Job Description
Payroll Manager Position Type: Full-time (1.0 FTE), Exempt (Salaried), Benefits-Eligible
Salary Range: $70,000 - $85000 annually
Location: St. Peter, Minnesota
Anticipated Start Date: Summer 2026
Job Summary The Payroll Manager is a highly reliable professional responsible for the end-to-end processing, compliance, and accuracy of the College’s payroll functions. We are seeking a career-progressive professional who brings 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, paired with a highly coachable and trainable mindset. The ideal candidate excels under pressure, maintains strict confidentiality, and approaches legacy systems and new workflows with a growth-oriented attitude.
A key focus of this role will be mastering our current legacy environment while playing an active, collaborative role in supporting our transition to a new HRIS by calendar year-end. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5+ years of progressive, independent hands-on experience processing payroll, including a proven track record of career growth and a highly trainable, coachable attitude.
- Experience preparing and filing quarterly and annual payroll tax returns (941s, W-2s).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for managing large datasets and budget lines.
- Exceptional attention to detail, analytical review skills, and accuracy across high-volume data entry and compliance reporting.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a Higher Education setting or a complex, multi-cycle payroll environment.
- Familiarity with federal university attendees aid compliance, including Federal Work-Study limits.
- Experience going through an HRIS/Payroll system implementation. Benefits & Perks We offer competitive and comprehensive benefits which include:
- Medical insurance (including access to virtual/on-demand healthcare support) as well as dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Workplace accommodations for physical or mental health concerns.
- Onsite health services.
- Free parking, exercise classes, and use of campus library and sports facilities.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employer contribution to a retirement savings plan (after one year of employment).
- Tuition scholarships for dependents.
- Tuition benefit plan for employees and spouses.
- 13 paid Holidays + a generous PTO plan.
salary: $70,000 - $85,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
education: Bachelors
Responsibilities
Hands-On Payroll Processing
- End-to-End Execution: Manage and execute complex bi-weekly (staff/students), monthly (faculty/admin), and specialized summer payroll cycles, including all data entry for new hires, wages, taxes, and direct deposits.
- Employee Support: Serve as the primary point of contact across campus to resolve payroll-related inquiries with clarity and professionalism.
- Contract & Lifecycle Adjustments: Calculate and process final payouts, terminations, leave balances, and complex compensation adjustments (e.g., faculty overloads, grant pay, stipends, and annual salary increases).
- High-Volume Oversight: Provide essential support for the high-volume employment lifecycle, processing annual jobs, tracking Federal Work-Study limits, and applying summer allocations.
- Cross-Functional Tracking: Partner with HR to coordinate PTO/sick leave, retirement benefits tracking, open enrollment updates, and external agency disbursements (garnishments, tax levies).
- General Ledger & Reconciliations: Prepare and post monthly G/L entries for payroll accruals, complete monthly bank reconciliations for the payroll account, and allocate payroll to restricted or grant-funded accounts.
Tax Compliance, Budget & Audit Support
- Tax Filing: Prepare and file all 941 Quarterly/Year-End and state tax returns.
- Year-End Reporting: Oversee calendar year-end tax requirements, including generating, auditing, and distributing W-2 and 1095-C forms.
Skills
- Payroll Processing
- Payroll Tax
- Payroll
- Withholding Taxes
- Payroll - 50 - 500
- Payroll Accounting & Benefits
- Payroll Tax-Multistate
- Quarterly Filing
- 941s
- W-2s
- Decision Making
- Oral Communication
- Working Independently
- Organization
- Certified Payroll Professional
- Payroll - 500+
- Manual Payroll System
- W-2 End of Year
- Business operations
Qualifications
- Years of experience: 3 years
- Experience level: Experienced
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Work experience placement, Summer work, Shift work