Top Payroll Manager Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Manage end-to-end US payroll delivery for client engagements, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant multi-state payroll. Responsibilities include payroll data validation, discrepancy resolution, tax and benefits administration, vendor management, reconciliations, payroll accounting, system testing, implementations, migrations, process improvements, and automation. The role requires adapting quickly to different client environments and collaborating with HR, Finance, senior stakeholders, and payroll partners.

Own full-cycle payroll for salaried, hourly, and contractor employees across multiple states. Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll runs; manage tax filings (941, W-2, 1099); handle off-cycle/termination pays and employee inquiries; configure payroll system workflows; document controls; coordinate benefits deductions; support finance/HR projects and provide payroll data for budgeting and forecasting.

Senior operational leader for US payroll across five legal entities. Manages a team of three specialists, owns end-to-end payroll processing, final review/sign-off, off-cycle runs, tax compliance, SOX controls, year-end W-2s, vendor and stakeholder relationships, and leads process improvements and payroll system projects (Workday).

Manage US, Canada, UK, and global Employer of Record payroll operations; validate payroll data, process special payments, maintain compliance, audit tax records, reconcile payroll accounts, prepare journal entries, and support financial audits. Administer payroll and expense systems, maintain employee and benefits data, produce payroll reports, document controls, analyze payroll expenses, and respond to employee inquiries while collaborating with HR and Finance.

Manage end-to-end U.S. payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant multi-state payroll processing. Administer ADP Workforce Now, coordinate with HR and Finance, handle tax filings, reconciliations, year-end processes, audits, policy documentation, and resolve employee payroll inquiries. Support payroll projects and process improvements.

Own full-cycle, multi-state payroll for more than 1,000 employees using Rippling. Manage payroll tax accounts, filings, notices, reconciliations, audits, benefits, 401(k), workers’ compensation, year-end reporting, and payroll accounting. Serve as Rippling system owner, maintain payroll documentation, and build AI-enabled automation for payroll support, reporting, agency notices, and audit preparation.

Own end-to-end payroll operations for U.S. and Canada, oversee global payroll processes and accounting, ensure statutory compliance, manage payroll controls and audits (including 401(k)), partner with HR and finance, handle payroll inquiries, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, and drive process improvements and vendor performance.

Manage accurate, multi-entity and multi-state payroll processing, reconciliations, tax filings, year-end reporting, retirement and workers' comp support, system maintenance, audit documentation, and client communication while ensuring compliance and data integrity.

Manage a team of Payroll and Tax Specialists, ensuring efficient payroll processing and tax compliance for various payroll systems. Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in payroll services, preferably in a PEO environment.

Lead and strengthen global payroll for a multi-entity SaaS company: manage payroll execution, vendor relationships, compliance, reconciliations, controls, reporting, integrations, team development, and payroll-related change projects (M&A, system transitions, expansions).

Own end-to-end payroll for a 500+ multi-state and international workforce: execute full-cycle payroll in Rippling HCM, ensure multi-state compliance, manage vendor relationships, handle year-end tax/W-2 processes, reconcile payroll expenses with Finance, and support audits and headcount planning.