Payroll Manager

Company Description

About Veolia North America

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country's largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose :

The Payroll Manager oversees and supervises the payroll function by planning and coordinating the activities in the department that will provide a high service level to all employees and departments in the company. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing of employee compensation, tax and time keeping systems and managing a team of up to 10 payroll professionals. This role will collaborate with professionals from various departments.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities :

• Manage day-to-day payroll (multi-state US payroll) operations for all areas covered by the department and the internal team to deliver pay accurately, timely, effectively, within all regulatory, labor and tax guidelines and company policies.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Manage payroll staff, including training, reviewing and assigning workloads and assuring quality control for processes, conducting performance reviews for direct reports, and resolving any issues that may arise.
• Optimize systems used today and actively participate in system improvement and implementations as needed.
• Analyze procedures and policies and utilize best practices and processes to recommend the most efficient, automated, and effective methodologies to meet requirements, deadlines and to eliminate manual processes.
• Contribute to special projects including changes in corporate structure, upgrades, new acquisitions, implementations, standardizations of policies and procedures, policy changes, corporate wide programs, etc.
• Support internal reporting requirements for special requests, projects, and to improve efficiencies
• Oversee and prepare year-end processes, including W-2 preparation and distribution and all year-start processes and responsibilities.
• Manage and support corporate wide payroll responsibilities including annual bonus, stock program, audits, 401k, Paid Time Off, corporate reporting, prevailing wage requirements, etc.
• Interact with all levels of Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Department Managers and employees on payroll related issues and processes
• Assist in the System harmonization & implementation project with the HRIS Team.

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Additional Information

Benefits : Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer : The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.