US Payroll Operations Manager

Role Overview

• Provide leadership for end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll execution across all entities.
• Manage relationships and performance with payroll service providers and system partners.
• Oversee Payroll Operations audit and compliance processes through audits, providing change management, quarterly control certifications, remediation of deficiencies, and tracking of action plans.
• Actively participate in walk-throughs and controls testing.
• Provide Payroll Subject Matter Expertise and support for cycle processing activities such FLSA, State-Specific Rules/Regulations, Garnishments, Tax, Variance testing, Stock Vesting/SARS, Relocation, Reconciling and Auditing.
• Ensure Payroll Operations performance metrics and service level agreements (SLAs) are achieved and improved.
• Analyze and respond to service requests, identify trends and recommend process improvements; implement to improve service, compliance, and efficiency.
• Lead, coach, and develop payroll professionals, building enterprise capability and bench strength ensuring high standards of service delivery.
• Serve as a strategic partner to HR Operations, Finance, IT, Benefits, and Compensation on payroll‑related initiatives and transformations.
• Test time and payroll system functionality, document results, communicate findings, and develop procedures to ensure system updates are implemented with minimal business disruption.
• Lead Year End/Year Begin Payroll Actions, including uploads, WT & Component Set Up, Updates, Fixes, and Patches.
• Provide excellent customer service and support to employees, functional areas of the Hubbell organization and external customers, providing timely and complete response and follow-up to questions and information requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Systems or other related discipline.
• 10+ years of comprehensive payroll experience, including hands-on payroll operations and processing in complex environments
• 5+ years GlobalView, SAP and/or Dayforce Processing and support experience, including reporting, auditing and processing; must understand interdependence between HCM, Time & Attendance, and Payroll Systems.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation strongly preferred.
• Direct hands-on experience with SOX compliance and strong internal controls management.
• Deep Understanding of Federal, multi-state and local tax regulations to ensure full compliance.
• End-to-end Payroll M&A Experience (Due Diligence, Scoping, and Integration, etc.) a plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.

Tech Stack

• C++

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Opportunity for professional development
• Flexible work arrangements