Top Payroll Jobs in NYC, NY

Supports payroll operations through data validation, reconciliations, reporting, research, issue resolution, audit support, documentation, and process improvement. The intern collaborates with payroll, accounting, tax, and business teams while gaining exposure to finance and accounting activities. This is a fully remote internship requiring full-time student enrollment, analytical skills, Microsoft Office experience, confidentiality, accuracy, and willingness to learn.

Processes accurate, timely payroll while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. Handles payroll data entry, audits, deductions, garnishments, payments, and employee inquiries. Resolves paycheck and timekeeping issues, explains net pay calculations, maintains payroll documentation, creates SOPs, supports process improvements, and coordinates with Payroll Accounting to maintain employee record integrity.

Leads U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, filings, payments, audits, reconciliations, year-end reporting, controls, and regulatory monitoring. Manages a team of six payroll tax professionals while partnering with Payroll Operations, Technology, Product Management, HR, Accounting, vendors, auditors, and government agencies. Drives process improvements, system enhancements, testing, strategic initiatives, and organizational change across complex, multi-jurisdiction payroll operations.

Leads U.S. and Canadian payroll tax compliance, including filings, payments, audits, reconciliations, year-end reporting, regulatory monitoring, and agency relations. Manages and develops a team of six payroll tax professionals, establishes internal controls, drives process improvements, and partners with Payroll Operations, Technology, Product Management, HR, Finance, vendors, auditors, and government agencies on system enhancements and strategic initiatives.

Manage end-to-end, multi-state payroll operations, including complex compensation calculations, data imports, reconciliations, audits, compliance, and discrepancy resolution. Lead and develop the payroll team, maintain controls and documentation, support ADP Workforce Now processes, and partner with HR, Finance, Operations, and field leadership to improve payroll accuracy and efficiency.

Monitors U.S. and Canadian payroll compliance, regulations, tax filings, audits, controls, and employee pay accuracy. Investigates exceptions, manages corrective actions, supports SOX and regulatory audits, and coordinates payroll compliance for acquisitions and new entities. Maintains procedures, governance documentation, dashboards, and reporting while partnering with Legal, Finance, HR, vendors, and leadership to improve controls, reduce risk, and support payroll technology and transformation initiatives.

Resolve complex payroll corrections, amended returns, tax notices, and multi-jurisdiction payroll issues for employer customers. Diagnose root causes, coordinate with tax operations, product, and engineering, explain resolutions to partners, and help document and automate recurring processes. The role requires payroll-provider experience across prior-quarter and prior-year amendments, state and local taxes, agency notices, and Canadian equivalents.

The Payroll Assistant processes payroll, manages payroll systems, handles inquiries, prepares reports, and collaborates with HR on employee data maintenance.

Supports NYC Aging payroll operations by preparing biweekly payroll summaries, processing personnel actions and employment paperwork, auditing payroll reports, administering additions to gross and lump-sum payments, maintaining payroll records, and ensuring compliance with city payroll policies, civil service laws, employment laws, and collective bargaining agreements.

Leads global payroll strategy and operations across the United States, Europe, Israel, and other international markets. Oversees payroll compliance, taxes, vendors, EOR partners, technology, controls, reporting, equity compensation processing, and system transformations. Builds and develops a multinational payroll team while partnering with Finance, Legal, People, and Operations. Drives process improvement, accurate payroll delivery, risk reduction, and resolution of complex payroll matters.

Ensures accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing through auditing, reconciliations, variance analysis, payroll tax administration, accounting support, and issue resolution. Partners with HR, Finance, Benefits, HRIS, employees, and vendors to resolve complex payroll inquiries, support audits, maintain controls, and improve payroll systems and processes. The role also supports payroll tax compliance, year-end activities, testing, data validation, and employee deductions.

Process end-to-end payroll and timekeeping, including wage calculations, deductions, pay adjustments, certified payroll, and discrepancy resolution. Support HR administration through onboarding, separations, employment verifications, background checks, and HRIS updates. Ensure compliance with payroll taxes, federal contractor requirements, prevailing wage laws, and employment regulations while safeguarding confidential employee information.

