The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®.
Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.
Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality. We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.
Job Summary
The Payroll Manager will help lead and modernize the Company’s US payroll operations in a complex, multi-state and multi-entity environment supporting approximately 1,700 associates. The role is accountable for ensuring associates are paid accurately, timely, and compliantly while strengthening internal controls, developing payroll talent, improving associate experience, and advancing payroll technology and automation.
The position supports a diverse payroll environment that includes salaried and hourly associates, union and non-union populations, incentive and bonus payments, shift and other premium pay, garnishments, leaves of absence, and periodic off-cycle payments. The Payroll Manager partners closely with Human Resources, Accounting, Treasury, Legal, IT, Internal Audit, and business leaders to ensure payroll processes and data remain accurate, controlled, scalable, and responsive to the needs of the organization.
Reporting to the Director of Shared Services, the Payroll Manager will have the opportunity to influence the future direction of payroll operations, technology, service delivery, and team development.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll Operations and Compliance
Lead accurate and timely end-to-end payroll processing, including regular, supplemental, and off-cycle payrolls
Establish and manage the payroll calendar, submission deadlines, review procedures, approvals, and escalation protocols
Review biweekly payroll registers, variance reports, exception reports, tax calculations, deductions, and funding requirements before final transmission
Oversee payroll-tax deposits, filings, reconciliations, W-2 processing, agency notices, garnishments, levies, and other statutory obligations
Oversee payroll processing and controls related to executive compensation programs, including incentive payments, deferred compensation arrangements, equity-related transactions, and other executive payroll components, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance
Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local wage, tax, record-retention, and payroll-reporting requirements
Oversee timekeeping, absence, and payroll-data interfaces, including resolution of failed or inaccurate transactions
Financial Controls and Reporting
Maintain effective payroll policies, procedures, internal controls, segregation of duties, system access, and audit trails
Partner with Accounting to support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close requirements
Support internal and external audits and ensure timely remediation of findings
Maintain payroll records in accordance with legal and company retention requirements
Leadership and Service Delivery
Lead, coach, and develop the payroll team, establishing clear responsibilities, goals, schedules, service levels, backup coverage, and development plans
Serve as the escalation point for complex associate-pay issues, ensuring timely, accurate, and empathetic resolution
Build effective partnerships with Human Resources, Accounting, Treasury, Legal, IT, Internal Audit, and business stakeholders
Manage payroll vendors, service levels, issue…