Payroll Project Manager

Lead energy-efficient solutions ensuring optimal building performance, reducing costs and carbon emissions while enhancing wellbeing and productivity.

Legence, a Blackstone Portfolio Company, is North America’s leading, integrated provider of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions for the built environment. Legence improves the performance of buildings, making the spaces that shape our lives healthier and more sustainable. We specialize in helping clients decrease operating costs, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance occupant well-being and productivity. From advisory services and design to construction and ongoing maintenance, we offer a comprehensive suite of Stackable Solutions™ across the entire building lifecycle. With over a century of experience, we have the expertise to implement high-performing projects with unmatched outcomes, serving industry leaders in mission-critical and other essential sectors such as data centers, semiconductors, life sciences, healthcare, education, and more.

Payroll Project Manager (Remote)

Job Summary:

Project Manage for payroll team implementations of new M&A businesses into existing ERP and HRIS systems
Project Manage for payroll team implementations of existing businesses into new or upgraded ERP and HRIS systems
Drive automation within the payroll team by partnering with the payroll and IT teams to deliver quality solutions in a timely manner
Serve as primary point of contact for finance for general ledger data feeds between payroll and finance
Assist the Director of Payroll in validating or establishing payroll audits and controls
Assist the payroll team in documenting processes and identifying opportunities for improvement or automation
Provide leadership to support and execute business process-related goals
Work with departments and users of the systems to facilitate resolution of issues
Timely delivery of all assistance, information, and reports
Troubleshooting and support for all application issues
Coordinate with the appropriate team(s) and or integrator(s) to resolve application related issues
Provide professional and technical coaching, mentoring, and development plans
Develop technical reports, metrics, and specifications for trend analysis and remediation
Submit weekly summaries of progress and deliverables to team members
Communicate and gather requirements for deliverables
Temporarily supervise employees and payroll processes when other payroll managers are on PTO

Required Skills:

Strong written and verbal technical communication skills
Eagerness and ability to learn new technologies
Strong troubleshooting and resolution skills
Strong customer focus with a positive attitude
Application Management experience with ERP, HRIS Payroll Systems
Knowledgeable of payroll law across multiple states
Heavy Excel experience: reports; data analysis, build/write formulae and test data
Ability to work with IT during implementations to guide them and ensure system is setup appropriately for payroll
Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 products
Strong influencing and communication skills
Possess a sense of urgency to address critical technical issues
Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team to resolve issues
Ability to manage and multi-task assigned tasks
Flexibility to work off-hours and weekends when required
The ability to exercise best practices and decision making with regards to systems development, deployment, implementation, and maintenance is required

Required Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Science or an equivalent combination of training and experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Multi-state Payroll with payroll law knowledge
Minimum of 3 years of Project Management Experience
Experience with managing software systems, implementations, and interfaces
Experience with medium to large scale projects and software implementations
Heavy experience with Excel, data analysis, build/write formulae and test data

Additional Skills Preferred:

Software development and testing experience
Experience or knowledge of DayForce, Sage, Deltek, Spectrum Systems
Business Intelligence and analytics experience
General knowledge of query writing, and report development processes, techniques, and concepts
Experience with union payroll
Experience with Microsoft Fabric
Experience with building Power BI reports
Supervisory experience

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Benefits Overview
Health & Welfare: Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits, company-paid short term and long term disability, basic group life and AD&D, and mental wellness support through Spring Health.

Time Off Benefits: Paid vacation, company-paid holidays, and paid sick leave.

Financial Benefits: 401(k) retirement savings plan

Reasonable Accommodations

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Pay Disclosure & Considerations
Where pay ranges are indicated, please note that a successful candidate’s exact pay will be determined based relevant job-related factors, including any of the following: candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as geographic and market considerations. We are committed to ensuring fair and competitive compensation for all employees and comply with all applicable salary transparency laws.

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