Payroll Director jobs in Santa Ana, CA

Encore Technologies is seeking a Payroll Manager responsible for overseeing the activities of the payroll staff and supervisors, ensuring that payroll is executed accurately and timely in all markets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Ensure all payroll data required for timely processing is being received by the Payroll Department from our partner departments, and that payroll is delivered accurately and timely to all Associates. Multi-state, multi-frequency multi-FEIN company spanning 40 states for 14,000 Associates.
• Oversee Payroll projects and implementations, acting as the payroll representative for initiatives that have a payroll component.
• Experienced with M&A activity, and HCM systems from the payroll perspective.
• Oversee a payroll team of 12-15, and two supervisors, in multiple U.S. time zones. Ensure Supervisors are optimizing staff performance i.e. development and continuous growth. Develop supervisors, promoting cross-training and skill-building.
• Leading staff meetings. This can be virtually, as well as periodically travelling to payroll locations.
• Take charge of escalations, directing the payroll team and guiding other departments in corrective actions. Impart lessons learned afterwards to prevent future issues.
• Ensure all regular payments, commissions, bonuses, incentives and miscellaneous payments are executed timely. Keep the payment database of any special programs updated throughout the year.
• Review and track payroll metrics, analytics and totals, ensuring values and tolerances are in-line with trends and expectations.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university preferred; Five years experience as a Payroll Manager preferred.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet, Microsoft Office Suite software, with a strong emphasis on Excel. The candidate should also have experience working in HCM’s (Workday, UKG/Ulitpro, ADP, SAP, etc..) and be familiar with time-keeping systems (Kronos, ADP, UKG, etc..).

Encore Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.