function for the mega project.
• Partners with internal and external teams to improve operational effectiveness of the mega project payroll function.
• Reports team results to key stakeholders, including presentations to leaders.
• Manages the adoption of newly implemented initiatives (internal and/or external).
• Supports employee onboarding by verifying, collecting, and entering employee benefits, demographics, and personal data into HRIS.
• Prepares and pays federal withholding including Medicare, Social Security, Federal Income
• Tax, Child Support withholdings, as well as federal unemployment taxes.
• Reviews all certified payroll for subcontractors.
• Leads all communications to internal and external customers.
• Documents and trains affected parties on new processes, procedures, systems, and tools.
• Assumes a leadership role to ensure project meets all agreed to deliverables.
• Maintains knowledge of Company’s values and strategic plan.
• Supports and abides by published corporate policies.
• Performs additional assignments per management’s direction.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, or related field required
• 8+ years’ experience with in-house payroll processes required.
• Experience overseeing payroll in partnership with a PEO, including involvement in implementation and ongoing client relationship management required.
• Knowledge of payroll practices and applicable legislation.
• Ability to perform detailed analysis and apply business acumen to develop insightful valued-added solutions/process improvements.
• Effective communications skills (oral and written), including presentations to all levels within an organization.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Planning & organizational skills, results-oriented, and the capability of driving multiple projects simultaneously to completion.
• High initiative, strong judgment, and solutions orientation.
• Strong team orientation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc) and payroll systems.

This position is 5 days a week in office.

Why work for us

Some of the benefits you may be eligible for as an employee are:

• Comprehensive compensation package and paid time off program
• Industry leading 401(k)/RRSP
• Medical/Extended Health Care, Dental, Vision and/or Provincial Medical
• Wellness benefits & Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

We are an EEO/ADA/Veterans employer.

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