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Job Description
The Manager, Payroll leads payroll operations and the payroll project/change portfolio for approximately 14,000 U.
This role provides leadership to a Payroll team of approximately 16 employees, including 1-2 direct reports, and is accountable for payroll accuracy and timeliness, regulatory compliance, tax administration, time and attendance, controls, reconciliations, audits, systems, projects, and operational excellence.
The Manager also serves as the payroll project owner and subject-matter expert for implementations, system changes, integrations, and process improvements, and leads the Payroll workstream for M&A; activities in partnership with cross-functional teams. strategic initiatives impacting payroll, with accountability for planning, execution, implementation, and successful transition to ongoing operations.
Key Job ResponsibilitiesPayroll Operations & Team LeadershipLead day-to-day payroll operations for approximately 14,000 U.
S. and biweekly Canadian payrolls.
Ensure payrolls are accurate, timely, appropriately reviewed, reconciled, approved, and compliant with applicable requirements.
Provide leadership, coaching, workload prioritization, and direction to the Payroll team while establishing transparent ownership, accountability, service expectations, and escalation protocols.
Review payroll results, exceptions, variances, and high-risk transactions and serve as a senior escalation point for complex payroll and employee pay matters.
Drive operational excellence through standardization, performance metrics, root-cause analysis, automation, effective controls, and continuous improvement.
Payroll Regulatory Compliance, Wage & Hour & Pay PracticesProvide leadership and oversight of payroll regulatory compliance across the United States and Canada, including U.
S. federal,



state, and local and Canadian federal and provincial requirements, with specific expertise in California wage and hour compliance.
Apply strong knowledge of FLSA overtime and regular rate of pay requirements, including appropriate treatment of commissions, bonuses, incentives, premiums, and other variable compensation. Oversee time and attendance and complex pay practices, including commission, incentive, productivity, flat-rate/flag-hour, guarantee, premium, bonus, and other variable compensation arrangements, including automotive collision-repair technician and estimator pay practices.
Monitor regulatory developments, assess payroll impacts, and partner with Legal, HR, Tax, Compensation, and Operations to implement required changes and mitigate compliance risk.
Identify compliance gaps and trends and lead corrective action, remediation, and sustainable process improvements.
Payroll Tax, Controls & AuditOversee U.
S. federal, state, and local and Canadian federal and provincial payroll tax administration, remittances, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting.
Ensure accurate quarterly and annual reconciliations and filings, including Forms 941, 940, W-2/W-3, applicable state/local withholding and unemployment filings, and Canadian T4/T4A, CPP/QPP, EI, income tax, and applicable provincial reporting.
Maintain a strong payroll control environment, including applicable SOX controls, approvals, reconciliations,



segregation of duties, documentation, and audit readiness.
Lead and support internal and external payroll, tax, SOX, and wage and hour audits across U.
Systems, M&A; & Project LeadershipProvide operational ownership of payroll processes within Workday and ADP and ensure the accuracy and completeness of payroll-related data and integrations, including CCC, QComm, and ASE Workday ADP.
Serve as the payroll project owner and subject-matter expert for implementations, system conversions and upgrades, integrations, enhancements, process transformation, and other strategic initiatives impacting payroll.
Lead the Payroll workstream for M&A; activities, partnering with the broader M&A;/project team to assess payroll requirements and coordinate system setup, data conversion, testing, reconciliation, and integration into ongoing payroll operations.
Lead payroll projects from planning through stabilization, including requirements, timelines, dependencies, risk assessment, configuration review, data validation, testing/UAT, parallel payrolls, cutover, go-live, and transition to ongoing operations.
Partner with HRIS, IT, Finance, Tax, Legal, HR, Compensation, Operations, and external vendors to align project priorities, requirements, dependencies, and deliverables.
Lead payroll technology, automation, and process improvement initiatives that strengthen operational excellence, scalability, compliance, controls, and employee experience while maintaining continuity of payroll operations.
Process Governance & Business PartnershipLead the creation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of payroll standard operating procedures (SOPs), controls, process documentation, and business continuity procedures.
Ensure payroll processes and complete

📌 Payroll Supervisor (Canada)
🏢 The Boyd Group
📍 Canada