Payroll Manager

Location : Zanesville Campus, OH

Job Type : Full-Time Staff

Division : Business Operations

Opening Date : 08 / 12 / 2025

Position Description

The Payroll Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight of the College's full-cycle payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and confidentiality in all payroll-related processes. This position is responsible for the execution and monitoring of payroll transactions, tax filings, retirement contributions, benefits deductions, garnishments, and related financial reporting.

The Payroll Manager partners closely with Human Resources, Finance, and IT to maintain and optimize payroll systems, uphold internal controls, and ensure timely processing and reconciliation of all payroll activities. The role requires a high degree of independent judgment, adherence to local, state, and federal laws, and a strong commitment to institutional and employee service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Payroll Operations and Compliance (40%)

• Manage all aspects of semi-monthly payroll processing for full-time, part-time, adjunct, and student workers.
• Ensure compliance with IRS, BWC, STRS / SERS / ARP, SSA, and other regulatory bodies.
• Maintain accurate employee earnings and deduction records in the ERP payroll system (Jenzabar preferred).
• Review and process timesheets, leave entries, and payroll adjustments in coordination with Human Resources.
• Respond to all agency inquiries related to garnishments, child support, and tax compliance.

Payroll Reporting and Reconciliation (25%)

System Administration and Process Improvement (15%)

Customer Service and Communication (10%)

Cross-Departmental Support (10%)

Qualifications

Employment and Benefits

ZSC offers an excellent benefits package including the following :

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Zane State College will : educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Excellent benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, and retirement.

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Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience?

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Do you have a minimum of four years of progressively responsible payroll experience?

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Do you have a demonstrated proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., Jenzabar), payroll tax law, and payroll best practices?

Required Question