Payroll Manager at HAPPIER PEOPLE MANAGEMENT LLC – New York, New York

Pay: $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Job description:

Payroll Manager – Hospitality

Experience Required: 7–10 years payroll management experience, preferably within the hospitality industry (hotel resort, multi-unit food & beverage, large staffing volumes, tipped employees)

Compensation Range: 90K – 115K

Role Summary:As our Payroll Manager you will lead and manage the end-to-end payroll operations for our hospitality properties, ensuring accurate and timely payment of employees—from hourly staff, tipped associates, to salaried team members—while maintaining compliance with labor law, tax regulations and hospitality-specific requirements (gratuities, multi-unit shifts, overtime, seasonal staff). You will collaborate closely with HR, Finance, and operations leadership to maintain systems, controls and reporting that support our business objectives.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Oversee payroll processing (weekly/bi-weekly/semi-monthly) for all sites: input, audit, reconcile entries, ensure deadlines are met.Manage tips/gratuities, service charge distributions, differential pay, overtime, shift premiums, and all other hospitality-specific payroll items.Ensure all time & attendance data is reviewed, approved and coded properly; follow up with department leadership on discrepancies or errors.Lead the payroll team (if applicable), delegate work, provide training, monitor performance, ensure coverage during peak seasons.Maintain strong internal controls, ensure compliance with federal/state/local tax, wage & hour laws, unemployment/labor filings, garnishments, benefit eligibility.Generate payroll reports: weekly/bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly/year-end; analyze cost variances and support Finance in budgeting/forecasting.Liaise with HR on board with new hires, terminations, status changes, benefit eligibility dates and ensure payroll system reflects correct data.Continuously review and improve payroll systems (ADP Workforce), automate where possible, and maintain documentation of procedures.Serve as a strategic partner to operations and finance leadership: provide insights on payroll cost drivers, staffing models, and workforce productivity.Qualifications & Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field preferred.7–10 years of payroll management experience, ideally within hospitality or related high-staffing/complex-shift environments.Proficiency in payroll systems ADP Workforce and Microsoft Excel.Strong working knowledge of wage & hour laws, tax filings, gratuities, and hospitality payroll specifics.Strong leadership and communication skills, ability to work across departments and collaborate in a fast-paced environment.Must have experience setting up payrollsAbility to maintain confidentiality, work under deadlines, handle large volumes of data with precision.What We Offer:

Competitive salary (base)Comprehensive benefits (health, dental, vision, PTO)Professional development opportunities within a growing hospitality groupA dynamic work environment in a leading hospitality brandThis is not a remote positionJob Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Dental insuranceHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offReferral programVision insurance

Work Location: In person