Accounting and Payroll Manager Jobs
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Position Summary
The Accounting Manager of Payroll leads payroll operations and owns the accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation of payroll-generated financial activity across assigned legal entities, pay cycles, and jurisdictions. This role ensures that payroll expenses, liabilities, deductions, employer contributions, accruals, clearing accounts, and related transactions are correctly calculated, coded, posted, supported, and resolved in a timely manner.
The Accounting Manager of Payroll is the primary Payroll Operations partner to Accounting and business unit Controllers for payroll accounting matters. The role owns payroll-side validation, reconciliation, investigation, and preparation or coordination of correcting entries, while Controllers and Accounting retain final general ledger close, financial statement, and accounting policy authority.
The position also leads and develops payroll personnel, establishes clear process ownership and controls, oversees accurate and timely payroll processing, and drives continuous improvement. It collaborates with the Payroll Tax Manager, who separately owns payroll tax compliance, filings, deposits, registrations, and tax-specific reconciliations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Payroll Accounting, Financial Integrity & Reconciliation
- Own payroll-side accuracy and completeness of payroll-generated expense and liability postings for assigned entities, including wages, employer taxes, benefits, deductions, employer contributions, and other payroll-related transactions.
- Review payroll-to-general-ledger interfaces, posting reports, journal entries, account distributions, company allocations, job costing, cost codes, and labor classifications; identify and resolve mapping or posting discrepancies.
- Own timely payroll-side reconciliations of payroll registers and payroll subledgers to general ledger postings, payroll clearing accounts, accrued payroll, benefit and deduction liabilities, garnishments, and other assigned payroll-related balance sheet accounts.
- Monitor aging reconciling items and outstanding payroll liabilities; investigate variances, document root causes, assign corrective actions, and confirm resolution or appropriate escalation.
- Prepare, validate, or coordinate payroll-related correcting entries and reclassifications with Accounting, subject to established approval authority and segregation of duties.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close by providing reconciliations, accrual support, explanations of fluctuations, and supporting schedules within agreed deadlines.
- Establish review standards, supporting documentation, sign-offs, and audit trails for payroll accounting activity; coordinate with Controllers on account ownership and close requirements.
Payroll Operations & Internal Controls
- Direct end-to-end payroll operations across assigned legal entities and pay cycles, ensuring accurate and timely payments, adjustments, deductions, and employer contributions.
- Assign processing responsibilities and maintain calendars, checklists, approvals, backup coverage, and appropriate segregation of duties.
- Oversee pre- and post-payroll validation, exception reporting, funding and disbursement controls, and resolution of complex payroll issues.
- Maintain accurate employee and payroll source data affecting expense allocation, liability recognition, work location, and tax calculations.
People Leadership & Accountability
- Lead, coach, and develop Payroll Administrators, Specialists, and other assigned operations staff; set measurable expectations for accuracy, timeliness, communication, and follow-through.
- Delegate execution and process ownership effectively; monitor outcomes through reporting, controls, and regular review rather than routinely performing staff work.
- Manage workload, performance feedback, cross-training, succession planning, and coverage of critical payroll and reconciliation activities.
- Promote a culture of accountability, constructive problem-solving, collaboration, and sustainable workloads.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
- Demonstrated experience in payroll accounting, including payroll-to-GL postings, expense and liability accounts, clearing accounts, reconciliations, and correcting entries.
- Progressive payroll operations experience with demonstrated ownership of complex processes, controls, and deadlines; prior supervisory or people-management experience.
- Strong understanding of general ledger concepts, payroll accruals, expense allocation, account reconciliation, and financial close support.
- Advanced analytical and spreadsheet skills; ability to investigate variances, trace transactions, and implement lasting corrective actions.
- Strong communication, organizational, delegation, and coaching skills; ability to partner effectively with Controllers and cross-functional leaders.
- Working knowledge of payroll regulations and controls sufficient to recognize operational and compliance risks; discretion with confidential employee and financial information.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in construction payroll, union payroll, collective bargaining agreements, certified payroll, and prevailing wage requirements.
