Payroll Manager

MaineGeneral Health ‚Ä¢ Waterville, Maine ‚Ä¢ Full Time

Posted on Sat, Jul 25, 2026

Job Summary:

At MaineGeneral Health, every paycheck represents the dedication of employees who care for our communities each day. We're seeking an experienced and collaborative Payroll Manager to lead our payroll operations, ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time, and in compliance with all applicable regulations.
This leadership role is ideal for a payroll professional who enjoys optimizing processes, developing teams, and partnering across departments to support organizational success. As Payroll Manager, you'll oversee daily payroll operations, ensure regulatory compliance, manage departmental resources, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the employee experience. This role currently supervises two payroll staff and one financial accounting staff.

Job Description:

What You'll Do:

Lead the daily operations of the Payroll department while ensuring alignment with MaineGeneral Health's strategic goals and financial objectives.
Manage, coach, and develop payroll staff, fostering a collaborative, customer-focused, and high-performing team environment.
Oversee all payroll processes to ensure employees are paid accurately, timely, and in compliance with federal, state, and organizational requirements.
Assist in developing departmental goals, performance standards, and operational objectives that support organizational priorities.
Monitor departmental budgets and ensure responsible stewardship of financial resources.
Ensure compliance with payroll regulations, organizational policies, and applicable labor and tax requirements.
Manage departmental contracts, vendor relationships, and payroll-related service providers.
Evaluate, recommend, and oversee the acquisition and maintenance of payroll systems, equipment, and departmental resources.
Monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and service delivery.
Partner with Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, and organizational leaders to resolve payroll issues and support operational initiatives.
Lead or support special projects, reporting initiatives, process improvements, and business analysis as assigned.

What You'll Bring:

Associate's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
Progressive payroll leadership experience, preferably within healthcare or another complex, multi-site, and multi-state organization.
Strong knowledge of payroll processing, payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and payroll compliance requirements.
Experience supervising and developing payroll professionals.
Demonstrated ability to manage payroll systems, vendor relationships, and operational budgets.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent communication and customer service skills with the ability to collaborate across departments.
Experience with enterprise payroll, Workday, and HRIS systems preferred.

The salary range shown reflects the base salary for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Job Exempt:

Yes

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.
Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .

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