Payroll Operations Lead

Location: Educational Leadership & Support Center

Classification: Annual Salary $82,080.00 1.0 FTE, 12-month position/261 days per year
Salary Non-Administrative Meet and Confer Work Group Table B All benefits in accordance with the work
agreement.

Reports to: Payroll & Benefits Manager
Payroll & Benefits Department Hours: 7:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m., Monday Friday, except designated weeks in
June/July (7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Monday Thursday).
More than 40 hours a week may be required during peak payroll periods or to meet project deadlines.

Summary
The Payroll Operations Lead is a senior operational and strategic role within the Payroll & Benefits
Department, responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of all payroll processes. This
position provides operational leadership, mentors team members, drives process improvements, and serves as
the primary liaison to Human Resources and Accounting.
The Payroll Operations Lead partners with the Payroll & Benefits Manager, serves as a backup to the Payroll
Specialist, and participates in rotating payroll processing responsibilities. This role strengthens department
performance, mitigates risk, and ensures continuity of payroll operations.
This position provides hands-on operational leadership, mentoring, and process improvement expertise,
ensuring continuity and excellence across all payroll operations.

Why This Role Matters
Accurate payroll is critical to maintaining employee trust and the district's financial integrity. The Payroll
Operations Lead strengthens payroll operations by ensuring strong internal controls, supporting continuous
process improvement, and maintaining alignment between Payroll & Benefits, HR, and Accounting. Through
operational leadership, quality oversight, and team mentorship, this position ensures payroll services are
delivered accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Language Skills: Ability to read, understand, and communicate clearly in oral and written form; write reports,
training documents, and communications; respond to staff inquiries.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform basic functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
percentages, decimals, fractions) and use formulas, spreadsheets, calculators, and databases.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve problems effectively and interpret a variety of instructions.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk,
use hands and fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls, and talk or hear. The employee frequently must
squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head and forward (024 inches) and on occasion up to 36 inches. The
employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items and frequently bends or twists at the neck and trunk.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (012 feet) and occasionally up to 20 feet,
including items such as instructional materials, equipment, desks, chairs, and boxes. The employee may
sometimes push/pull items such as tables and carts. Specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision,
and the ability to adjust focus while working with computers, written materials, reports, or data.

Work Environment
The work environment is moderately quiet but varies depending on employee activity and conversations. The
position requires commitment to professional working hours, with occasional extension beyond 7:30 a.m.
4:00 p.m. The employee will frequently work in different areas of the district, including at desks, standing,
moving around while assisting others, and in indoor temperature environments.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available. Contact Human Resources at
humanresources@crschools.us or 319-558-2747.