Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 53 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Job Description

The Lead Payroll will have primary day-to-day responsibility for processing payroll for 3,000+ employees. He/she will oversee a team of 1-2 team members and report directly to the Assistant Controller.

Responsibilities

• Process semi-monthly payroll for 3000+ employees.
  
• Serve as the subject matter expert related to payroll rules and regulations within NYS and across the US.
  
• Highly knowledgeable in withholdings including payroll taxes, medical and 403(b) elections, garnishments, and other benefit deductions.
  
• Optimize and audit the payroll process to increase compliance and ensure accuracy.
  
• Maintain and improve payroll integration between the HRIS system and payroll processing system.
  
• Manage all employee changes and adjustments.
  
• Process benefits and employee information changes.
  
• Responsible for issuance of annual W2 statements.
  
• Manage employee inquiries via emails or internal tickets.
  
• Liaise with external brokers, vendors, and 403b financial advisors.
  
• Drive process improvements and innovation within the payroll process.
  
• Build relationships across the company and act as a business partner on payroll matters. Serve as a key partner to benefits, HR, FP&A and other accounting teams.
  
• Complete ad hoc projects including general filings, payroll reports, accounting support projects, audit inquiries, etc.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience processing payroll in ADP Workforce Now; Workday preferred
  
• 8+ years of direct payroll experience.
  
• Must be collaborative, hands-on, results-oriented, innovative, and operate with the utmost integrity
  
• Knowledge of Federal, State and Local Laws including FLS
  
• Brings transformation experience and is a change agent
  
• Is a clear communicator with influential and effective interpersonal skills and refined emotional intelligence to enable building strong relationships;
  
• Thinks critically about the details of a task at hand
  
• Communication with stakeholders. Gears communications towards the target audience and employs negotiation and buy-in skills as needed
  
• Is a quick problem solver with the ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, high volume environment;
  
• Intermediate to advanced excel skills strongly preferred, including multi-function formulas, pivot-tables, and formatting techniques
  

Compensation Range
: $145,000.00 - $160,000.00Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/.

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.