Back to Accounting / Finance postings
Payroll Leader - Generous Compensation + Wow benefits - West Omaha, NE - HEMPHILL EXCLUSIVE!
An incredibly successful Omaha Corporation is eager to hire an impressive payroll professional due to an upcoming retirement. This will be a fulfilling and rewarding opportunity for a player/coach or hands-on payroll leader to step into a key role where you’ll be trusted to leverage your expertise, maintain strong processes, and support a small, experienced team. Join a group of high-caliber leaders who value quality, professional development, teamwork, and a positive, down-to-earth work environment. As part of this highly profitable, 50+ year old company, you’ll enjoy a broad mix of technical payroll responsibilities while leading a lean team of two seasoned professionals.
This company has a wonderful down to earth culture where people are a top priority and people care enough to do things the right way. Your predecessor has been a selfless leader and thoughtful strategist, building payroll processes and systems that deliver clean, consistent, and accurate results each pay period. You’ll step into a well-run operation with strong tools already in place and the opportunity to build a long-term career with a privately held, employee-owned company that has earned an outstanding reputation over time.
- Take ownership of bi-weekly payroll processing for roughly ~1,000 employees in a number of different states while serving as a supportive, hands-on leader as you guide a small but mighty team.
- This company has recently successfully implemented Workday (Human Capital Management) as their payroll platform and they are eager to identify an individual who is familiar with Workday.
- You will be responsible for hiring, developing, and leading a team of detailed payroll professionals with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and culture building.
- Work closely with both accounting and HR leaders who are wonderful people and will empower you while also having an open door policy
- Enjoy a challenging, yet, manageable and sustainable workload that will allow you to settle into this position and company long term.
This Company is looking focused on hiring the “right” person - someone who is eager to learn, takes pride in holding the bar high, and has a passion for accuracy and people development. This firm offers unmatched benefits (including a “wow” retirement program), generous PTO, a conveniently located West Omaha headquarters, consistent 40-hour weeks, and a very successful company that has been profitable every year in its history! Enjoy a beautiful corporate office, a warm and engaging culture, a fantastic group of co-workers, excellent benefits, and the opportunity for long-term career growth.
To learn more about this position on a confidential basis call Austin Hemphill at 402.334.4800 *246 or send an e-mail to ahemphill@hemphillsearch.com. Job # 9603AH
The Right Match - The First Time
Your Confidentiality is Our Priority; Hemphill will NOT Forward Your Resume Without Your Approval.
Hemphill Voted – “Best Employment Firm” by Omaha’s Business Leaders & B2B Magazine in
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, & 2025!
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Top 25 – “Excellence in Business Award Winner” based upon our growth and commitment to quality.
***Never a fee to our applicant***
Contact Information
Austin Hemphill
(402) 334-4800 ext 246
After more than two years in public accounting as a member of the audit team at BKD, LLP (now Forvis Mazars), Austin shifted his career to a position that blends his accounting and business experience with his passion to deliver solutions that have a positive impact for others. At Hemphill Search Group, Austin helps leaders hire impressive individuals at all levels of accounting, finance, tax, audit, financial reporting, financial systems, fixed assets, budgeting, forecasting, bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and payroll.
While in public accounting, Austin audited small, mid-sized, and large corporations in a variety of industries. His experience in public accounting combined with the discipline to gain an in-depth understanding of the position being filled, the skills, experience, and personality needed to be successful and happy in the position and company is a secret to his success. Austin is passionate about finding the “the right match - the first time” and shared: “This is important work, and I really enjoy placing an individual into a position where I know they will be successful and genuinely happy while adding value to our client and their new team of co-workers.”
Austin spends 100% his time helping leaders hire high quality individuals well matched for success and happiness. Helping a leader hire a high performing individual makes a very positive impact for the leader, the team of co-workers, and the person we placed! Austin shared: “It is incredibly rewarding to call the person we placed 6, 9, and 12 months later to hear they are having a lot of success, proud of their contribution to the company, and hearing they are having fun and truly happy in the position, company, and culture we helped them identify.”
Austin grew up in the greater Omaha area and graduated from Gretna High School. While in high school, Austin wrestled, played varsity football & baseball, and he was a two time state champion powerlifter. While in college, Austin played football for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a student athlete, Austin was added to the Dean’s List, and the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll while earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Minor in Management. He was named to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Austin volunteered and helped raise awareness and money for pediatric brain cancer research through his involvement in the Nebraska Football Road Race. He supported those in need at the St. Anthony’s Homeless Shelter, others through the Husker Heroes Outreach program, and several school and hospital outreach programs. Austin is an active member of the University of the Nebraska N Club and the Letterman’s Association. As a former Husker, Austin is actively mentoring current student athletes and members of the University of Nebraska Football team through the mentoring program TeamMates. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Growth, the Internal Audit Association, and Austin regularly attends Love Church in West Omaha.
Austin’s interest in business started at an early age when he started Austin Enterprises a lawn mowing, snow removal, and landscaping business at age 12. Austin operated the small business for 11 years through junior high, high school, and college. Austin is an outgoing individual who loves athletics, travel, hiking, being outdoors, and making memories with friends and family. He also recently finished his first full marathon.