DATTCO has a full-time Payroll Manager opening at our headquarters located in New Britain, CT. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating and streamlining the activities of the Payroll Department.

DATTCO was established in 1924 and is a third-generation, family-owned company. DATTCO is the largest private passenger transportation company in New England with 1,900 employees located throughout the Northeast. Learn more about us at www.dattco.com.

DATTCO Offers:

• Family-oriented culture & team environment
• Room for advancement – we promote from within
• Medical & dental insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k plan with company match
• Flexible spending account
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays

Primary Responsibilities:

• Produce regular key performance indicators and identify trends that warrant discussion and possible action.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and remit as required for all contracted payroll-specific relationships.
• Foster the payroll application vendor relationship.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Coordinate with payroll staff and company division managers to meet weekly deadlines.
• Review edit and exception reports to ensure accuracy.
• Submit retirement plan employee deferrals and employer match.
• Ensure accurate employee compensation records including garnishments and remit other employee deferrals or employer requirements as needed, (e.g. union dues)
• Staff development and supervision.
• Assign and prioritize work.
• Expedite and continuously improve workflow and review for accuracy.
• Identify needs and schedule training as necessary.
• Maintain and improve internal controls and safeguard assets.
• Identify and develop exception reporting.
• Assist in year end and pension plan and workers compensation audits.
• Provide outside audit firm with support for sampling and data requests.

Required Qualifications:

• College degree.
• 5-10 years of recent payroll processing and management experience in a multi-state, multi-location, multi-business automated environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• General accounting knowledge.
• Extensive payroll application experience including implementation, optimization of systems to include payroll, timekeeping, etc.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status and all other protected classes.