Payroll Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Pay : $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Job description :

Payroll Manager – Hospitality

Experience Required : 7–10 years payroll management experience, preferably within the hospitality industry (hotel resort, multi-unit food & beverage, large staffing volumes, tipped employees)

Compensation Range : 90K – 115K

Role Summary :

As our Payroll Manager you will lead and manage the end-to-end payroll operations for our hospitality properties, ensuring accurate and timely payment of employees—from hourly staff, tipped associates, to salaried team members—while maintaining compliance with labor law, tax regulations and hospitality-specific requirements (gratuities, multi-unit shifts, overtime, seasonal staff). You will collaborate closely with HR, Finance, and operations leadership to maintain systems, controls and reporting that support our business objectives.

Key Duties & Responsibilities :

• Oversee payroll processing (weekly / bi-weekly / semi-monthly) for all sites : input, audit, reconcile entries, ensure deadlines are met.
• Manage tips / gratuities, service charge distributions, differential pay, overtime, shift premiums, and all other hospitality-specific payroll items.
• Ensure all time & attendance data is reviewed, approved and coded properly; follow up with department leadership on discrepancies or errors.
• Lead the payroll team (if applicable), delegate work, provide training, monitor performance, ensure coverage during peak seasons.
• Maintain strong internal controls, ensure compliance with federal / state / local tax, wage & hour laws, unemployment / labor filings, garnishments, benefit eligibility.
• Generate payroll reports : weekly / bi- weekly / monthly / quarterly / year -end; analyze cost variances and support Finance in budgeting / forecasting.
• Liaise with HR on board with new hires, terminations, status changes, benefit eligibility dates and ensure payroll system reflects correct data.
• Continuously review and improve payroll systems ( ADP Workforce ), automate where possible, and maintain documentation of procedures.
• Serve as a strategic partner to operations and finance leadership : provide insights on payroll cost drivers, staffing models, and workforce productivity.

Qualifications & Skills :

What We Offer :

Job Type : Full-time

Benefits :

Work Location : In person