Payroll Manager

Pay Range: $44.99 - $65.23/hr. | $93,574 – $135,682 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, October 15, 2026 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required. This is a hybrid position.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

A Human Resources Manager position is available, supporting time, labor, & absence management functions related to employee payroll and incentives. This role will work cross-functionally to support the city’s diverse workforce of over 8,300 employees, which includes general and represented (labor) groups. This position will oversee pay-related compliance and continuous improvements related to the city’s complex pay practices and systems. The successful candidate will have proven experience as a technical and functional subject-matter expert, directly leading change processes across a large organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, finance, accounting, human resources or related field

Five (5) years of human resources experience

Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory experience

Valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications:

Fundamental Payroll Certification (or similar)

Certified Payroll Professional (or similar senior-level certification)

At least five years of functional supervisory experience

Complex payroll experience (involving various pay components or calculations)

The Payroll Manager job responsibilities include:

Experience working with enterprise payroll and HRIS systems (UKG, PeopleSoft, Workday, or other payroll systems

Experience leading the payroll function for an organization of comparable size

Knowledge of regulatory requirements governing pay (FLSA, Texas Payday Laws, etc.)

Experience with represented employees (unions, organized labor) or pay practices that require complex configuration and analysis

Establish the framework for best-in-class pay practices

Ensure timely, accurate and compliant processing of all time and attendance transactions

Monitor payroll related issues and work towards their timely and customer-focused resolution

Design, implement, test, and deploy the technical components (pay codes, schedules, work transfer rules etc.) that support accurate processing

Design, implement, and test payroll-related processes, including system configuration, interfaces, data validation, troubleshooting, reporting and reconciliation

Lead process improvements and implement changes (i.e. guidance council/core team changes), ensure procedures are created and maintained

Implement and maintain strong internal controls and segregation of duties within payroll operations

Develop and maintain payroll procedures, documentation, controls and operating standards and partner with department timekeepers to ensure training and compliance

Serve as a change agent, leading process improvements across the organization

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.