JOB SUMMARY:

The Payroll Manager is responsible for the management and administration of Bon Secours Charity Health System payroll services. This position manages and is responsible for accurate and timely payroll processing and ensures compliance with tax laws, garnishment procedures, and other regulations. In addition, the Payroll Manager oversees the staff within the Payroll Department.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages the operations of the payroll department to ensure timely and accurate payroll production and reporting.
• Supervises the auditing of payroll to ensure compliance with garnishment, tax changes, and tax compliance as well as federal and state laws.
• Administers the distribution, correction and reconciliation of the biweekly payroll and the reporting and disbursement to federal and state agencies.
• Acts independently and in conjunction with the payroll vendor to resolve all payroll inconsistencies timely and accurately.
• Implements improved automation to maximize payroll productivity and quality, conducting special studies as required.
• Conducts ongoing audits of various payroll databases.
• Manages quarterly and year end activities including wage reconciliation and W-2 production.
• Prepares information for changed internal or external payroll policies to employees.
• Supervises and evaluates payroll staff in the performance of their duties.
• Works with accounting and treasury staff to provide accurate payroll accounting files to the general ledger and make accurate disbursements to third party vendors.
• Works with the Human Resources Department and Benefits to integrate data to ensure best overall organizational practices.
• Analyzes and resolves complex issues.
• Interprets complex statistics and presents logical reports.
• Gathers and organizes pertinent data to draw appropriate conclusions.
• Plans and coordinates the work of subordinates and ensures completion of assigned tasks.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:

Experience:

Two years of administrative experience in a payroll department using an automated payroll system, for a company with at least five hundred employees, which included responsibility for payroll tax reporting, compliance and garnishment. Knowledge of federal and state laws such as Fair Labor Standards Act, ERISA, Social Security Act, Unemployment Insurance, benefit programs and their deduction rules.

Education:

Highschool Diploma required. Associates degree in accounting preferred, finance, business administration or related degree.


Licenses / Certifications: N/A

Other:

If applicable, the individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials. Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.

About Us:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children's Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.