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Manager, Payroll

Primary Location Portland, Oregon Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $95900 - $124080 / year

Job Number 1426305 Date Posted 06/03/2026

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Job Summary:

Implements processes related to employee payments, reclamation, and garnishment orders by supporting the preparation and distribution of employee payments and analyzing/interpreting trends in payment reclamation procedures. Reviews nonroutine data uploads. Addresses employee inquiries and internal reporting efforts by consulting with other departments to provide and gather information related to payroll and provide direction to the team. Monitors adherence to best practices, tax regulations, union contracts, and regulation authorities to ensure compliance across payroll.

Essential Responsibilities:

Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.

Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.

Implements processes related to employee payments, reclamation, and garnishment orders by: supporting the preparation and distribution of employee payments (e.g., compensation, State Disability Insurance) in case of overflow and escalated issues while also managing team processing garnishment orders; analyzing and interpreting trends in employee payment reclamation and garnishment orders use and procedures, including providing authorization of payments to third party feeds (e.g., deductions, taxes withheld); and analyzing the procedures and software used between Human Resource, Finance/Accounting, and Payroll to identify areas to improve accuracy and efficiency between systems.

Supports or leverages payroll data processing by: supporting the preparation and analysis of reports of key metrics (e.g., timesheets, employee hourly rates, earned time off); reviewing data adjustments performed by the team; reviewing nonroutine data uploads; providing guidance to resolve issues related to adjustments and employee data; and investigating and mitigating the sources of systematic discrepancies and reporting them to a senior manager or director.

Addresses employee inquires and internal reporting efforts by: consulting with other departments to provide and gather information related to payroll and provide direction to the team; providing oversight and responding to complex inquiries regarding pay discrepancies, earned time off, basic tax analysis, and others raised by senior managers and directors; leading the coordination with other departments such as HR and benefits to obtain information through inquiries and process it and provides some technical expertise to the team; analyzing and interpreting routine and nonroutine reports requested by leadership, and requesting the development of new report templates; and identifying trends or patterns within Payroll data which may result in future issues and driving solutions through the team.

Monitors adherence of best practices, tax regulations, union contracts, and regulation authorities to ensure compliance by: monitoring current and potential changes in regulations and comparing them to current polices and procedures; representing Payroll in departments and projects to ensure compliance with regulation authorities as requested; and reviewing and resolving complex issues related to the submission of information to regulating authorities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
Attention to Detail
Business Knowledge
Communication
Constructive Feedback
Critical Thinking
Cross-Group Collaboration
Decision Making
Dependability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Drives Results
Facilitation Skills
Health Care Industry
Influencing Others
Integrity
Leadership
Learning Agility
Organizational Savvy
Problem Solving
Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
Strategic Thinking
Team Building
Teamwork
Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

Data Entry
Data Quality
Financial Acumen
Financial Analysis
Financial Reporting
Financial Software
Regulatory Reporting
Reporting Tools
Trend Analysis

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum one (1) year of experience managing operational or project budgets.

Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Bachelors Degree in Payroll, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field AND minimum six (6) years of experience in payroll or directly related field OR Minimum nine (9) years of experience in payroll, or a directly related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Four (4) years of experience working with Human Resources (HR) data in a major HR Enterprise Reporting Platform (ERP) (e.g., SAP, PeopleSoft, HCM, etc.).
Three (3) years of audit or accounting firm experience.

Primary Location: Oregon,Portland,Kaiser Permanente Building Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Department: Po/Ho Corp - EmSvc National Payroll - 7022 Pay Range: $95900 - $124080 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

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