SENIOR PAYROLL MANAGER - NORTH AMERICA

AutoReqId : 19582BR

Pay Class : Salaried Exempt

Minimum Pay Rate : $115,120.00

Maximum Pay Rate : $158,290.00

Department : Human Resources

Line of Business : Corporate Administration (SSC, IT, Employee Services, Etc.)

Position Type : Full-Time

Job Posting :

Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes beyond cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete.

Heidelberg Materials North America, previously known as Lehigh Hanson, operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.

The Sr. Manager of Payroll Operations will be responsible for U.S. and Canada payroll administration, ensuring accurate payroll processing, compliance with relevant regulations and proper maintenance of payroll records.

This role manages a dynamic team and partners with a variety of internal customers across all aspects of the organization including HR, Labor Relations and Finance as well as external governmental agencies.

What youll get to do

• Collaborate with Labor Team to ensure alignment on key topics and avoidance of adverse impacts on functional standards.
• Contribute subject matter expertise, counsel, and support on payroll-related matters and all payroll requirements (including Prevailing Wage, policy and process compliance)
• Coordinate internal and external audit segments for the payroll function.
• Collaborate and align with Payroll Accounting to ensure accuracy of financials.
• Familiarity with and support for bank reconciliation process, payroll general ledger reconciliation, development, payroll year end process, and review of audit reports and inquiries;

ensures correction of payment issues prior to closing payroll.

• Collaborate with teams across the organization to support system upgrades, implementations, and integrations related to payroll systems.
• Provide leadership in addressing complex payroll issues and resolving escalations, ensuring excellent customer service.
• Maintain the confidentiality and security of data accessed during daily activities

Essential Experience and Skills

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis on accounting, business, finance, or a related field; or a combination of post-high school and equal experience may be substituted for education.
• Minimum 8 years of payroll experience with specific expertise in handling complex payroll processes and ensuring compliance across multiple countries, states and provinces.
• Knowledge of payroll tax, garnishments, and payroll general ledger impacts to facilitate adjustments, development and testing of these and related compliance changes.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience leading a team.
• Demonstrated experience running full-cycle payroll operations.
• Experience with U.S. and Canadian payroll processing, corrections, taxes (multi-state, reciprocity, and provincial), employee payroll tax maintenance, ex-pats, non-health and welfare deductions, gross-to-net calculations, taxable fringe benefits,
• Experience with U.S. and Canadian compliance and reporting including, but not limited to, FLSA, OT, Prevailing Wage, ROE issuance, support needs for payroll tax (multi-state, provincial, year-end, W-2s, W-2Cs, T4s), and other related payroll tax tasks
• Experience serving as a payroll advisor and ensuring communications, presentations, and resources are clear across audiences.
• Experience using query tools to access data and create reports.
• Manage multiple human resources and payroll data tables to extract specific data for reporting purposes.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft 365 Suite and HR information systems
• Familiarity with research and statistical methods applied to human resources management and reporting.
• Success in developing and leading teams and serving as a catalyst for growth and change.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Knowledge of JDE, SAP, and / or Workday a plus
• Master Tax payroll tax system experience in a taxpayer and / or service provider environment

What we have to offer

• Competitive base salary
• Highly competitive benefits programs
• 401k retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions
• Hybrid work environment

Employer Statement : Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled