The College of Lake County has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced leader to join our Finance team in serving approximately 1,600 faculty, staff and student workers who are committed to the values of integrity, inclusion, unity, purpose, compassion and excellence in student success. The Payroll Manager is a hands-on leadership position responsible for the bi-weekly payroll processing, supervising payroll staff, directing the collection, calculations and entering or uploading data for union and non-union employees, following applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, maintaining the financial records for current and past employees, running necessary reports, analyses and audits. The Payroll Manager reports directly the College’s Controller and will have recent successful experience as a payroll leader in an organization of 500+ employees.
The successful candidate will be a collaborator, communicator and team player, whose ability to build relationships with senior leaders, managers, supervisors, faculty, staff, and student workers is only surpassed by their dedication and commitment to accurate and timely pay for all employees, consistently implemented pay process and practices and meticulous financial records.
1. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of five years of payroll processing experience with an organizational headcount of 500 or more employees; OR
Associate’s degree and eight years of recent experience payroll processing experience with an organizational headcount of 500 or more employees; OR
High school or equivalent and ten years of payroll processing experience with an organizational headcount of 500 or more employees.
2. A minimum of five years of recent experience as a payroll lead, supervisor, and/or manager with an organizational headcount of 500 or more employees.
3. A minimum of one year of recent experience directly supervising employees.
4. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with PeopleSoft or similar in-house payroll processing systems.
CLC offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits that currently include BlueCross/BlueShield of Illinois health, Delta dental and Superior vision insurance plans, tuition support for employees and qualified family members, professional development and learning opportunities, three retirement plans, disability, group and supplemental life insurance, health and dependent care flexible spending account plans, generous vacation, sick and personal time off and 13 paid holidays each year.