Payroll Manager

The role

The Payroll Manager will lead and oversee the payroll team and end-to-end payroll operations. This role manages payroll accuracy, multi-state tax compliance, and vendor governance for a diverse workforce including manufacturing and engineering teams.

What you will do

• Oversee execution of payroll for manufacturing and exempt teams
• Manage time-clock integrations, labor distributions, and FLSA compliance
• Serve as primary escalation point for employee inquiries
• Own the payroll-to-accounting lifecycle including month-end closing and journal entries
• Reconcile payroll accounts against the General Ledger
• Monitor and apply multi-state, local, and workers’ compensation tax updates
• Manage adjustments for health/retirement benefits and equity tracking
• Act as primary relationship owner for ADP vendor
• Direct preparation of quarterly and annual tax filings
• Serve as lead interface for internal and external payroll audits

Required qualifications

• 8 years of experience in accounting, finance, HR, or related fields
• Direct people management experience
• 3–5 years of experience managing payroll in a manufacturing or production environment
• Deep understanding of complex time-tracking including FLSA compliance, shift differentials, overtime rules, piece-rate, and multi-facility setups
• Advanced, practical understanding of payroll tax laws including multi-state taxation, reciprocal agreements, local tax jurisdictions, and year-end reconciliation
• Advanced expertise in ADP systems
• Experience managing complex vendor relationships and service-level agreements (SLAs)
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to be onsite 3 days per week

Nice to have

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 80% healthcare premiums for dependents
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
• Generous vacation policies
• Relocation assistance

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology. The company is scaling up battery manufacturing at its first high-volume facility in West Virginia.