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Are you looking for a challenging opportunity to use your public finance and administration skills to support the people of Minnesota? Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) is responsible for managing state finances and human resources and providing systems for daily business operations, information access, and analysis. We are a central service agency, serving the governor, the legislature, over 100 state government entities, over 55,000 state employees, and most importantly, the people of Minnesota.

MMB is hiring the next Statewide Payroll Director. This is a permanent, full time leadership position in MMB’s Accounting Services Division. The Statewide Payroll Director leads the Statewide Payroll Services Section responsible for administering biweekly payroll for over 55,000 state employees across all three branches of state government, totaling over $6 billion each year. We seek a dynamic leader with the vision, expertise, and skills needed to oversee an effective payroll processing system necessary to ensure state employees are paid timely and accurately, the state complies with collective bargaining agreements and state and federal laws, and state agencies have the support needed to be successful.

Specifically, the Statewide Payroll Section: provides functional support for the payroll components of the state’s human resources, payroll, and benefits ERP system (SEMA4); implements payroll-related provisions in state collective bargaining agreements, compensation plans, and state and federal tax and labor laws; administers the state’s payroll tax compliance activities, including tax withholdings and the issuance of W-2s to state employees; establishes statewide payroll policies and procedures used by state government agencies for their payroll processing and transactions; and provides communications, training, and support to the payroll professionals and finance and human resources units in state government agencies responsible for their agencies’ payroll.