Top Payroll Jobs in Boston, MA

Process domestic and international payrolls, including biweekly, monthly, partner, and tax-related activities. Maintain payroll documentation, load changes, reconcile reports, manage taxable fringe benefits, respond to employee inquiries, and provide payroll data for audits and surveys. The role also supports process improvements, quality control, regulatory compliance, accounting inquiries, cross-training, and effective task prioritization.

Leads multi-state payroll tax compliance, including filings, deposits, reconciliations, registrations, amendments, audits, agency notices, and year-end reporting. Partners with Payroll, People Systems, Finance, and external vendors to resolve complex tax issues, maintain compliant systems and controls, support M&A integrations, monitor regulatory changes, and provide risk and improvement recommendations.

The Payroll Manager oversees end-to-end, multi-state U.S. payroll processing, tax compliance, benefits deductions, garnishments, direct deposits, journal entries, reconciliations, and year-end filings. The role manages Workday time tracking, coordinates international payroll matters, supports Asia payroll, resolves agency inquiries, and supervises and mentors direct reports. It requires strong knowledge of wage-and-hour regulations, payroll taxes, HRIS platforms, confidentiality, accuracy, and deadline management.

Owns end-to-end U.S. multi-state, international, and EOR payroll for more than 500 employees. Responsibilities include payroll processing, tax compliance, year-end filings, equity payroll, reconciliations, audits, controls, reporting, vendor management, and system automation. The role will build scalable payroll infrastructure, establish documentation and workflows, evaluate platforms, support expansion into new jurisdictions, and eventually hire and develop a payroll team.

Leads global payroll operations across multiple countries and entities, overseeing processing, compliance, controls, vendors, reconciliations, reporting, audits, systems, and continuous improvement. Partners with Finance, Accounting, People, Legal, IT, and Total Rewards on payroll accounting, tax, equity, employee lifecycle changes, and system enhancements. Serves as the senior escalation point, improves employee experience, manages payroll metrics and forecasts, and develops payroll team members and external partners.

Supports accurate and compliant U.S. payroll processing, including biweekly payroll, timekeeping and employee-change validation, tax withholding, multi-state compliance, terminations, reconciliations, audits, reporting, year-end activities, and off-cycle payroll runs. Investigates discrepancies, responds to employee payroll inquiries, maintains confidential records, and provides backup support during absences or high-volume periods.

Process on-cycle and off-cycle payrolls, perform audits, reconciliations, variance analysis, and payroll reporting. Use Workday for configuration, calculated fields, and time tracking. Troubleshoot systems, support upgrades, ensure federal/state payroll compliance, assist GL reconciliations and payroll tax tasks, monitor Federal Work Study, document SOPs, respond to employee inquiries, and implement process improvements across HR, Finance, IT, and Financial Aid.

Lead end-to-end payroll operations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and EOR populations. Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely processing; manage Workday Payroll, vendors, audits, tax reporting, payroll accounting, reconciliations, controls, and financial close activities. Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, Benefits, Compensation, and external providers while developing scalable policies, governance, KPIs, and process improvements.

The Payroll Associate processes multi-state bi-weekly payrolls, manages payroll accounts, reconciles journal entries, and assists HR and Finance teams with projects and audits.

Manage end-to-end payroll operations across the US, India, and UK, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing. Lead an offshore payroll team, own payroll systems and integrations, support implementations and Workday Payroll rollouts, and oversee payroll accounting, reconciliations, audits, tax compliance, controls, and process improvements. Partner with PeopleOps, Benefits, and Accounting while resolving complex payroll issues and protecting confidential employee data.

Serves as the technical subject matter expert for payroll and timekeeping systems. Leads configuration, upgrades, integrations, reporting, testing, troubleshooting, compliance, auditing, and process improvement. Supports complex payroll processing, tax and regulatory filings, data analysis, internal controls, and workforce reporting. Partners with Finance, HR, IT, and operational leaders, while providing training, documentation, mentoring, and business continuity support. Requires strong knowledge of payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, payroll taxes, and related organizational policies.

