IHG Hotels & Resorts · 4 days ago
Payroll Reconciliation & Controls Manager
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $130K/yr
7+ years expIHG Hotels & Resorts is seeking a Payroll Reconciliation & Controls Manager to strengthen payroll accuracy, integrity, and control discipline across the organization. This hands-on role will lead the development and execution of reconciliation routines and control checkpoints while partnering with various teams to ensure alignment and issue resolution.
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Responsibilities
Establish and execute per-pay, monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliation routines across payroll results, funding activity, tax and garnishment items, and downstream interfaces
Monitor and manage client-responsibility items in ADP SmartCompliance, including exceptions, notices, amendments, registrations, and agency correspondence
Perform data-alignment and mapping validation across payroll results, downstream financial feeds, and regulatory outputs (e.g., W-2s) to ensure accuracy and control integrity
Research and resolve complex discrepancies through root-cause analysis, documentation, and preventive control recommendations
Develop and maintain control documentation, evidence artifacts, reconciliation schedules, and exception logs to support audit readiness and consistency
Partner with Payroll Operations, Finance, HR, and vendors to align processes, reduce exceptions, and strengthen data integrity
Mature reconciliation and monitoring routines from manual execution to standardized and increasingly automated processes over time
Produce clear reconciliation summaries and exception reporting to support leadership visibility and decision-making
Qualification
Required
7+ years of progressive payroll operations or payroll controls experience in a complex, multi-state environment
Demonstrated experience with reconciliation, variance analysis, and exception resolution
Hands-on experience with ADP SmartCompliance or similar tax and garnishment platforms
Strong analytical skills with ability to trace data, identify root causes, and document remediation
Experience supporting audit, compliance, or control testing activities
High attention to detail with a strong controls and integrity mindset
Proficiency in Excel and reporting / analysis tools
Preferred
Experience working in a vendor-supported payroll operating model
Prior involvement in process standardization or operational transformation initiatives
Exposure to interface mapping, downstream feed validation, or control framework development
Benefits
Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401K
Impressive room discounts across our many properties
Recharge days
Volunteering days throughout the year
Company
IHG Hotels & Resorts
IHG Hotels & Resorts is a global hotel company with the mission of providing True Hospitality for Good.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Elie W. Maalouf
Chief Executive Officer
Dana Shefsky
Head of Customer and Partner Experience
Recent News
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