Senior Payroll Manager

Job Title: Senior Payroll Manager

Location: Flushing, Queens, NY (3 days/week in office)

About the Role:

Our client, a leading home health care provider serving the Five Boroughs, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties with over 15,000 home health aides, is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager to join their finance team.

This role has been created to strengthen payroll compliance and tax processes, particularly given the complexity of a large hourly workforce. The Senior Payroll Manager will oversee the payroll team, ensuring accurate payroll operations, compliance with NY Wage Parity laws, payroll tax regulations, reconciliations, audits, and related compliance matters.

This is not a hands-on payroll processing role—it’s a leadership position focused on compliance oversight, decision-making, and guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the payroll team responsible for processing payroll for over 15,000 employees.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations, including NY Wage Parity laws.
• Handle payroll tax issues, reconciliations, audits, and notice management.
• Validate payroll-related credits or refunds from IRS or state/local authorities to avoid liability.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for payroll compliance and tax matters.
• Provide guidance and support to the payroll team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of payroll experience, preferably in complex, high-volume environments.
• Strong expertise in payroll compliance and payroll taxes.
• People management experience with proven leadership skills.
• Fluent in Mandarin.
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) preferred.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work 3 days/week in the Flushing, Queens office.

Why Join:

• Lead payroll compliance in a fast-growing, complex home health care organization.
• Manage a team supporting over 15,000 employees.
• Work in a collaborative, supportive environment within a well-backed platform.