Manager, Payroll Accountant

Summary:

The Manager, Payroll Accounting is responsible for all payroll accounting related activities, including journalizing payroll along with providing completing reconciliations, creating financial reporting and analytics to clearly explain month over month changes. This role will collaborate internally and externally to drive process improvements and efficiencies. The Manager, Payroll Accounting serves as a key resource for payroll tax compliance, system enhancements, and audit processes. In addition to payroll accounting responsibilities, this role will participate in broader general accounting functions, including revenue recognition and intercompany allocations across the family of companies.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate and timely payroll journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting related to payroll activities.
• Interact with the HR-Payroll team to resolve funding discrepancies, payroll notices, and inquiries.
• Work closely with HR-Payroll to ensure accurate recording of variable pay accruals and payouts.
• Collaborate with the payroll team to support any payroll inquiries, interanally or externally to ensure compliance.
• Complete month- and quarter-end close processes, ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Apply, enforce, and execute GAAP revenue recognition policies across multiple entities.
• Perform financial analysis to support reserves and other revenue and expense-related journal entries.
• Clearly articulate results, variances, and demonstrate an understanding of root cause to management.
• Apply professional skepticism and an inquisitive approach to review and analyze the appropriateness and reasonableness of underlying accounting principles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand company offerings and implement appropriate accounting models.
• Streamline systems and reporting tools to ensure efficient & accurate recording and proper classification of revenue.
• Participate in systems upgrades and enhancements as necessary.
• Establish controls necessary to ensure that revenue forecasts, deferred revenue balances, and revenue accounting execution comply with company policy and GAAP.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• This is a hybrid position out of the Conshohocken, PA office.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has direct reports. Manages staff and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; MBA preferred.
• 6+ years of payroll accounting experience
• Background in payroll accounting, revenue recognition, and intercompany allocations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll processes, tax regulations, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with payroll and financial systems such as ADP, Workday, or Oracle.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other financial analysis tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments.
• Experience managing payroll audits and implementing internal controls.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or CPA preferred.

Work Complexity:

Problems and issues faced are moderately complex. Problems typically impact own department and maybe other departments. Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

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