- Experience with complex multi-state and local payroll processing.
- Experience with CMiC or similar enterprise payroll and accounting systems, payroll-to-GL integrations, HRIS interfaces, and system implementations or automation.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or relevant accounting credential. Experience overseeing payroll across multiple legal entities and business units.
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This position is based in Sandy, Utah, and is fully in-office. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available.
Benefits : Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
Position Summary
The Accounting Manager of Payroll leads payroll operations and owns the accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation of payroll-generated financial activity across assigned legal entities, pay cycles, and jurisdictions. This role ensures that payroll expenses, liabilities, deductions, employer contributions, accruals, clearing accounts, and related transactions are correctly calculated, coded, posted, supported, and resolved in a timely manner.
The Accounting Manager of Payroll is the primary Payroll Operations partner to Accounting and business unit Controllers for payroll accounting matters. The role owns payroll-side validation, reconciliation, investigation, and preparation or coordination of correcting entries, while Controllers and Accounting retain final general ledger close, financial statement, and accounting policy authority.
The position also leads and develops payroll personnel, establishes clear process ownership and controls, oversees accurate and timely payroll processing, and drives continuous improvement. It collaborates with the Payroll Tax Manager, who separately owns payroll tax compliance, filings, deposits, registrations, and tax-specific reconciliations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Payroll Accounting, Financial Integrity & Reconciliation
- Own payroll-side accuracy and completeness of payroll-generated expense and liability postings for assigned entities, including wages, employer taxes, benefits, deductions, employer contributions, and other payroll-related transactions.
- Review payroll-to-general-ledger interfaces, posting reports, journal entries, account distributions, company allocations, job costing, cost codes, and labor classifications; identify and resolve mapping or posting discrepancies.
- Own timely payroll-side reconciliations of payroll registers and payroll subledgers to general ledger postings, payroll clearing accounts, accrued payroll, benefit and deduction liabilities, garnishments, and other assigned payroll-related balance sheet accounts.
- Monitor aging reconciling items and outstanding payroll liabilities; investigate variances, document root causes, assign corrective actions, and confirm resolution or appropriate escalation.
- Prepare, validate, or coordinate payroll-related correcting entries and reclassifications with Accounting, subject to established approval authority and segregation of duties.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close by providing reconciliations, accrual support, explanations of fluctuations, and supporting schedules within agreed deadlines.
- Establish review standards, supporting documentation, sign-offs, and audit trails for payroll accounting activity; coordinate with Controllers on account ownership and close requirements.
Payroll Operations & Internal Controls
- Direct end-to-end payroll operations across assigned legal entities and pay cycles, ensuring accurate and timely payments, adjustments, deductions, and employer contributions.
- Assign processing responsibilities and maintain calendars, checklists, approvals, backup coverage, and appropriate segregation of duties.
- Oversee pre- and post-payroll validation, exception reporting, funding and disbursement controls, and resolution of complex payroll issues.
- Maintain accurate employee and payroll source data affecting expense allocation, liability recognition, work location, and tax calculations.
People Leadership & Accountability
- Lead, coach, and develop Payroll Administrators, Specialists, and other assigned operations staff; set measurable expectations for accuracy, timeliness, communication, and follow-through.
- Delegate execution and process ownership effectively; monitor outcomes through reporting, controls, and regular review rather than routinely performing staff work.
- Manage workload, performance feedback, cross-training, succession planning, and coverage of critical payroll and reconciliation activities.
- Promote a culture of accountability, constructive problem-solving, collaboration, and sustainable workloads.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
- Demonstrated experience in payroll accounting, including payroll-to-GL postings, expense and liability accounts, clearing accounts, reconciliations, and correcting entries.
- Progressive payroll operations experience with demonstrated ownership of complex processes, controls, and deadlines; prior supervisory or people-management experience.
- Strong understanding of general ledger concepts, payroll accruals, expense allocation, account reconciliation, and financial close support.
- Advanced analytical and spreadsheet skills; ability to investigate variances, trace transactions, and implement lasting corrective actions.
