Sr. Manager, Payroll (Sr. Manager, Payroll)

Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity’s expansion into space. Redwire Space has a current opportunity at our Jacksonville, Florida facility, for a Sr. Manager, Payroll with expertise in managing payroll staff and payroll systems at one or more locations. In this role as a Payroll Manager, you will support all payroll functions to provide assurance that the company is operating efficiently, effectively and economically; ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and policies; safeguarding assets; maintaining reliability and integrity of computer-generated data; and sustaining appropriate revenue management. Responsibilities:

• Manages payroll staff and payroll systems at one or more locations.
• Responsible for maintaining sensitive and confidential information.
• Evaluates and determines changes in methods or procedures in assigned area of responsibility.
• Reviews personnel records to determine names, rates of pay, occupations of new hires, and changes in wage rates and occupations of employees on payroll.
• Directs computation of pay according to company policy.
• Oversees compilation and preparation of other payroll data.
• Reviews and approves payroll deductions, interprets company policies and government regulations in connection with payroll procedures, and directs preparation of government reports.
• Manages the payroll function of processing timecards, compiling payroll statistics, maintaining payroll control records, recording hours of work, and calculating payrolls.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for monitoring work activities, such as preparation of records of expenditures, progress reports, etc., in order to inform management of current status or work activities.
• Analyzes department budget to identify budget needs and/or reductions and may allocate operating budgets funds. Interprets company policy to employees and enforces safety regulations.
• Analyzes payrolls for accuracy and takes corrective action where needed.
• May recruit, hire, train staff, evaluate employee performance, and recommend or initiate promotions, transfers, and disciplinary action.
• Ability to travel on occasion, across Redwire business units as needed, to attend meetings etc.

Ideal Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or other closely related degree, with 15 or more years of accounting and/or payroll experience. Willing to consider experience in lieu of a degree.
• 4 or more years’ experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Expert knowledge of GAAP.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel, to include VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables.
• US Citizen or US Person as defined by ITAR regulations.

Desired Skills:

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to use judgement in unknown or difficult situations.
• Deltek CostPoint ERP system experience strongly preferred.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Government Contracting or Aerospace and Defense experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a detail and deadline mindset.
• Effective communicator with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. Don’t meet every single requirement above? No worries. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture, so if you’re excited about this job posting, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here