Senior Manager, Payroll Operations, Accounting

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Partners for Rural Impact

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201 - 500 employees

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Social Impact • Non-profit

Partners for Rural Impact is an organization focused on improving outcomes for children and youth in rural America through its Cradle to Career Partnerships. The organization works to increase access to high-quality programs and supports, strengthen civic infrastructure, and advocate for policy changes to drive resources and investment in rural communities. Partners for Rural Impact organizes initiatives such as the Rural Summit for Cradle to Career Success and the Rural Library Network to empower rural communities and collaborate on effective practices. Their goal is to accelerate educational and upward mobility outcomes for rural youth, aiming to impact an additional 1 million children by 2030.

📋 Description

• Lead and maintain accountability for full-cycle payroll operations for a multi-state employee population • Prepare, calculate, review, process, reconcile, and complete post-payroll activities • Own the operational relationship with the third-party payroll provider • Coordinate payroll system configuration, tax setup, integrations, testing, upgrades, and regulatory or organizational changes • Review earnings, deductions, taxes, benefit contributions, retirement contributions, garnishments, leave adjustments, and other payroll transactions • Process new hires, terminations, compensation changes, retroactive adjustments, supplemental payments, bonuses, unpaid leave, overpayments, and other non-routine transactions • Manage payroll corrections and off-cycle payments • Establish and maintain payroll calendars, procedures, checklists, controls, and documentation • Serve as subject matter expert for payroll-related expenses and benefits accounting • Reconcile wages, payroll taxes, deductions, benefit costs, retirement contributions, invoices, tax reports, and vendor records • Oversee federal, state, and local payroll tax administration, filings, deposits, notices, discrepancies, registrations, and year-end activities • Oversee benefit deductions, employer contributions, retirement plan activity, funding, corrections, and reconciliation • Partner with Human Resources, Finance/Accounting, vendors, and retirement plan providers to resolve discrepancies • Serve as escalation point for complex payroll questions and employee issues • Communicate payroll, tax, deduction, and benefit matters clearly to employees and stakeholders • Consider employee impact when developing payroll procedures, workflows, communications, and system changes • Support the organization’s mission through other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field • Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible payroll experience, including substantial hands-on responsibility for full-cycle payroll operations • Experience leading or overseeing payroll operations for a multi-state employee population • Strong payroll accounting expertise, including knowledge of payroll-related expenses and benefits (PEBT) and accounting treatment of employee and employer payroll and benefit transactions • Experience overseeing payroll delivered through a third-party payroll provider • Knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax administration • Experience reconciling payroll deductions and employer contributions to benefit carrier enrollment, retirement plan records, and invoicing • Experience with payroll system configuration, including earnings, deductions, taxes, employer contributions, benefits, and general ledger mappings • Experience developing and maintaining payroll internal controls, reconciliations, and auditing documentation • Technical expertise to evaluate payroll results, challenge discrepancies, and ensure issue resolution • Understanding of interdependencies among payroll, HRIS, benefits, retirement, timekeeping, tax, and financial systems • Analytical problem-solving skills and ability to independently analyze data • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills • High discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential payroll, compensation, tax, and employee information • Reliable transportation • Successful completion of a pre-employment background check • Ability to communicate and exchange information accurately • Ability to operate standard office equipment and computer software • Ability to travel independently by car and plane locally and nationally

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance plans • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program • Life insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Retirement plan • Paid vacation, sick leave, and annual holidays • Paid parental leave • Tuition assistance • Professional development opportunities • Remote/home-office work arrangement • Occasional travel for meetings, conferences, training, or organizational events