Payroll Manager

WHC Energy Services
The Woodlands, TX
ROLE
WHC LLC (A Surerus Murphy Company) (WHC), is seeking to recruit a Payroll Manager to join their team. This role ensures timely and accurate processing of employee compensation while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work cross-functionally with HR and finance departments

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Leads the payroll team to ensure accurate and timely processing of weekly payroll for as many, possibly more than 1600 employees.
  • Maintains employee confidentiality and the protection of sensitive payroll related information.
  • Manages as well as supports when needed, the full cycle weekly process, including processing payroll for new hires, any employee changes, leaves, terminations, and all related responsibilities.
  • Leads the processing of the Bi-Weekly payroll cycle, in its entirety as well as provides HR with proper reports needed to meet 401K, HSA, garnishments and other employee benefit needs.
  • Generates certified payroll reports to be distributed to the proper departments.
  • Ensures that employee changes, including wage and time adjustments, are properly authorized, correctly entered and recorded promptly.
  • Maintains the COINS timecard system including the entering/creating login for new hires as well as one on one training per new employee, for the timecard system.
  • Investigates and resolves payroll discrepancies and irregularities in a timely manner.
  • Prepares and files multi-state local, state and federal tax payments on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Prepares quarterly federal, state unemployment and state tax withholding returns as well as annual W2 forms.
  • Manages, trains and develops payroll team, including setting performance goals and conducting performance evaluations.
  • Provides excellent customer service to both employees and project support staff while managing sensitive, confidential information with tact, discretion and diplomacy.
Note: In addition to these duties personnel are required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required in order to support the objectives of the company.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), or equivalent experience required.
Experience
  • 3 or more years’ experience processing full cycle multi-state payroll.
  • Strong leadership skills with at least 2 years of managing others or leading teams.
  • Thorough understanding of cost-based payroll accounting, payroll tax, withholding, deductions and garnishments, prevailing wage, and state/federal payroll regulations.
  • Experience in the construction industry preferred.
Skills and Knowledge
  • Microsoft Excel proficiency.
  • Operates proactively, efficiently and resourcefully.
  • Ability to always communicate with professionalism, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to operate both independently and amongst a team.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Expert knowledge of multi-state payroll, payroll tax rules and regulations in the U.S.
  • Possess strong orientation to detail and an initiative to seek additional training or education as required.
WORKING CONDITIONS
This position is based at our Broussard, LA or The Woodlands, TX office.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
The Payroll Manager reports to the Vice President/Controller.

EEO Statement
WHC Energy Services is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We thank all applicants in advance. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Posted 2025-12-25

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