Payroll Operations Lead

Role Summary

The Payroll Senior Executive / Assistant Manager is a critical role responsible for the governance, execution, and continuous improvement of the end-to-end payroll function for all retail employees. This role ensures timely, complex calculation accuracy, establishes robust internal controls, leads compliance efforts against all statutory regulations, and manages the integration of payroll data with the company's financial systems.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Payroll Governance & Execution

• Process Leadership : Lead and oversee the entire monthly payroll cycle, ensuring disbursement to all retail employees is accurate, timely, and executed with high transactional integrity.
• Data Control (Phase 1 Focus) : Govern the data validation process, establishing rigorous internal controls and audit checkpoints for all payroll inputs, including timecards (regular and overtime), employee status changes (promotions, terminations), and deduction elections.
• Complex Calculation & Verification (Phase 2 & 3 Focus) : Direct and verify the precise calculation of gross pay, ensuring correct application of statutory Wage & Hour Laws (FLSA / Local Equivalents), particularly complex overtime and bonus rules. Oversee the accurate calculation and reconciliation of all mandatory and voluntary deductions to finalize Net Pay.
• Financial Integration (Phase 4 Focus) : Manage the payment reconciliation process and ensure seamless, accurate, and timely integration and posting of all payroll data into the company's General Ledger (GL) system for cost allocation and reporting.

Compliance Framework & Audit Readiness

HRIS Management & Process Improvement

Qualifications Education & Experience

Skills & Competencies