Payroll Manager

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Payroll Manager to join our dynamic team. The Payroll Manager will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the payroll process, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing, compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and maintaining accurate payroll records. This role requires a strong understanding of payroll systems, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to work with business partners effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Payroll Processing: Manage and execute the end-to-end payroll process, including calculating wages, deductions, and taxes.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations.
• Record Maintenance: Maintain accurate and up-to-date payroll records, including employee information, time and attendance, and payroll adjustments.
• Reporting: Prepare and submit payroll reports to management and external agencies as required.
• System Management: Oversee the payroll system, including troubleshooting issues and implementing updates and improvements.
• Prepare monthly journal entries accruals
• Team Management: Lead and manage the payroll team, providing guidance, training, and support as needed.
• Audit: Conduct regular payroll audits to ensure accuracy and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaboration: Work closely with HR, Finance, and other departments to ensure seamless payroll operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of payroll management experience, preferably in a mid to large-sized organization.
• Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of payroll systems, tax laws, and regulations.
• Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Proficiency in payroll software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to work with business partners and within a team environment.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Certification: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation is preferred but not required.

Company Statement/Values:

At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.

We're a performance-driven, talented and diverse team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.

We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.

NETGEAR is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.