Supervisor - Payroll

Supervisor - Payroll

Job Posting: Supervisor - Payroll

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Are you an analytical, forward-thinking payroll expert looking to step into a critical leadership role? Do you pride yourself on being proactive, spotting system efficiencies, and maintaining unmatched compliance standardizations?

We are seeking a Supervisor - Payroll to lead our payroll operations. Reporting directly to the Corporate Manager of Benefits and Compensation, you will take ownership of our complete weekly payroll process for 1,000+ employees split across our unionized and salaried workforce (75% / 25%). Operating out of our Columbus, MT office, you will directly manage a team of two Payroll Support Administrators and act as a technical master for our Dayforce HCM system.

Living Our Values:

At Sibanye-Stillwater, we are guided by a unified purpose: We Are One. The ideal candidate must champion our core values daily:

• Commitment & Accountability to meet rigorous recurring financial deadlines with a high level of accuracy.
• Respect for every individual, maintaining a professional and compassionate demeanor across all organizational tiers.
• Enabling team success by coaching, counseling, and mentoring payroll support staff.
• Safety & Integrity through meticulous auditing, keeping data accurate, and ensuring absolute, strict confidentiality across all corporate platforms.

What You'll Do:

• Lead with Impact: Direct the end-to-end processing of weekly payroll, driving accuracy and adherence to tight deadlines.
• System Management: Leverage your Dayforce knowledge to manage, audit, and build optimized workflows within our HCM platform.
• Union Administration: Carefully apply payroll rules according to our Collective Bargaining Agreements, collaborating with site HR to answer employee pay inquiries seamlessly.
• Establish Policy: Build out and document standard operating policies to maintain complete alignment with SOX standards, tax codes, and federal/state employment laws.
• Audit & Reconcile: Perform regular pre- and post-payroll audits covering hours worked, benefits, leave balances, and required IRS filings (W-2s, 941s).

What We're Looking For:

• Education & Leadership Foundation: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business, OR at least 3 years of experience in a payroll supervisor role. A verifiable combination of matching education and supervisory experience will also be fully considered.
• The Expert Mindset: Dedicated payroll leadership experience (mining or heavy industry background is a plus!).
• Dayforce Champions: Broad familiarity with Dayforce HCM software is highly preferred.
• Labor Savvy: Proven background working with or managing payroll calculations under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
• Trust & Integrity: An unyielding professional commitment to protecting highly sensitive, confidential workforce records.

Here are the job description details:

Position Purpose and Summary

The Payroll Supervisor is a highly proactive payroll expert responsible for leading, auditing, and executing the day-to-day payroll activities for 1,+ employees. This role ensures maximum accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across both salaried and unionized workforces under a weekly processing schedule. This position requires a strategic leader who builds robust internal controls, guides team performance, and embodies our corporate values to support the overall goals of the Human Resources department. Maintaining absolute, strict confidentiality regarding all employee records, data, and corporate compensation information is an essential requirement of this role.

Core Corporate Values & Leadership Expectations

The successful candidate must model and champion the core values of Sibanye-Stillwater:

• Commitment: Demonstrating accountability, ownership, and drive in executing corporate goals.
• Respect: Fostering a professional, compassionate, and inclusive environment across all organizational levels.
• Enabling: Coaching, mentoring, and developing the payroll team to build capability and optimize performance.
• Safety: Ensuring operational integrity, adherence to compliance standardizations, and risk mitigation.

Essential Functions & Core Responsibilities

• Confidentiality Management: Enforce rigid data security protocols within the payroll team to safeguard highly sensitive HR and financial information.
• System Optimization: Serve as a proactive, hands-on Dayforce system administrator for payroll functions, streamlining system configurations and processing workflows.
• Weekly Processing: Oversee and execute the accurate processing of weekly payrolls for 1,100 mixed-status employees (75% union / 25% salary).
• Labor Compliance: Administer, interpret, and maintain payroll calculations in strict accordance with the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
• Advanced Auditing: Implement rigorous control frameworks and routine audits to ensure the integrity of time entry, wage deductions, leave of absence accounts, and account strings.
• Team Leadership: Select, train, coach, and evaluate the performance of two non-exempt Payroll Support Administrators in alignment with leadership qualities.
• Internal Controls: Respond to and remediate audit findings (such as SOX, Mine Monitor, or 401k compliance audits) by creating and documenting clear internal payroll procedures.
• Tax Coordination: Ensure compliant processing, balancing, and timely filing of all federal, state, and local payroll taxes alongside year-end reporting (Forms W-2, W-3, 941).

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Education & Experience Standard: Possess a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a closely related field; OR have a minimum of five (5) years of dedicated payroll supervisory experience; OR possess an equivalent, acceptable combination of relevant higher education and supervisory payroll experience.
• Confidentiality: Proven capability to manage sensitive corporate financial and personal data under a strict confidentiality framework.
• Payroll Expertise: Minimum of 3-5 years of dedicated, advanced payroll administration experience, ideally in an industrial, mining, or complex operational environment.
• HCM System Experience: Comprehensive, hands-on experience navigating and configuring Dayforce (Ceridian) is highly advantageous.
• Labor Relations: Direct experience calculating and managing payroll under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
• Technical Skills: Exceptional spreadsheet proficiency (Advanced Excel macros, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).

Sibanye-Stillwater is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at Sibanye-Stillwater are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation or preference, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.