The City of Laguna Beach is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Payroll Supervisor to lead the City’s payroll operations within the Finance Department. This is a key working-supervisor role responsible for overseeing and executing full-cycle, biweekly payroll for a diverse municipal workforce, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable laws, MOUs, and CalPERS requirements. The ideal candidate brings strong technical payroll expertise, sound judgment, and a collaborative, customer-service-oriented approach. This position plays a critical role in maintaining and optimizing payroll processes, supporting Citywide operations, and serving as a subject-matter expert for the City’s payroll system. Experience with full-cycle payroll in a CalPERS public agency environment and Tyler ERP is highly desirable. Executing accurate, full-cycle biweekly payroll Interpreting and applying MOUs, payroll laws, and regulations Reviewing time records and resolving payroll discrepancies Ensuring compliance with CalPERS, tax, and audit requirements Supervising and supporting payroll staff Maintaining and improving payroll processes in Tyler ERP Communicating clearly with employees, departments, and HR Providing responsive, professional customer service Apply now to be part of the first review! Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis, with the first review on February 18, 2026.

• Own the financial reporting product roadmap: subledgers, standardized accounting-event interface, journal-entry flows, GL/ERP integrations, and reconciliation tooling. • Work with Engineering to define subledger patterns and the Accounting ↔ Engineering interface: accounting-event schemas, API contracts, domain boundaries, and migration strategies for operational systems to adopt the standard. • Translate accounting policy and audit requirements into product specs, posting logic, SOX controls, and implementable engineering requirements. • Lead matching/reconciliation strategy and automation: run vendor evaluations, define recon rules and ownership, and deliver reconciliation automation for high-volume, critical accounts. • Own data lineage, quality metrics, SLAs, monitoring, and remediation flows for critical reports and journal feeds. • Run product discovery, prioritization, and cross-functional programs: scope pilots, set success metrics, manage tradeoffs, and deliver production systems with Engineering, Accounting, and Finance. • Drive governance and change management: coordinate Accounting, Finance, Product and Engineering; own go-to-production signoffs, runbooks, and stakeholder training.

• Execute and oversee end-to-end reconciliation processes for transactional financial flows, ensuring proper recording and audit compliance. • Review automated reconciliation outputs, analyze discrepancies, and identify potential issues or risks. • Identify, analyze, and resolve discrepancies detected during reconciliation processes, coordinating with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions. • Ensure all reconciliation and control processes are executed in line with defined SLAs. • Monitor financial flows to ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational continuity. • Support internal and external audit processes, providing clear documentation and traceability. • Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and efficiency improvements within FinOps operations.

• Perform day-to-day bookkeeping duties, including maintaining accurate financial records, reconciliations, and expense tracking • Prepare financial reports, including profit and loss statements, cash flow reports, and other management reports • Assist the General Manager on finance-related matters • Coordinate with different departments to ensure timely and accurate financial data • Monitor and manage cash flow, including forecasting and budgeting support • Ensure proper use of accounting systems, primarily Xero • Analyze financial data to provide insights and recommendations for cost control and business growth • Support strategic planning by advising management on financial health and efficiency improvements