Senior Payroll Manager

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Job Description

The Senior Payroll Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising the daily operations of payroll and payroll related accounting functions in a timely and professional manner, and in compliance with State and Federal regulations.

* Please note this position will be working 8am-5pm PST.

• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of payroll staff
• Manage payroll workload to meet operational requirements
• Ensure payroll is processed in an accurate, compliant and timely manner
• Direct the preparation of payroll related documents in multi-state environment
• Oversee compliance with statutory reporting and filing requirements
• Prepare relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports
• Monitor the accurate processing of staff appointments, transfers, promotions and terminations
• Prepare and review payroll benefit and account reconciliations; respond to questions regarding variances; resolve outstanding issues
• Prepare bi-weekly and monthly payroll journal entries; review and record monthly PTO and Vacation accrual; prepare monthly benefit journal entries
• Assist with month-end accounting close
• Review and improve payroll policies and procedures
• Oversee the maintenance of current employee payroll data systems; ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements; manage and resolve issues relating to payroll processing
• Support all internal and external audits related to payroll
• Partner with HR and Benefits in aligning and implementing future HRIS system
• Communicate actively with operations, HR and Benefits to ensure efficiency and workflow related activities
• Other duties as assigned

Salary Starting at $75k

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the area of accounting, finance, or business administration preferred.
• 7+ years increasingly responsible professional accounting/payroll experience
• 2-3 years management/supervisory experience
• Ability to work 8am-5pm PST
• Knowledge and understanding of payroll principles, methods, systems, and procedures
• Knowledge of all relevant payroll, employment, and income tax laws, regulations
• Knowledge of the payroll aspects of employee benefits policies, procedures, and reporting requirements
• Knowledge of and the ability to utilize and manage automated payroll and/or human resources information systems (ADP Workforce Now)
• Strong MS Office skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with multi-company entities and inter-company transactions
• Excellent organizational skills
• Attention to detail and well-developed time management skills

Additional Information

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program