Director of Payroll

Certifications:

• N/A

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree, Accounting

Work Experience:

• Payroll leadership - 5 years

• Establishes and maintains departmental policies, practices, and procedures.
• Ensures payroll services are processed
• Works in accordance with established policies and procedures along with all compliance requirements.
• Ensures compliance with payroll laws and regulations at the state, federal, and local level.
• Leads the payroll team to ensure payroll operations occur on time and accurately.

• Responsible for corporate payroll strategy, planning, and communications.
• Management responsibilities; talent acquisition, coaching, performance management, and development.
• Oversees assigned project work; specific administration activities with the delivery of payroll services.
• Supports and provides direction on payroll process system's setup, maintenance, upgrades and enhancements.
• Partners with HR Systems to enhance and maintain payroll systems and configuration.

• Oversees payroll team training on policies, procedures, and changes affecting payroll processing, includes determining effectiveness and driving changes to optimize payroll processing.
• Drives continuous improvement throughout the payroll department that reduces process waste, increases productivity and improves service levels.
• Ensures appropriate metrics are in place to measure and manage service levels, business risks and improve decision making.
• Partners with the wider Accounting, Finance, Tax, HR and Legal teams to provide support, communication and accurate information as required or requested.

• Operational responsibility for payroll operations for an organization with over 11,000 employees.
• Timely responses and support payroll inquiries from all employees throughout the organization.
• Manages day to day activities for all aspects of the comprehensive payroll operation including, but not limited to, management of the vendor to oversee the appropriate production of all payroll calendars and processes.
• Collaboratively works with cross functional leadership teams to represent the payroll function across Human Resources, Finance, and IT a on strategic department and corporate initiatives.
• Identifies change management activities and collaborates with various stakeholders for items related to payroll including but not limited to training, communications and support.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.
• File Federal and State payroll tax returns, monitors federal and state regulatory requirements that impact payroll, provide payroll data for Medicare cost report preparation and 990 tax returns.
• Oversight of auditing and processing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end taxes and reconciliations.
• Oversight of the funding and reconciliation of the 457 and 451 plans.
• Responsible for ensuring all pay processes adhere to internal controls and regulatory pay practices.

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.