Payroll Manager

Description We are in search of a Payroll Manager to join our team in the automotive industry, based in NORTHVILLE, Michigan. The role involves managing the in-house payroll system, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws. It is an exciting opportunity that requires a high level of organization and detail orientation.

Responsibilities include

• Ensuring the smooth operation of the in-house payroll system and its compliance with federal and state laws.

• Collaborating with IT to modify and adapt programming and processing methods in response to changes in regulations, withholding rates, reporting needs, and changes within the company.

• Assisting in defining, analyzing, configuring, and testing different processes and application solutions to provide recommendations and alternatives to business issues.

• Collaborating with business resources to identify and develop process improvement initiatives.

• Maintaining payroll information by directing the collection, calculation, and entering of data.

• Preparing various reports for management on a periodic and ad hoc basis.

• Determining payroll liabilities by approving the calculation of employee federal and state income and social security taxes, and employer's social security, unemployment, and payroll taxes.

• Setting up new employee information accounts and entering appropriate payroll elements.

• Balancing the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.

• Maintaining detail oriented and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing detail oriented publications, and participating in detail oriented societies.

• Managing year-end, quarterly, and monthly payroll processes to ensure the timely completion of all payroll tax reporting requirements and the issuance of W-2s.

Skills: ADP Workforce Now, ADP - Payroll, SAP, Payroll - Union. Requirements - Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience as a Payroll Manager

• Proficiency in ADP Workforce Now and ADP - Payroll is required

• Must have experience with SAP software

• Experience with Payroll - Union is essential

• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment

• Knowledge of payroll tax laws and regulations

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is preferred

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel

• Certified Payroll detail oriented (CPP) certification is a plus

• Experience in the automotive industry is desirable

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

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