Payroll & Compliance Manager

Company: Novus Home Mortgage
Location: Brookfield
Posted on: April 4, 2025

Job Description:

Position: Payroll and Compliance Manager

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Company: Novus Home Mortgage
Location: Brookfield, WI

Position Overview

The Payroll and Compliance Manager will oversee the Company's payroll and benefits functions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and a seamless employee experience. This role includes leading leave management, conducting onboarding sessions, preparing high-level reports, and managing relationships with key stakeholders and vendors.

Key Responsibilities:

Payroll Oversight: Supervise the Payroll Coordinator in processing payroll, including bi-weekly and monthly pay runs, commission calculations, and compliance with local and state tax regulations.
Leave Management: Oversee leave administration, ensuring compliance with federal and state leave laws, and assist employees with leave-related inquiries.
Onboarding and Offboarding: Lead payroll onboarding sessions for new hires and support offboarding for transitioning employees, ensuring a smooth and comprehensive process.
Reporting and Analytics: Prepare Board and Executive reports to support strategic decision-making. Provide accurate headcount, payroll, benefits, and workforce data to stakeholders.
Collaboration with Finance: Work with the finance team to align payroll processes with financial strategies, reconciling payroll data and supporting audits as needed.
Unemployment Reporting: Manage unemployment claims and responses, collaborating with relevant agencies to ensure accurate reporting and timely responses.
Compliance Management: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable payroll & tax laws, ensuring organizational compliance with federal and state regulations.
Vendor Management: Oversee vendor relationships for benefits providers and payroll systems, ensuring high service standards and efficient problem resolution.

Qualifications:

5+ years in payroll and benefits management required, with supervisory experience preferred.
Proficiency with UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) or similar payroll systems; advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Mortgage industry experience is preferred, particularly familiarity with commission-based payroll structures.
Strong understanding of federal and state payroll and leave laws required.
Keen attention to detail with excellent problem-solving skills and ability to maintain confidentiality.
Effective communicator with strong relationship-building abilities across HR, Finance, and executive teams.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.



Required Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or GED required.
College Education or Degree Preferred.
A combination of education and equivalent work experience will be considered.





Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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