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This position serves as a key technical resource for payroll compliance, wage and hour requirements, prevailing wages, certified payroll, per diem, supplemental pay, payroll taxation, and related reporting.\nThe Payroll Manager will work closely with Human Resources, Benefits, Accounting, Operations, and project leadership to resolve complex payroll matters, maintain accurate job costing and financial reporting, and continuously improve payroll systems, controls, and processes.\nThe ideal candidate brings strong technical payroll expertise, sound judgment, a high level of confidentiality, and proven leadership experience in a complex, high-volume environment. Construction or electrical contracting industry experience is highly preferred.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead all regular and off-cycle payroll processes, including payroll schedules, workflow assignments, payroll register reviews, exceptions, funding requirements, and corrections.\nValidate time records, approvals, employee changes, pay rates, project assignments, overtime, deductions, and other payroll inputs prior to processing.\nOversee payroll for employees working across multiple projects, locations, and jurisdictions, including multiple pay rates and proper allocation of labor costs.\nEnsure compliance with applicable federal and state wage and hour requirements, including overtime, compensable time, authorized deductions, final pay, and payroll recordkeeping.\nMonitor changes in payroll laws, tax requirements, agency guidance, and project-specific requirements and incorporate changes into payroll procedures and systems.\nReview prevailing wage determinations and project payroll requirements, including worker classifications, wage rates, apprentice requirements, and fringe benefit obligations.\nOversee certified payroll reporting, reconciliation, submission, corrections, and supporting documentation.\nValidate fringe benefit credits and cash payments in lieu of benefits for prevailing wage projects.\nAdminister and review per diem, travel allowances, mileage, lodging reimbursements, and other field-related allowances.\nOversee supplemental pay, including shift differentials, project premiums, incentive payments, bonuses, retroactive pay, and other approved earnings.\nEnsure timely payroll tax deposits, quarterly and annual filings, W-2 preparation, corrections, and payroll tax reconciliations.\nOversee deductions and remittances related to benefits, retirement contributions, garnishments, and other authorized deductions.\nMaintain strong payroll internal controls, segregation of duties, approval authority, system access, audit trails, and confidential employee records.\nReconcile payroll totals, liabilities, general ledger entries, and job cost allocations while supporting month-end and year-end close activities.\nPartner with Accounting and project teams regarding subcontractor certified payroll documentation and compliance requirements.\nLead payroll system administration and integrations across payroll, HRIS, timekeeping, accounting, and related platforms.\nInvestigate employee payroll concerns, communicate findings, complete approved corrections, and identify solutions that prevent recurring issues.\nCoordinate payroll audits and respond to agency, customer, or internal requests for payroll documentation.\nDevelop payroll procedures, cross-training, and backup coverage while training payroll staff and managers on payroll and timekeeping practices.\nTrack payroll accuracy, timeliness, corrections, and compliance issues and identify opportunities for continued process improvement.\nWhat We're Looking For\nAdvanced knowledge of payroll processing, wage and hour requirements, payroll taxation, reporting, record retention, and internal controls.\nWorking knowledge of construction payroll, prevailing wage, certified payroll, fringe benefit calculations, and project labor classifications.\nUnderstanding of per diem, expense reimbursement, accountable plan requirements, taxable allowances, and supplemental pay.\nAbility to interpret payroll laws, regulations, policies, contracts, and project requirements and translate them into effective payroll processes.\nExperience with payroll, HRIS, timekeeping, and accounting systems, including integrations, configuration, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience reviewing large datasets, identifying exceptions, reconciling records, and preparing reports.\nStrong understanding of labor allocation, job costing, payroll liabilities, and general ledger reconciliation.\nProven leadership, coaching, delegation, and workload management experience.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate complex payroll discrepancies.\nAbility to manage competing deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance.\nEducation & Experience\n6-8 years of progressively responsible payroll experience, including complex, high-volume payroll processing and compliance.\n2-3 years of payroll supervisory or team leadership experience.\nDemonstrated experience with payroll tax reporting, reconciliations, audits, payroll systems, and internal controls.\nConstruction or electrical contracting experience is highly preferred, particularly involving field payroll, job costing, prevailing wages, certified payroll, per diem, and supplemental pay.\nMulti-state payroll experience preferred.\nExperience with Miter, Sage, BambooHR, or comparable integrated systems is a plus.\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. An equivalent combination of relevant education and payroll experience may be considered.\n Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification preferred but not required.\nLeadership Responsibilities\nManage and oversee payroll staff and daily payroll workflow.\nProvide leadership, mentoring, training, and performance guidance to payroll team members.\nSupport staffing, onboarding, employee development, and performance management activities.\nPromote accountability, compliance, operational efficiency, teamwork, and continuous improvement within payroll operations.\nPosition Details\nPosition Type: Full-Time, Exempt\nSchedule: Standard business hours, Monday through Friday. Additional hours may occasionally be required during payroll processing periods, audits, quarter-end and year-end activities, system implementations, or other critical payroll deadlines.\nWhy Enterprise Electrical?\nAt Enterprise Electrical, our culture is built around a shared commitment to doing great work, developing our people, and building lasting relationships.\nOur Core Values guide how we work every day:\nSafety First, Safety Always - Safety\nCommitted to Excellence - Greatness\nPlan it, Do it, Own it - Accountability\nLearn it, Know it, Teach it - Mentorship\nOne Team, One Goal - Teamwork\nPositive Attitude Required - Positivity\nOur Core Purpose\nBuilding Relationships to Enrich Lives.\nIf you are an experienced payroll leader who thrives in a fast-paced, growing organization and understands the complexities of construction payroll, we would welcome the opportunity to learn more about you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7597,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electrical & Electronic Engineering","Construction"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T13:48:33Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.602,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/enterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/enterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T17:08:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24545,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4894},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4894"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fenterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fenterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fenterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/enterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fenterprise-electrical-payroll-manager-electrical-contracting"}]}