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Principal Recruiter @ Eleven Recruiting | Career Development, Recruiting, and Consulting

Eleven Recruiting is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join one of our largest aerospace manufacturing clients located in Huntington Beach, CA. This high-impact role will oversee payroll operations across multiple manufacturing sites, managing complex, high-volume hourly payroll processes while ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency in a fast-paced production environment.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in ADP WorkForce Now (WFN), multi-state payroll compliance, and a proven track record of supporting payroll within manufacturing or engineering environments.

Responsibilities:

Payroll Operations & Oversight

• Manage accurate and timely processing of weekly, biweekly, and monthly payrolls for a complex hourly workforce across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Supervise a team of 3–4 payroll administrators, ensuring adherence to company policies and labor regulations.
• Review payroll batches and transmit files through ADP WorkForce Now (WFN); troubleshoot discrepancies and ensure payroll integrity.
• Oversee all payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, promotions, and rate adjustments.
• Administer shift differentials, overtime, incentive bonuses, and other manufacturing-specific pay structures.
• Partner with HR and Operations to ensure accurate timekeeping data is captured and integrated into payroll.
• Resolve complex timecard exceptions related to missed punches, labor transfers, and schedule variations common in manufacturing settings.
• Support testing and implementation of system upgrades, new interfaces, and payroll-related automation.

Manufacturing & Labor Cost Alignment

• Partner with plant managers and operations leaders to reconcile payroll data with labor costing, cost centers, and job codes.
• Support production reporting needs by providing analytics on overtime, absenteeism, and labor utilization.

Compliance & Audit

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, and company policies.
• Lead internal and external audits, including SOX and year-end reporting, providing full audit trails and payroll documentation.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of tax laws and SUI rates; work with the payroll tax accountant to resolve variances.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary liaison between HR, Finance, and IT to support payroll-related initiatives and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate Workers' Compensation and multi-state worksite reporting.
• Provide professional, timely payroll support and customer service to internal teams and leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, HR, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience managing high-volume, multi-state payroll in a manufacturing or complex hourly environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing payroll staff.
• Strong proficiency in ADP WorkForce Now (WFN) is required.
• Experience managing complex timekeeping and pay structures, including overtime, shift differentials, and bonus payouts.
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local labor/payroll laws, including overtime and payroll tax compliance.
• CPP certification is a nice plus.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills; capable of producing detailed labor and payroll reports.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Accounting/Auditing, and Finance

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Manufacturing

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