Virginia Tech
Payroll Operations Manager
🇺🇸
Blacksburg, VA
🕑
Full-Time
💰
$85K - $95K
💻
Operations
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April 7th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Virginia Tech is hiring a Payroll Operations Manager responsible for supervising the payroll operations team and ensuring the accurate and timely execution of semi-monthly payroll processes. The role includes managing payroll tax calculations and submissions, system upgrade testing, procedural documentation, and assisting with special projects and payroll-related research.
Highlights
- Manage and supervise payroll operations team to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
- Calculate and submit federal and state payroll taxes, process payroll cycles, adjustments, garnishments, and levies.
- Perform payroll system upgrade testing and maintain procedural documentation and payroll calendars.
- Assist the Director of Payroll with special projects and research related to payroll.
- Required skills: Extensive payroll knowledge, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, leadership and team mentoring abilities, strong research and analytical skills.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, professional certifications (CPP, CPA), experience with query tools, ERP systems (Banner, SAP, Oracle, Workday), and electronic timekeeping systems.
- Salary range of $85,000-$95,000 per year, exempt from overtime.
- Must hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, tax, business administration or related field with relevant experience.
- Experience in a university payroll environment and supervisory experience are beneficial.
- Criminal conviction check required for employment.
Payroll Operations Manager Full Description
Payroll Operations Manager
- 535884
- Blacksburg, Virginia
- Administrative & Professional
- VP for Finance
Job Description
Virginia Tech is seeking an experienced accounting manager to join the University supporting payroll operations. Reporting to the Director of Payroll, this position requires a high level of analysis and critical thinking skills to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. The manager supervises the payroll operations team to ensure the accurate, timely and efficient completion of semi-monthly payroll system processes. Other responsibilities include calculation and submission of federal and state payroll taxes; processing payroll, payroll adjustments, garnishments and levies for each cycle; researching and making payroll system recommendations to address new initiatives and programs; performing system upgrade testing; maintaining procedural documentation for payroll processes; and maintaining payroll calendars. The accounting manager assists the Director of Payroll with special projects and other payroll related research as needed.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor degree in accounting, finance, tax, business administration or related field and related experience.
• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, payroll taxes, and payroll software.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex and diverse environment.
• Experience leading a team, with strong skills in mentoring, training, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Strong research, analytical, and critical thinking skills, including ability to proactively recommend options to balance external compliance requirements with operational efficiency and customer service.
• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, payroll taxes, and payroll software.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex and diverse environment.
• Experience leading a team, with strong skills in mentoring, training, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Strong research, analytical, and critical thinking skills, including ability to proactively recommend options to balance external compliance requirements with operational efficiency and customer service.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in accounting, business or a related field.
• Professional certification (Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or similar.
• Ability to use query tools to gather and analyze information from large relational databases.
• Knowledge of internal controls as related to payroll processes.
• Experience working with a large ERP system (i.e., Banner, SAP, Oracle, Workday) with high volume.
• Experience working with electronic timekeeping systems.
• Experience in analyzing business processes and recommending and/or implementing improvements to same.
• Working knowledge of university payroll activities and operations.
• Supervisory experience.
• Professional certification (Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or similar.
• Ability to use query tools to gather and analyze information from large relational databases.
• Knowledge of internal controls as related to payroll processes.
• Experience working with a large ERP system (i.e., Banner, SAP, Oracle, Workday) with high volume.
• Experience working with electronic timekeeping systems.
• Experience in analyzing business processes and recommending and/or implementing improvements to same.
• Working knowledge of university payroll activities and operations.
• Supervisory experience.
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
Commensurate with experience with a salary range of $85,000-$95,000 per year
Hours per week
40
Review Date
April 10, 2026
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Zachary LaCroix at zlacroix@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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