Find & Apply For Payroll Manager Jobs in Carencro, Louisiana

We are looking for a Payroll Manager to oversee accurate, timely payroll operations for a large employee population in Louisiana. This role is ideal for a thorough leader who can manage complex payroll activities, collaborate across departments, and ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in full-cycle payroll administration, employee issue resolution, and payroll reporting in a multi-entity or multi-state environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complete payroll administration for assigned employee groups and entities, ensuring each cycle is completed on schedule and with a high level of accuracy.
• Examine timekeeping records, leave entries, earnings components, and payroll adjustments to confirm all approved pay elements are correctly reflected before processing is finalized.
• Partner with supervisors, operations teams, Human Resources, and Finance to address missing approvals, time entry discrepancies, and other issues that could affect payroll deadlines.
• Apply authorized employee changes such as hires, separations, compensation updates, incentive payments, reimbursements, and deduction changes within the payroll system.
• Perform payroll balancing and reconciliation activities to validate hours worked, earnings, taxes, deductions, and net pay prior to submission.
• Produce and maintain payroll registers, audit support files, deduction reports, termination payment records, and other documentation required for compliance and internal review.
• Manage payroll deductions and withholdings, including benefits, retirement contributions and loan repayments, garnishments, taxes, and other approved employee elections.
• Investigate and resolve payroll concerns such as incorrect pay, missed payments, deduction questions, and tax-related issues while maintaining a thorough and service-oriented approach.
• Support year-end and periodic payroll activities, including tax reporting, W-2 preparation, responses to payroll notices, certified payroll needs, and coordination with external providers when needed.
• Assist with payroll accounting and reporting needs by coordinating payroll funding, labor distribution, accruals, general ledger entries, reconciliations, and project-specific payroll requirements.