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About the Role

The Payroll Manager leads the U.S. payroll function, responsible for planning, organization, management, and continuous improvement of payroll operations. This role owns the development and governance of payroll and time and attendance processes across all U.S. entities, ensuring consistent standards, strong controls, compliance, accuracy, and scalable best practices.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve payroll and T&A policies, process maps, internal controls, and standard operating procedures across all US entities.
• Oversee payroll and time/attendance vendor relationships, service performance, and system/timeclock configurations.
• Monitor changes in federal, state, and local payroll regulations and lead timely compliance implementations.
• Oversee weekly and biweekly payroll processing to guarantee timeliness, accuracy, and strong internal controls.
• Support integrations between payroll/T&A platforms and core enterprise software.
• Lead payroll-driven initiatives by establishing project timelines, mitigating risks, and directing cross-functional resources.
• Ensure high-level management and accurate execution of executive and expatriate payroll components.
• Oversee quarterly and annual reconciliations for federal, state, and local tax withholdings.
• Partner with Accounting and Tax for internal/external audits and bank reconciliations.
• Partner with Compensation, HRIS, Benefits, Finance, and Accounting to align upstream/downstream workflows.
• Provide ad-hoc HR and payroll analytics, consolidated reporting, and budget presentations.
• Direct, coordinate, and evaluate payroll team members.
• Conduct interviews, hiring, and training of employees.
• Appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, and resolve problems.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or equivalent experience required; Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of equivalent experience required.
• 2+ years of supervisory or management experience highly preferred.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamentals of Payroll Certification (FCP) preferred.
• Strong expertise in payroll procedures, process governance, internal controls, and continuous improvement practices.
• Solid knowledge of multi-state tax, accounting principles, and reciprocity rules across state, federal, and local jurisdictions.
• Proficiency in Paylocity, UKG, or similar Payroll and T&A systems.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel and Word required.
• Ability to evaluate existing processes, identify root causes and control gaps, develop practical solutions, and lead sustainable process improvements.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and well-being of all employees.

Skills

• Payroll
• Time and Attendance
• Process Governance
• Internal Controls
• Scalability
• Vendor Management
• System Configuration
• Regulatory Compliance
• Payroll Processing
• System Integrations
• Project Management
• Executive Payroll
• Expatriate Payroll
• Tax Compliance
• Garnishments
• Benefits Deductions
• Audits
• Bank Reconciliations
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Reporting
• Analytics
• Supervision
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word

Location

• Buffalo, NY

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years of equivalent experience
• 2+ years of supervisory or management experience

Education Level

• Associate's degree or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field preferred
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamentals of Payroll Certification (FCP) preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards Program
• Variety of affordable benefits and coverage options
• Insurance costs significantly supported
• Generous retirement plan contributions
• Paid Time Off from day one
• Training and development opportunities
• Education Reimbursement

About the Company

• Lactalis is the world leader in dairy, a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe.
• In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk.
• Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.
• At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity.
• We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Equal Opportunity

• Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer.
• We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.
• Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.