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    Payroll Manager - Phoenix, United States - Western Alliance Bank

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    Job Title:
    Payroll Manager

    Location:
    CityScape

    What you'll do:
    As a Payroll Manager you'll be responsible for the production and timely delivery of biweekly payroll for regular salaried and hourly employees for about 4,000 employees in a multi-state environment. Your primary focus is ensuring that payroll processing meets service level standards-customer service; turn-around time; risk management and regulatory compliance; data governance and security, audit soundness; and productivity and efficiency. Your responsibilities as a Payroll Manager requires you to work closely with partners in Human Resources (HRIS Administration, Compensation and Benefit Administration, etc.), as well as partners in Finance (Tax, Accounting, and Finance), to produce a clean and accurate payroll and tax file. Another key responsibility of yours is improving operational processes to mitigate identified risk concerns, increase efficiencies, and enhance the functionality and ease of use of the payroll components of our HRIS system (Workday).

    What we are looking for:
    • Responsible for the complete payroll processing cycle from verifying the data inputs and files uploaded, to starting a pay calculation, reviewing results, creating the settlement, transmitting the register, verifying pay and tax deposits, and finalizing data with Finance for GL journal entries. Ensures proper calculations of gross pay, disposition of net pay, and withholdings (taxes, deductions for benefits, retirement contributions, etc.).
    • Maintain appropriate digital and other records of each payroll. Produce regular and ad-hoc reports for management, audit, regulators, and government agencies. Oversee the processing of court orders, garnishments, tax levies, and other required withholdings.
    • Perform research on technical payroll and accounting issues, as well as federal, state, and local municipality payroll tax compliance. Responsible for maintaining and enhancing SOX controls within the payroll function. Work closely with partners on data input and output requirements and controls, facilitating data transmission to various external partners of the Bank.
    • Partner with the executive compensation/stock administration team on stock-based compensation taxation and reporting


    What you need to have:
    • A bachelor's degree in a related field preferred
    • 8+ years of related experience
    • Advanced to expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards, and practices.
    • Advanced to expert knowledge of payroll concepts, federal, state, and local municipality tax requirements, and experience using in-house payroll processing systems required. Multi-state regulation and compliance.
    • Strong communication skills, especially speaking and listening skills
    • Previous leadership experience preferred
    • Certified Payroll Professional preferred
    • Workday Payroll experience is strongly preferred


    Benefits you'll love:
    We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career

    About the company:

    Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

    Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email or call When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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