This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who wants to make a meaningful impact while helping ensure our community teams can focus on what matters most: providing exceptional care and service to seniors.
What You'll DoAs Payroll Manager, you will:
- Lead end-to-end payroll processing for employees across multiple states, ensuring accurate and timely pay.
- Serve as the organization's subject matter expert on payroll laws, regulations, tax requirements, and best practices.
- Manage and develop payroll team members through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
- Oversee payroll system administration, including earnings and deduction setup, security roles, system configuration, and process optimization.
- Partner closely with Human Resources and operational leaders to resolve payroll issues, validate employee data, and improve payroll processes.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour regulations, including overtime calculations, shift differentials, garnishments, and tax requirements.
- Review payroll tax filings and regulatory reporting prepared by third-party providers, including Forms W-2 and 941.
- Prepare payroll reconciliations, journal entries, reporting, and payroll-related analyses for Finance leadership.
- Support labor forecasting, budgeting, audits, and workforce reporting initiatives.
- Train managers and end users on payroll systems, timekeeping practices, and payroll procedures.
- Develop and maintain payroll policies, procedures, and documentation to ensure consistency, audit readiness, and operational excellence.
- Stay current on evolving payroll legislation and labor regulations impacting healthcare, senior living, and multi-state employers.
Compensation: $100,000-$115,000 USD base salary annually, full-time, based on experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits: health insurance/insurance plans, free Teladoc, 401(k) match, generous PTO, and other perks.
What We're Looking ForRequired Qualifications- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive payroll experience.
- At least 3 years managing multi-state payroll operations.
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage-and-hour compliance.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience analyzing payroll data and trends.
- Proven experience leading, developing, and motivating payroll team members.
Preferred Qualifications- Payroll leadership experience in healthcare, senior living, long-term care, assisted living, skilled nursing, or multi-site service organizations.
- Experience supporting large, geographically dispersed employee populations.
- Experience with UKG Pro, UKG Workforce Management (WFM), Kronos, or similar workforce management platforms.
- Familiarity with healthcare labor practices, shift differentials, and complex scheduling environments.
- Hybrid work schedule offering flexibility and work-life balance.
- Opportunity to lead payroll operations for a growing multi-state organization.
- Strategic partnership with Finance and Human Resources leadership.
- Collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Meaningful work supporting teams who care for seniors every day.
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
Location & Travel- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Hybrid schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote each week
- Occasional travel to senior living communities may be required
If you're a detail-oriented payroll leader who enjoys solving complex challenges, building high-performing teams, and ensuring exceptional employee service, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help Maxwell Group support the people who care for our residents every day.
