National Payroll Manager

It's more than a job

As our Payroll Manager, you will oversee the end-to-end payroll process for our multi-state workforce, ensuring timely and accurate payroll disbursement. You will manage weekly and semi-monthly payroll cycles for exempt, nonexempt, and union employees, ensuring payroll processing aligns with company policies and approval workflows. You will also administer payroll for bonuses, commissions, and other special payments, ensuring compliance with tax and labor laws.

How you create impact

• Oversee the end-to-end payroll process for a multi-state workforce, ensuring timely and accurate payroll disbursement.
• Manage weekly and semi-monthly payroll cycles for exempt, nonexempt, and union employees.
• Ensure payroll processing aligns with company policies and approval workflows.
• Administer payroll for bonuses, commissions, and other special payments, ensuring compliance with tax and labor laws.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations, including FLSA, FICA, and tax reporting requirements.
• Lead all payroll audits, including internal, external, government-mandated audits, and payroll projects.
• Prepare and submit accurate payroll reports, tax filings (e.g., W-2s, 941s), and compliance documents along with third party vendors
• Monitor and implement changes in payroll-related legislation and company policies.

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor's degree OR American Payroll Association - Certified Payroll Professional certification
• 5 -10 years of hands on payroll experience, of which 3+ years is in supporting 5k+ employees
• 2+ years experience directly managing a payroll team
• 5+ years experience managing multistate payroll
• Previous experience managing payroll integration or migration projects is beneficial
• Technical knowledge of HRIS/Payroll interfaces
• High level of competence in Excel
• Comfortable with a 4-1 work schedule in Jersey City, NJ

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. The target salary range for this position is between $130,000 and $160,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI-KE1

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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