Payroll Manager - UKG job in Human Resources in Charlotte

Established, private equity-backed industrial services and equipment organization supporting customers across a diverse range of essential industries
Provides a combination of specialized equipment, technical field services, maintenance, calibration, and technology-enabled solutions
Growing national footprint built through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions
Serves customers with complex, mission-critical operations where accuracy, reliability, and responsiveness matter
Business is in an exciting stage of transformation, investing in its people, systems, and infrastructure to support continued growth
Entrepreneurial environment where leaders have the opportunity to make decisions, improve processes, and have a visible impact on the business

Opportunity to take real ownership of payroll and benefits during an important stage of growth and transformation
Direct partnership with senior HR and Finance leadership
A recently implemented UKG environment with the foundation in place and meaningful opportunity to continue optimizing it
Remote flexibility for someone in the Greater Charlotte market, with occasional in-person collaboration
An environment where you will be trusted to assess what is working, solve problems, and help build processes that can scale with the business

Take ownership of a multi-state payroll and benefits function and quickly become the person the organization trusts to keep it moving
Lead biweekly payroll while bringing structure, consistency, and confidence to the broader process
Step into a recently implemented UKG environment, understand where things stand, and drive the remaining work across integrations, feeds, benefits, and payroll processes
Partner closely with HR and Finance to troubleshoot issues, answer questions, and make sound decisions when there is not always a playbook
Own benefits administration and play an important role in the upcoming open enrollment cycle
Navigate payroll complexities including multi-state requirements, prevailing wage, and incentive compensation
Identify what is working, what needs attention, and where processes can become smarter and more scalable.

Payroll and benefits leadership experience with the ability to take true ownership of the function, not simply execute transactions
Hands-on UKG experience and the ability to step into the system, understand the current environment, and determine what needs to happen next
Experience managing multi-state payroll and navigating the complexities that come with supporting a geographically dispersed workforce
Strong benefits administration experience, including involvement with open enrollment
Experience with prevailing wage environments is highly valuable
Comfortable stepping into an evolving environment where every process may not yet be perfectly documented
Resourceful problem solver who knows how to investigate, find answers, and move issues through to resolution
Able to operate at the manager level while still being willing to roll up your sleeves and get into the details
Experience within a private equity-backed, acquisitive, or rapidly changing organization would translate especially well

Payroll Manager - UKG