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GALLO · 4 days ago

Payroll Manager

Modesto, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$122K/yr - $183K/yr

5+ years exp

Gallo is a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, recognized as a Glassdoor 'Best Places to Work.' The Payroll Manager will shape a best-in-class payroll experience for over 6,000 teammates, leading an in-house payroll operation and ensuring compliance while driving innovation and process improvements.

Wine & Spirits

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Shape a best-in-class payroll experience for 6,000+ teammates across multiple entities, unions, and locations in the U.S. and internationally

Lead an in-house payroll operation, ensuring accurate, timely preparation, documentation, and disbursement of payroll and payroll taxes

Drive innovation, productivity, and value-added improvements that scale with our growth

Oversee the integrity of payroll systems, processes, and general ledger postings

Champion continuous process improvement, reengineering, and best practices

Ensure appropriate withholding and filing of all legally required reports, maintain compliance with wage and hour laws, and confidently advise leaders on the impact of new and proposed regulations

Manage audits, develop and maintain department policies and procedures aligned with strong internal controls, and steward the operating budget and capital spending plan

Partner with Finance, HR, and Technology to support clear communication, effective prioritization, and disciplined execution

Lead a talented team—setting objectives, building development plans, coaching and mentoring, and managing performance to achieve ambitious goals

Investigate and reconcile complex challenges, approve adjustments, and provide excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders

Balance day-to-day demands with strategic projects, modeling intrapreneurship by thinking boldly, taking appropriate risks, learning from mistakes, and reinforcing innovation

Demonstrate ownership by setting high expectations, driving candid discussion, and holding yourself and others accountable

Qualification

Payroll managementADP Vantage PayrollProject managementSupervisory experienceAnalytical thinkingKronos timekeepingInfluencing skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of payroll or finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include Supervisory or Managerial experience; OR MBA plus 2 years of payroll or finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include Supervisory or Managerial experience

Computer skill requirements include: Basic MS Word and MS PowerPoint; intermediate MS Excel. Intermediate ADP Vantage Payroll and Time or equivalent payroll processing software experience

Experience in project management and systems implementation

Experience effectively presenting information to various groups of employees, including Senior Leadership

Experience engaging and influencing people at all levels

Skilled in analytical and critical thinking

Candidates are required to complete a credit check for this position; the results do not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment, but will be individually evaluated to determine if the results disqualify the candidate for employment in such a position

Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description

Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description

Preferred

MBA plus 4 years of payroll and systems implementation experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include Supervisory or Managerial experience

Certified Payroll Professional (C.P.P.) desirable

Intermediate Kronos or equivalent timekeeping software experience

Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community

Excellent communication skills to effectively and professionally deal with all levels of management and personnel. Experience effectively presenting information to top management

Skilled in working with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Skilled in defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions. Skilled in interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables

Works under pressure, meets aggressive deadlines and makes effective and sound decisions