Team Leader- US Payroll

About Us

TrueBlue is the people company. We were founded on the idea that by connecting people and work, we can help our clients grow their businesses while growing ours. We have grown dramatically over the most recent years, connecting over 800,000 people with work each year while serving our clients; we have the ability and capacity to do even more. Today, our ambitious vision is to be the talent solution for the changing world of work. We see great opportunity in growing to be the leading provider of contingent workforce solutions in North America and the recruitment process outsourcing solutions globally. TrueBlue has been repeatedly recognized as one of Forbes Magazine's Most Trustworthy Companies in recognition of its solid corporate governance and accounting transparency. We are committed to transparency and delivering the best financial reporting to our internal leadership and to our stockholders. We recruit strong talent that has potential to grow beyond the role initially hired and into future organizational leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end US payroll processing across weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll cycles, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of payroll.
• Review and validate payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, transfers, promotions, bonuses, commission payments, garnishments, and benefits deductions.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, and tax requirements.
• Handle payroll audits, reconciliations, tax reporting, and employee inquiries.
• Partner with HR, Benefits, Finance, Accounting, Tax, and external payroll vendors to ensure seamless payroll operations.
• Maintain payroll documentation, controls, and SOPs.
• Ensure confidentiality and security of employee payroll and personal data in accordance with company policies and data privacy regulations.
• Prepare and present payroll metrics, dashboards, KPIs, and service delivery reports to management and stakeholders.
• Identify and drive process improvement, automation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives to improve efficiency and employee experience.

Team Leadership

• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, providing regular feedback.
• Monitor productivity, quality, and SLA performance.
• Support training, cross-skilling, and career development support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, HR, or related field.
• 4-6 years of US payroll experience with 2+ years of team management experience.
• Strong knowledge of US payroll legislation, federal and state tax regulations, garnishments, and wage-hour compliance.
• Proficiency in payroll systems and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in a Shared Services or Global Business Services environment preferred.