Payroll Manager

Job Description

Manager, Payroll | Chewy

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Chewy, located in Plantation, Florida. Chewy is dedicated to providing pet parents with convenient access to high-quality pet products and services through its e-commerce platform. This role is crucial for ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of payroll for Chewy’s large and diverse workforce, directly supporting its people operations and compliance. The Manager, Payroll will oversee critical systems and processes that enable the smooth functioning of Chewy’s internal operations.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – USA (Florida) – Plantation

• Mission: To oversee payroll systems, projects, and team operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for a high volume, multi-state workforce.
• Tech Stack: Workday HCM/Payroll, Time and Attendance systems, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Oversight: Oversee payroll systems and projects, including managing Workday changes and updates to ensure system efficiency.
• Team Management: Lead and guide a payroll team through new processes, ensuring payroll is prepared for final review by established deadlines.
• Compliance & Review: Review all payroll audits and payroll preview reports for accuracy, maintaining SOX compliance and acting as a liaison with internal and external audit teams.
• Backup Processing: Serve as backup for the preparation, input, and submission of all payroll-related information to produce accurate and timely high-volume weekly payrolls for multi-state operations.
• Year-End & Training: Manage year-end reconciliation and W2 processing, while also assisting in the training and mentoring of team members.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience in payroll management, overseeing payroll operations.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience processing high volume, multi-state payroll for a mid to large company, with strong knowledge of Workday HCM/Payroll and Time and Attendance systems.
• Skills: Superior organizational skills, keen attention to detail, ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively, advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word), strong problem-solving abilities, and knowledge of current payroll-related laws and regulations.
• Bonus: FPC or CPP certification preferred.