Shiftgig offers competitive wages and benefits along with training and development programs to help you accomplish your professional objectives. Our open-door policy fosters a culture of open communication that allows every employee to have a voice in the company. It’s how the best ideas come to light—and why the best people choose to work at Shiftgig.

What you'll do:

Shiftgig is seeking a Payroll Manager at our Corporate Headquarters in Chicago, IL. As Payroll Manager you will report directly to the Controller, and have the primary responsibility of managing multi-state weekly payroll for about 3,000 U.S. employees for multiple subsidiaries using ADP. This position will work closely with Accounting and Human Resources, partner providers, and internal clients.

• Manage and guarantee weekly and semi-monthly disbursement of multi-state payrolls, including special runs, garnishments, benefits, payroll deductions, and taxes to 3,000+ employees consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws
• Partner with Accounting, HR and Product teams in aligning and implementing a more sophisticated payroll and benefits system, including journal entries, account reconciliations, reporting, integration /syncing with other systems, improving reliability of data, and other related functions
• Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations; update, communicate, and maintain Payroll Policies & Procedures for all companies
• Manage regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions, etc.)
• Ensure the payroll processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely
• Supervise, coach, train and develop payroll staff, and help to educate the Operations staff on pay and wage-hour matters
• Lead projects on payroll and timekeeping system updates, new configurations, and upgrades with internal product team
• Communicate actively with Operations, HR and Billing to review cross-departmental impacts and reconcile data sharing and payroll related issues
• Ensure accurate payroll record-keeping of W-2s, timekeeping, and other payroll related documents in compliance with tax and other government regulations
• Audit W-4s, payroll balance sheets, YTD earnings, etc. and work with outside auditors, while maintaining SOX standards
• Ensure confidentiality of payroll files, systems, and reports in compliance with various governmental regulations