Payroll Manager | Old Saybrook, CT | $100K–$120K
Compensation: $100,000–$120,000
Location: Old Saybrook, CT (100% Onsite)
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Why This Payroll Manager Opportunity?
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a lasting impact? Our client, a growing private equity-backed industrial services company, is seeking a Payroll Manager to take ownership of payroll for a 230+ employee, multi-state workforce. Reporting directly to the CFO, you’ll step into a highly visible role due to a planned retirement and have the opportunity to modernize payroll operations, implement best practices, and build a scalable payroll function as the company continues to expand through acquisitions.
Responsibilities of the Payroll Manager:
- Own the full-cycle weekly payroll process for approximately 230–250 employees across multiple states.
- Ensure payroll accuracy across varying pay rates, job codes, labor allocations, and employees working across multiple job sites and states.
- Maintain compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations.
- Reconcile payroll data and support reporting between Sage 300 and ADP.
- Partner with Accounting and Finance on payroll reconciliations and financial reporting.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual payroll processes and improve efficiency.
- Develop standardized payroll procedures and documentation.
- Support future payroll system implementations and process improvement initiatives.
- Help build scalable payroll operations as the company continues its acquisition-driven growth.
Preferred Experience of the Payroll Manager:
- 7+ years of progressive full-cycle payroll experience.
- Strong experience processing complex multi-state payroll.
- In-depth knowledge of payroll taxes, wage laws, and payroll compliance.
- Experience with multiple pay rates, job costing, labor allocations, or project-based payroll is a plus.
- Payroll implementation or system conversion experience is highly desirable.
- Experience within construction, industrial services, manufacturing, engineering, or other project-based environments is preferred.
- Experience with Sage 300 and/or ADP is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent payroll experience will also be considered.
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