Payroll Manager - UKG

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOININGEstablished, private equity-backed industrial services and equipment organization supporting customers across a diverse range of essential industriesProvides a combination of specialized equipment, technical field services, maintenance, calibration, and technology-enabled solutionsGrowing national footprint built through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitionsServes customers with complex, mission-critical operations where accuracy, reliability, and responsiveness matterBusiness is in an exciting stage of transformation, investing in its people, systems, and infrastructure to support continued growthEntrepreneurial environment where leaders have the opportunity to make decisions, improve processes, and have a visible impact on the businessWHAT THEY OFFER YOUOpportunity to take real ownership of payroll and benefits during an important stage of growth and transformationDirect partnership with senior HR and Finance leadership A recently implemented UKG environment with the foundation in place and meaningful opportunity to continue optimizing itRemote flexibility for someone in the Greater Charlotte market, with occasional in-person collaborationAn environment where you will be trusted to assess what is working, solve problems, and help build processes that can scale with the businessWHERE THIS SITSGreater Charlotte, NCPrimarily remote with occasional in-person meetingsContract-to-hire opportunityWHAT YOU’LL BE DOINGTake ownership of a multi-state payroll and benefits function and quickly become the person the organization trusts to keep it movingLead biweekly payroll while bringing structure, consistency, and confidence to the broader processStep into a recently implemented UKG environment, understand where things stand, and drive the remaining work across integrations, feeds, benefits, and payroll processesPartner closely with HR and Finance to troubleshoot issues, answer questions, and make sound decisions when there is not always a playbookOwn benefits administration and play an important role in the upcoming open enrollment cycleNavigate payroll complexities including multi-state requirements, prevailing wage, and incentive compensationIdentify what is working, what needs attention, and where processes can become smarter and more scalable. A BACKGROUND THAT FITSPayroll and benefits leadership experience with the ability to take true ownership of the function, not simply execute transactionsHands-on UKG experience and the ability to step into the system, understand the current environment, and determine what needs to happen nextExperience managing multi-state payroll and navigating the complexities that come with supporting a geographically dispersed workforceStrong benefits administration experience, including involvement with open enrollmentExperience with prevailing wage environments is highly valuableComfortable stepping into an evolving environment where every process may not yet be perfectly documentedResourceful problem solver who knows how to investigate, find answers, and move issues through to resolutionAble to operate at the manager level while still being willing to roll up your sleeves and get into the detailsExperience within a private equity-backed, acquisitive, or rapidly changing organization would translate especially well#LI-EP#remote