Job description
Please Note: This is a remote position available in the state listed on this job. Additionally, employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.
Essential Job Duties
Our Payroll Implementation Team is a fantastic group of caring and authentic people who thrive on open and genuine connections with others! We love helping our clients feel successful and empowered as they transition to BambooHR’s payroll system. As a Payroll Project Manager, you’ll work on the forefront of client success, guiding new customers through their complete payroll implementation journey and serving as their dedicated implementation partner during this critical transition.. You’ll have the opportunity to hone your project management skills, master complex payroll systems, and be a positive influence for businesses across various industries.
Sounds pretty cool, right? Let’s dive into the day-to-day responsibilities.
You will:
- Guide clients simultaneously through comprehensive payroll implementations over 3-week periods
- Set up new client accounts in BambooHR Payroll system with meticulous attention to detail
- Train clients to become confident BambooHR payroll experts through hands-on coaching
- Clean, validate, and import complex client payroll data including QTD/YTD financials, deductions, and tax information
- Hold clients accountable to implementation timelines while maintaining positive, supportive relationships
- Troubleshoot system and process issues independently, using your problem-solving skills
- Manage detailed project plans, track milestones, and communicate progress regularly with leadership
- Collaborate across departments to ensure seamless client experiences and identify process improvements
- Do your best, focused work, with a collaborative and supportive team
What You Need to Get the Job Done
In the Payroll Project Manager role, you will engage in extensive client interactions, providing expert guidance on payroll system implementation while ensuring compliance with tax regulations and proper data migration. Your ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously will be crucial in delivering exceptional client experiences. This position requires exceptional organizational skills, autonomous problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to helping clients succeed. You’ll evolve from a curious learner into a subject matter expert who becomes a go-to resource for colleagues. If you are passionate about project management, love helping others succeed, and thrive in dynamic learning environments, this is the role for you.
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Mission-Critical Competencies (Required Day One):
- Exceptional organizational skills with a systematic approach to managing multiple complex projects
- Proven ability to hold clients accountable to deadlines while maintaining positive relationships
- Eager learner with growth mindset and adaptability to changing priorities
- Tech-savvy with comfort navigating and mastering multiple software systems quickly
- Strong cultural alignment with BambooHR values of collaboration and camaraderie
Additional Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year of hands-on project management experience
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Suite applications
- Experience training, mentoring, or developing others
- Background in customer service-focused organization
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate impeccable attention to detail and accuracy
- Show desire to learn payroll systems; prior payroll experience welcome but not required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- AI at BambooHR: At BambooHR, we believe in leveraging cutting-edge technology to empower people and transform HR. We’re actively integrating AI into our solutions and workflows to enhance efficiency and drive innovation. To that end, we’re looking to our existing team members and future hires to share this forward-thinking mindset: individuals who are curious about AI’s potential, eager to learn and adapt, and ready to explore how intelligent tools can elevate their work along with BambooHR’simpact on setting people free to do great work. Join us in reimagining the future of HR!
What You’ll Love About Us
- A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune
- Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
- Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life
- 401k plans with up to 6% company match
- $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
- EAP through Headspace
- Check out all our benefits that benefit you
About Us
At BambooHR, we’re building something different: we’re building a people intelligence platform that transforms HR and sets people free to do great work! We’re a proven market leader driving innovation while building lasting success through thoughtful, sustainable growth. Here, you’ll find a place that champions growth: both professional and personal, both individual and collective.
We invest in potential, giving you the space to stretch your capabilities and turn good ideas into reality while providing the safety net of a supportive, values-driven culture. Our approach combines meaningful work with meaningful lives, offering competitive benefits, professional development, and the flexibility to thrive both in and outside the office.
What sets us apart isn’t just what we do, but how we do it: with openness, integrity, and a shared commitment to doing the right thing. Join us in creating HR software that makes work better for everyone, while we make work better for you.
BambooHR is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process. If you would like to request accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
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