Position Summary: The Payroll Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing IES Residential’s payroll functions, ensuring pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations. This role requires expertise in multi-state payroll processing and a deep understanding of piece rate compensation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Payroll Processing: Manage and oversee the end-to-end payroll process for all employees across multiple states, ensuring timely and accurate payroll runs.
• Piece Rate Compensation: Implement and manage piece rate payroll structures, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Compliance: Stay current with federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations to ensure compliance. Ensure payroll taxes are calculated and filed accurately.
• Systems Management: Maintain and optimize the payroll system (e.g., ADP, Paychex, or similar). Identify and resolve payroll discrepancies.
• Reporting: Prepare and reconcile payroll reports, including earnings, deductions, taxes, and benefits. Provide payroll-related information for audits and other financial reviews.
• Employee Support: Address and resolve payroll-related inquiries from employees. Provide guidance on payroll policies and procedures.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate payroll processes and systems, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing changes to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor payroll staff, ensuring high performance and professional development.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field, preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of payroll experience, with at least 2 years in a management role, preferred. Experience with multi-state payroll processing and piece rate compensation is required.
• Skills:
  • Proficient in payroll software (e.g., ADP, Paychex) and Microsoft Office/Excel.
  • Strong understanding of payroll and tax regulations.
  • Experience with Loki Advance Payroll and Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Experience with Certified Payroll is preferred.
• Certifications: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) is preferred.

IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2023 fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, IES produced over $2.3 billion in revenue and employed over 8,400 employees at over 129 domestic locations across the United States. IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply.

From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.

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• Competitive Pay
• Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
• Company Paid Time Off
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
• Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
• Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage

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