Senior Payroll Coordinator

Senior Payroll Coordinator

Job No: 503596

Work Type: Staff Full Time (1500 hours or greater)

Location: Dayton, OH

Category: University Staff

Department: Payroll Services - 802252

Pay Grade: B - Exempt

Advertised: May 29, 2026

Applications close: June 12, 2026


Position Summary:
Are you a payroll professional with experience building key relationships, fostering collaborations, and effecting change with payroll processes? We are seeking a detail-oriented and organized Senior Payroll Coordinator to join the Payroll Services team within the University of Dayton's Office of Human Resources. This role is pivotal in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of payroll processing. The ideal candidate is a meticulous professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about supporting the University community through accurate and timely payroll processing and responsive customer service.

This position is responsible for timely and accurate processing of the University's bi weekly and semi monthly payrolls. This position will perform all associated tasks such as entry verification, deduction setup, error correction and submission of all withholdings and related reporting. This position will also be responsible for processing the yearly W2s for all employees. This position will assist with any payroll related system implementations, business process enhancements and upgrade testing and serve as a back-up to the Manager of Payroll Services, as needed. This position will work collaboratively across departments to ensure data integrity and compliance with policies and procedures.
This position will also provide excellent customer service to our employees, their supervisors and external clients.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Business or Human Resources or related field. Education may be substituted with 4+ years of payroll generalist experience, which includes using software to compute paychecks, filing and remitting payroll taxes in-house, and issuing W-2s.
Competency in Microsoft Office product suite
Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Excellent customer service skills
Ability to adhere to strict deadlines
Ability to work independently
Excellent written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:
While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

MBA or other advanced degree
3+ years payroll generalist experience
Experience with Ellucian Banner ERP
Experience with Cognos reporting tool
Experience with TimeClock Plus/Costpoint timekeeping software
Excellent verbal communication skills
Experience in Higher Education
Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local payroll regulations
Demonstrated ability to assess and optimize payroll business processes

Special Instructions to Applicants:
To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.

Closing Statement:
Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.

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