DescriptionAkima is seeking a skilled
Payroll Operations Manager to join our team of outstanding professionals. If you're ready to make an impact and grow your career, apply today!
Responsible for managing a team for preparation, processing, validation/review, and disbursement of the company payrolls. This position will work with executive management on auditing processes for efficiency and improvements from labor processing to general ledger posting.
Responsibilities
- In-house payroll processing for greater than 10,000 active employees assigned to over 40 different taxable entities across all 50 states.
- Payroll related set up for new contracts/companies.
- Managing the activities of a centralized payroll department carrying out responsibility for payroll preparation/processing.
- Supervising the maintenance of the automated payroll system and assists in installation and maintenance of system modules.
- Updating the system to handle new requirements including tax laws.
- Performing support functions necessary for payroll processing.
- Assisting the payroll tax and accounting group with quarterly and annual reconciliations and the preparation of year end W-2s including additional income items to be reported.
- Assisting in the development of goals, policies, priorities, and procedures relating to payroll.
- Research accounting reconciling items from payroll postings.
- Establishing system controls for payroll system and develop procedures to improve existing systems.
- Interpreting company policies and government regulations affecting payroll procedures.
- Direct preparation of government reporting.
- Determining work procedures, prepares work schedules, and expedites workflow.
- Studying and standardizing procedures to improve efficiency of payroll operation.
- The employment, training, motivation, discipline and performance evaluation of department staff.
- Coordinating month end/quarter end and year end payroll activities.
- Assisting with all tax related deadlines and filings.
- Providing timely resolution for escalated payroll or payroll accounting issues.
- Provide necessary backup to payroll management as needed in executive level meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
- Local to Herndon, Virginia preferred but not required
- Federal Government Contracting experience preferred & strongly suggested
- Experience working with employees covered by the Service Contract Act, Davis-Bacon Act and collective bargaining agreements preferred.
- Experience with running in-house payroll.
- Experience with multi-state payrolls.
- At least 5+ years of payroll experience.
- At least 3+ years of managerial experience.
- Experience with Deltek T&E and Costpoint preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to thrive under tight deadlines.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- This Hybrid position requires that you live within commuting distance from Herndon, VA
Benefits InformationRegular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.
Pay Range$140,000 - $160,000
Job ID2026-25167
Work TypeHybrid