- Strong communication, organizational, delegation, and coaching skills; ability to partner effectively with Controllers and cross-functional leaders.
- Working knowledge of payroll regulations and controls sufficient to recognize operational and compliance risks; discretion with confidential employee and financial information.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in construction payroll, union payroll, collective bargaining agreements, certified payroll, and prevailing wage requirements.
- Experience with complex multi-state and local payroll processing.
- Experience with CMiC or similar enterprise payroll and accounting systems, payroll-to-GL integrations, HRIS interfaces, and system implementations or automation.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or relevant accounting credential. Experience overseeing payroll across multiple legal entities and business units.
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This position is based in Sandy, Utah, and is fully in-office. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available.
Benefits : Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
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Who's Hiring
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- Education
- Manufacturing
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in accounting and payroll manager jobs.
- Three to five years of full-cycle payroll processing and accounting experience
- Proficiency with payroll software such as ADP, Paycom, Paychex, or Workday
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field
- Knowledge of federal and multi-state payroll tax regulations and compliance requirements
- Experience with general ledger reconciliation and month-end close processes
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential preferred
Tips for Your Accounting and Payroll Manager Job Search
Quantify payroll volume on your resume
Hiring managers want to see scale. State the number of employees in each payroll cycle you managed, the frequency, and whether you handled multi-state withholding. Vague claims like 'processed payroll' get passed over in favor of candidates who show specific scope.
List your payroll and ERP systems clearly
Recruiters filter by system name, so list every platform you've used: ADP, Paycom, Paychex, Workday, SAP, or any other. Put them in a dedicated skills section and repeat the most relevant ones inside each job description where you actually used them.
Target postings that match your compliance depth
Job descriptions often signal whether the role is primarily domestic, multi-state, or international. If your background is single-state, apply to roles that match. If you have multi-state or Canadian payroll experience, filter for postings that list those requirements explicitly.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists accounting and payroll manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for a technical payroll scenario question
Many interviews include a scenario where you walk through how you'd handle a payroll error discovered after funds were released, or a year-end W-2 discrepancy. Prepare a real example from your experience that shows your process for identifying the error, correcting it, and communicating with employees or leadership.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base pay
Accounting and payroll manager roles often include professional development budgets for CPP or CPA maintenance. Ask specifically about those, along with any annual bonus structure tied to close accuracy or audit outcomes, before accepting an offer.
Accounting and Payroll Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most accounting and payroll managers?
The companies hiring the most accounting and payroll managers right now include Rosendin Electric, Haga Kommer, and Halliburton, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, staffing firms, and large manufacturers tend to post consistently throughout the year.
How many accounting and payroll manager jobs are remote?
About 35% of accounting and payroll manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote availability concentrated in payroll system administration and compliance-focused roles. Positions that require hands-on collaboration with HR leadership or regular access to on-site employees tend to be in-office or hybrid more often.
How do you become an accounting and payroll manager?
Start with a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, then build direct experience processing payroll and handling general ledger entries in staff or coordinator roles. Earning a Certified Payroll Professional credential strengthens your candidacy for manager-level positions. Most employers expect candidates to demonstrate experience with multi-state payroll, year-end reporting, and at least one enterprise payroll platform before moving into a management role.
How do you get hired as an accounting and payroll manager with little experience?
Focus on roles titled payroll specialist, payroll coordinator, or accounting associate where you can build full-cycle payroll and reconciliation experience directly. Gaining exposure to multi-state tax filings and year-end W-2 processing, even in a supporting role, closes the gap quickly. Some employers promoting internally will consider candidates who demonstrate system proficiency and accuracy over those with a longer title history.
What does the accounting and payroll manager interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial phone screen with HR, followed by a technical interview with the finance or operations director covering payroll compliance, reconciliation procedures, and system experience. A second round often involves a scenario-based exercise or a conversation with department leadership about how you handle errors, audits, or payroll system transitions. Some employers also conduct a reference check focused on accuracy and deadline reliability.
Where can I find and apply to accounting and payroll manager jobs?
You can find and apply to accounting and payroll manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level, industry background, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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