Manage end-to-end US payroll delivery for client engagements, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant multi-state payroll. Responsibilities include payroll data validation, discrepancy resolution, tax and benefits administration, vendor management, reconciliations, payroll accounting, system testing, implementations, migrations, process improvements, and automation. The role requires adapting quickly to different client environments and collaborating with HR, Finance, senior stakeholders, and payroll partners.

Serve as the organization's internal payroll tax authority: advise product, sales, and implementation on complex multi-jurisdictional tax configurations, resolve escalated technical/tax issues, contribute to product roadmap and UAT, and convert deep tax knowledge into training, guides, and customer-facing advisory work to scale team expertise.

Process payroll tasks including entering timesheets in Paycom, auditing timekeeping, onboarding new hires, maintaining personnel/payroll records, running billing, supporting payroll projects, and performing related administrative duties in a remote role.

Process end-to-end payroll for assigned populations ensuring accuracy, compliance with payroll/tax regulations and SOX controls. Manage wage garnishments, unemployment claims, time & attendance, payroll records, cross-functional collaboration, system testing, audits, and employee inquiries while supporting automation and AI-enabled improvements.

Own full-cycle, multi-state payroll for more than 1,000 employees using Rippling. Manage payroll tax accounts, filings, notices, reconciliations, audits, benefits, 401(k), workers’ compensation, year-end reporting, and payroll accounting. Serve as Rippling system owner, maintain payroll documentation, and build AI-enabled automation for payroll support, reporting, agency notices, and audit preparation.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing for multiple managed customers, including case management, escalations, root cause analysis, client calls, Workday payroll configuration, tax and garnishment support, audits, year-end processing, W-2 adjustments, compliance, and service documentation. Maintains quality and production metrics while meeting deadlines and collaborating with customer and internal teams.

Prepare customized payroll plans and reconciliations for customers, support leave specialists with accurate payroll calculations, collaborate with payroll teams and internal stakeholders, collect product feedback, and identify improvements to payroll calculation software and integrations.

Lead Canada payroll processing to ensure timely, accurate payroll and compliance. Provide technical support, manage multiple payroll cycles, collaborate with HR/Finance/Operations, build stakeholder relationships, resolve payroll issues, stay current on labor laws, and report insights to leadership.

Lead payroll for ~1,400 multi-state employees: manage bi-weekly processing, tax compliance, retirement contributions, reconciliations, Workday Payroll/Time system ownership, staff supervision, audits, and continuous process improvements.

Support day-to-day accounting operations including payroll, accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Maintain budgets, assist month- and year-end close, prepare documentation for audits, resolve billing/payroll issues, and identify process improvements to ensure accurate and efficient corporate finance operations.

Support daily accounting operations including payroll processing, accounts payable/receivable, purchasing, cash management, general ledger entries and reconciliations, month‑end/year‑end close, financial reporting, audit support, and process improvement to ensure accurate cash flow and financial records.

Serve as the payroll compliance subject-matter expert for assigned jurisdictions. Interpret payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment legislation; translate requirements into product and operational solutions; advise stakeholders; conduct compliance assessments and audits; build scalable compliance frameworks, rules libraries, and automation; and train and mentor cross-functional teams to ensure compliant payroll products at scale.

Process accurate biweekly multi-state U.S. payroll using ADP and UKG Pro; handle payroll transactions, reconciliations, audits, tax compliance, equity compensation (RSUs/ESPP), expatriate payroll, and employee inquiries. Collaborate cross-functionally, maintain SOPs and controls, support year-end reporting, system testing, upgrades, and provide payroll data and analysis to Finance, HR, and auditors.

Own end-to-end payroll for a 500+ multi-state and international workforce: execute full-cycle payroll in Rippling HCM, ensure multi-state compliance, manage vendor relationships, handle year-end tax/W-2 processes, reconcile payroll expenses with Finance, and support audits and headcount planning.