Payroll Administrator

43230 Columbus, Ohio Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 26, 2025 Last posted March 26, 2025
Job description
Position overview:
We are looking for a dynamic Payroll Administrator to assist in the payroll process for one of our newly-acquired companies' corporate as well as field employees. The individual will partner with the HR team to administer the full payroll process for our 2000 employees in North America.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the full payroll process for our corporate and field employees in the US (~300) and Canada (~1700)
  • Ensure compliance with the federal, state and local legal requirements
  • Complete the auditing of payrolls every pay period and ensure its accuracy
  • Quickly identify potential illegal actions and submissions, document them as needed
  • Ensure that all hourly employees’ timecards are accurate, in compliant with laws and other legal standards
  • Educate the employees, raise awareness of the compliance of the standards
  • Process owner for Global Payroll and Time & Attendance providing clear global strategy, standard processes, expectations, oversight and strong stakeholder management.
  • Maintain payroll guidelines by ensuring policies and procedures are documented in a timely basis.
  • Manage outsourced vendors to ensure compliance with processes, requirements and laws and service expectations.
  • Partner with the IT department and resolve any technical payroll issues 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Human Resources or related field
  • At least 3+ years of payroll experience for exempt and non-exempt employees
  • Canadian Payroll experience a BIG PLUS
  • Proficiency with payroll software (Namely, Payworks)
  • Familiarity with other systems (HRCloud, bSwift, etc…)
  • Excellent understanding of multi-location payroll and taxes
  • Strong current knowledge of payroll procedures and related laws
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Exceptional organizational and time management skills
  • Ability to work well independently as well as in a team environment
About this role

Summary

Manage payroll processes, ensure compliance, audit, and coordinate with vendors and HR.

Job title

Payroll Administrator

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

finance

Location requirements

On-site in Columbus, Ohio, with remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

payroll softwarepayroll procedurestax lawsattention to detail

Preferred skills

canadian payrollmulti-location payroll

Specializations

payrollcompliancemulti-locationtaxes
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site