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This role provides leadership to a team of five payroll specialists and ensures accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations. The ideal candidate is a strong people leader with deep payroll expertise, outstanding judgment, and the ability to navigate complex data flows, regulatory requirements, and high-volume processing.\r\nKey Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop the payroll specialist team, ensuring high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.\r\nEstablish clear workflows, training plans, and quality checkpoints for payroll activities.\r\nPartner closely with HR, Finance, Scheduling, Clinical Operations, and Human Resources/Employee Relations to ensure seamless cross-departmental collaboration.\r\nPayroll Operations Oversee accurate and timely processing of multi-state payroll for hourly, salaried, and clinical, remote, and specialized employee groups.\r\nValidate payroll inputs from multiple systems—including seven EMRs, timekeeping sources, and scheduling platforms ensuring data integrity across diverse workflows.\r\nEnsure wage-and-hour compliance, including overtime, shift differentials, on call pay, bonuses, mileage, multi-rate structures, and state-specific rules.\r\nManage payroll tax compliance, filings, garnishments, benefit deductions, year-end reporting, and audit preparation.\r\nMaintain strong internal controls and SOPs across the payroll lifecycle.\r\nSystems & Process Improvement Serve as the operational owner of UKG for payroll, maximizing system capabilities and partnering with HRIS to resolve issues and optimize workflow.\r\nIdentify opportunities for automation, efficiency, and error-reduction; lead implementation of improved processes.\r\nCollaborate with HRIS on system upgrades, integrations, and data-flow enhancements between UKG and EMRs.\r\nCompliance & Audit Support Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage/hour regulations, Medicare/Medicaid requirements, and healthcare-specific payroll rules.\r\nSupport internal and external audits by providing required documentation, corrective actions, and process insights.\r\nPartner with Employee Relations on escalated matters requiring payroll expertise.\r\nReporting & Stakeholder Support Provide accurate, timely payroll information and requested reports to leadership, Finance, and regulatory stakeholders.\r\nUse available tools and HRIS support rather than rely on technical report-writing expertise.\r\nSupport reimbursement processes, cost reporting, and compliance reviews as needed.\r\nQualifications Bachelor's degree preferred (Accounting, Finance, Business, HR, or related field).\r\n5+ years of progressive payroll experience with 3+ years in a supervisory or management role.\r\nExperience in healthcare payroll (home health, hospice, or multi-location care environments) strongly preferred.\r\nExpertise with multi-state payroll and high-volume, complex environments.\r\nStrong working knowledge of UKG or comparable HR/payroll platforms. 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