Produces and audits payroll for unionized, multi-state employees covered by numerous collective bargaining agreements. Responsibilities include calculating union benefits, pension and 401(k) contributions, dues, retroactive pay, overtime premiums, special payments, and payroll deductions. The role prepares reports, maintains confidential payroll data, supports payroll system testing and configuration, and collaborates with HR, HRIS, benefits, and payroll teams. Requires 0–2 years of payroll experience, Excel analysis skills, and familiarity with systems such as Workday or ADP.

Lead semi-monthly payroll processing for approximately 800 U.S. and Canadian employees. Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local tax regulations; resolve payroll issues; coordinate benefits deductions and external vendors; support year-end filings, audits, and reporting; improve payroll processes; and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Lead semi-monthly U.S. and Canadian payroll for approximately 800 employees, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local regulations. Resolve payroll issues, coordinate benefits deductions and vendors, manage year-end tax filings and audits, provide reporting and analysis, improve payroll processes, and mentor a Payroll Administrator.

Oversee end-to-end multi-state payroll processing for approximately 450 employees, including payroll inputs, adjustments, audits, reconciliations, tax compliance, and issue resolution. Serve as the Workday Payroll subject matter expert, managing configurations, testing, controls, and change documentation. Coordinate with HR, HRIS, Finance, employees, and third-party payroll providers to resolve issues, maintain data integrity, support regulatory updates, and improve payroll processes.

Processes semimonthly U.S. payroll, including wages, deductions, benefits, garnishments, and multi-state tax filings. Supports payroll tax reconciliations, year-end W-2 processing, tax notices, and international payroll coordination with external providers. Collaborates with HR, Legal, and Finance, uses Excel and AI-powered tools for validation and reconciliation, and escalates complex tax or compliance matters.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing and customer support for multiple managed payroll clients. Responsibilities include resolving cases and escalations, configuring Workday payroll components, supporting year-end processing, troubleshooting tax and audit reports, conducting client calls, documenting procedures, and maintaining service-level, quality, and production standards.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing support for multiple managed customers. Responsibilities include handling payroll cases and escalations, configuring Workday payroll components, supporting year-end processing, troubleshooting tax and audit reports, conducting root cause analyses, leading client calls, maintaining documentation, and meeting service-level and quality metrics.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing and customer support for multiple managed payroll clients. Responsibilities include resolving cases and escalations, meeting service-level targets, configuring Workday payroll components, supporting tax and year-end processes, troubleshooting audit reports, conducting root cause analyses, leading client calls, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with internal and customer teams.

Processes end-to-end payroll for multiple managed customers, including Workday configuration, payroll taxes, deductions, year-end support, audits, and compliance. Resolves customer and internal cases, manages escalations, performs root cause analysis, leads client calls, maintains documentation, and meets service-level, quality, and production targets. The role requires strong payroll expertise, multi-jurisdiction tax knowledge, customer service, analytical skills, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Owns nationwide payroll operations, including multi-state tax compliance, wage and hour compliance, payroll controls, vendor governance, systems configuration, reporting, reconciliations, audits, and final payroll approval. Leads the payroll team, manages ADP and related integrations, oversees regulatory filings and notices, and drives automation, process improvement, and internal control effectiveness for a large hourly workforce.

Process regular and off-cycle US payroll, calculate payroll inputs, ensure tax and regulatory compliance, audit records, resolve employee and stakeholder requests, maintain documentation, improve payroll systems and processes, and support Canada payroll processing. The role also provides backup support, participates in payroll projects, and collaborates with multiple departments and stakeholders while working Eastern Standard Time hours.

Processes standard and non-standard payroll runs, including timekeeping, deductions, garnishments, and off-cycle payments. Performs payroll reconciliations and audits, maintains employee payroll records, resolves employee inquiries, and supports quarterly and year-end tax compliance activities such as filings and W-2 preparation. Also documents payroll process improvements and supports workflow controls.

Processes payroll by verifying timesheets, entering payroll data, managing direct deposits and paper checks, obtaining distribution signatures, processing wage garnishments, and adjusting pay for raises, bonuses, and commissions.