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Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel,, our Jersey City is looking for a new National Payroll Manager to join our Finance team.

Your Role

As our Payroll Manager, you will oversee the end-to-end payroll process for our multi-state workforce, ensuring timely and accurate payroll disbursement. You will manage weekly and semi-monthly payroll cycles for exempt, nonexempt, and union employees, ensuring payroll processing aligns with company policies and approval workflows. You will also administer payroll for bonuses, commissions, and other special payments, ensuring compliance with tax and labor laws.

Your Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end payroll process for a multi-state workforce, ensuring timely and accurate payroll disbursement.

• Manage weekly and semi-monthly payroll cycles for exempt, nonexempt, and union employees.

• Ensure payroll processing aligns with company policies and approval workflows.

• Administer payroll for bonuses, commissions, and other special payments, ensuring compliance with tax and labor laws.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations, including FLSA, FICA, and tax reporting requirements.

• Lead all payroll audits, including internal, external, government-mandated audits, and payroll projects.

• Prepare and submit accurate payroll reports, tax filings (e.g., W-2s, 941s), and compliance documents along with third party vendors

• Monitor and implement changes in payroll-related legislation and company policies.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree OR American Payroll Association – Certified Payroll Professional certification

• 5 -10 years of payroll experience

• 2+ years experience directly managing a payroll team

• 5+ years experience managing multistate payroll

• Previous experience managing payroll integration or migration projects is beneficial

• Technical knowledge of HRIS/Payroll interfaces

• High level of competence in Excel

• Comfortable with a 4-1 work schedule in Jersey City, NJ

Good Reasons to Join

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. The target salary range for this position is between $130,000 and $170,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI-

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: HR.helpdesk@kuehne-nagel.com with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.