Payroll & HRIS Manager

Our client is seeking a hands-on and strategic Payroll & HRIS Manager to lead payroll operations, HR systems administration, and technology-driven process improvements within a growing, multi-state organization. This individual will serve as a trusted subject matter expert, partnering closely with Finance, Accounting, and business leaders to ensure payroll accuracy, system optimization, and data integrity. The ideal candidate is collaborative, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable driving projects while maintaining operational excellence.

This role is a hybrid model in Portland, Oregon.

HR Payroll & HRIS Manager Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end multi-state payroll processing, ensuring payroll accuracy, tax compliance, reconciliations, payroll-to-general ledger balancing, and audit readiness.
• Serve as the primary administrator and subject matter expert for payroll and HRIS platforms, leading system configurations, upgrades, integrations, testing, and future implementations.
• Develop and maintain workforce, payroll, and HR reporting dashboards, analytics, and metrics to support business and leadership decision-making.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Controllers, and leadership teams on payroll operations, compensation initiatives, system enhancements, and process improvement efforts.
• Manage payroll vendors, processing controls, payroll calendars, employee inquiries, onboarding support, and continuous optimization of payroll and HR technology processes.

Do you have a valid Fundamental Payroll Certification certification?, Do you have experience in User support?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 5+ years of experience managing high-volume, multi-state payroll operations, including payroll tax compliance and payroll administration responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading or supporting payroll and/or HRIS implementations, upgrades, integrations, system configuration, user acceptance testing, and go-live activities.
• Strong HRIS administration, advanced Excel, reporting, analytics, project management, troubleshooting, and process improvement experience.
• Experience partnering with Finance and Accounting leadership, supporting HRIS and payroll systems administration, reporting, analytics, audits, and continuous process improvement initiatives. CPP/FPC certification, Power BI, leave administration, compensation analysis, and complex payroll environment experience are highly desirable.

Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance, Salary: $110K-$120K/year + Bonus. (DOE), Benefits are available to eligible full-time employees and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.