Payroll Manager

Responsibilities

• Weekly Payroll Operations - Hourly Workforce
• Own end-to-end accountability for accurate, on-time weekly payroll processing for all hourly employees (union and non-union) across 6 companies and approximately 1,300 workers today
• Manage payroll execution within CMIC as the primary payroll processing platform; ensure data integrity and accuracy of all inputs flowing from Workday
• Oversee payroll for a highly complex rate environment: 6 companies with distinct rate sheets, pay rules, fringe benefit structures, and compensation expectations
• Ensure proper handling of all payroll complexity: certified payroll, prevailing wage, multi-state taxation, garnishments, shift differentials, and retroactive adjustments
• Maintain overall accountability for federal, state, and local payroll tax filings across all 6 companies on a weekly and periodic basis
• Own the payroll calendar and ensure all processing deadlines, funding deadlines, and regulatory filing dates are consistently met
• Serve as the final escalation point for payroll discrepancies, corrections, and complex employee pay inquiries
• Union Payroll, Labor Compliance & Prevailing Wage
• This is the most technically demanding dimension of the role. Our organization is signatory to 30+ collective bargaining agreements, and payroll compliance is mission-critical.
• Maintain deep, working knowledge of all active collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) across union companies; translate contract language into payroll rules, rates, and remittance obligations
• Oversee accurate and timely union remittances to all applicable funds (health & welfare, pension, apprenticeship, vacation, industry promotion, etc.) on behalf of all signatory companies
• Lead preparation for and response to union payroll audits; maintain audit-ready records and ensure compliance documentation is current
• Analyze new and renewed CBAs in partnership with Senior Operations Management and Labor Relations; identify payroll impacts and ensure timely system configuration changes in CMIC
• Own prevailing wage compliance across all applicable states and project types; lead annual Department of Workforce Development (DWD) prevailing wage rate surveys on a job-specific basis
• Partner with State Transportation Departments, the U.S. Department of Labor, and State DWD agencies on compliance obligations, including electronic certified payroll and prevailing wage initiatives
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes to prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, and state equivalents; proactively update payroll processes and communicate impacts to Operations and Finance
• Payroll Technology - CMIC, Workday & Integrations
• Serve as the functional owner of payroll within CMIC ERP; maintain configuration accuracy for all pay rules, rate tables, union setups, and company-specific logic
• Partner with the HRIS team and IT on the Workday-to-CMIC integration; ensure data flows (new hires, job changes, rate changes, deductions) are accurate, timely, and auditable
• Lead payroll participation in CMIC bi-annual patch and upgrade testing: develop test scripts, coordinate the payroll team's testing efforts, valida

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Job Description: About Walbec Group Walbec produces high-quality construction materials and delivers unparalleled professional design, engineering and construction services at its six companies, including Payne and Dolan, Northeast Asphalt, Zenith Tech, Parisi, Premier Concrete, and Construction Resources Management. Whether building bridges, stabilizing shorelines, rehabilitating structures, or providing site engineering and construction solutions for solar , Walbec is your bridge to expertise in construction and engineering. With safety and ethics at the core of everything we do, our experienced professionals are hard at work on commercial and industrial sites throughout the Midwest. The Position: We are seeking an experienced, strategically minded Payroll Manager to lead one of the most complex payroll operations in the construction industry. Across 6 companies, 30+ union agreements, prevailing wage obligations in multiple states, and a workforce of union and non-union hourly employees, our payroll function demands both deep technical expertise and strong operational leadership. This role is responsible for the accurate, compliant, and timely execution of weekly hourly payroll-and for building the systems, processes, and talent required to scale that operation from our current footprint in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan to a model capable of supporting all 48 contiguous states. You will lead a team of 12, own our payroll technology ecosystem (CMIC and Workday), drive continuous improvement, and serve as a cross-functional partner on M&A integrations, system implementations, and HR technology development. This is not a maintenance role. We need a leader who will challenge the status quo, fix what is broken, build what is missing, and create a payroll operation that is a competitive advantage for our business.

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