PF PAYROLL, L&A, BENEFITS, & TALENT MGR - 72002324 1

Requisition No: 857736 

Agency: Management Services

Working Title: PF PAYROLL, L&A, BENEFITS, & TALENT MGR - 72002324 1

Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 72002324 

Salary:  $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 08/11/2025 

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People First Payroll, Leave & Attendance, Benefits and Talent Manager
People First
State of Florida Department of Management Services
This position is located in Tallahassee, FL

Position Overview and Responsibilities:
This position serves as section leader responsible for benefits management, payroll, leave & attendance management and talent management modules (recruiting, performance, learning and on-boarding) and manages, identifies and develops system-wide solutions for these modules and functions of the human resource information system (HRIS). This position requires a high degree of confidentiality, accuracy, and adherence to timeframes. This role oversees vendor performance on system related performance metrics, system releases, upgrades, and new implementations. 
 

Managerial Oversight:

Directs and supervises the Insurance Benefits, Payroll and Leave & Attendance and Talent Management team leads to ensure compliance with the Department’s employment policies and procedures and the State’s statutes and rules. 

 

Thought Leadership:

• Consults with the People First Project Administrator to establish the priorities and objectives for the benefits management, payroll and leave & attendance management and talent management modules and other priorities as assigned. 
• Coordinates, leads and participates in meetings with Service Provider, consultants, and other key stakeholders to fully document business requirements for the HRIS, in preparation for the next procurement.  
• Coordinates and participates in meetings and focus groups to gather information on current system issues, needed enhancements, and key requirements for the HRIS.  
• Represents the People First Team at professional meetings and conferences and may be required to prepare and deliver presentations to communicate / disseminate information, including designing handouts, manuals, training material, etc.
• Attends conferences, workshops, and training programs and researches human resource related literature to enhance personal human resource knowledge, skills, and abilities. 
   

Systems Design:

• Manages the development, implementation, maintenance, enhancement and monitoring of the benefits management, payroll and leave & attendance management and talent management modules in the People First system.
• Recommends enhancements and develops business requirements to ensure that the benefits management, leave/attendance and payroll management and talent management modules of the People First system are comprehensive, user-friendly, reliable, and accomplish objectives.
• Reviews functional design documents to ensure business requirement documents are implemented in accordance with state’s requirements. 
• Reviews rough order of magnitude (ROM) documents to ensure the ROM meets the stated business requirements and to determine the overall reasonableness of the estimate.  
• Conducts and manages final testing of enhancements during the user acceptance testing process and after production implementation.
• Ensures thorough People First system training materials and agency correspondence (general communications, alerts, etc.) are timely developed and coordinates with appropriate parties to disseminate.
• Performs independent reviews and analysis to detect systemic issues in a timely manner and to identify areas for improvement. 
   

Operational & Project Management:

• Coordinates and carries out operational or day-to-day activities to ensure stakeholder expectations are met.  These activities include managing the annual staffing and recruiting purge process; responding to applicants regarding recruiting concerns; and other benefits, payroll and leave & attendance and talent management processes.  
• Maintains project