Job Description

Level: Experienced
Job Location: Beavercreek Office - Beavercreek, OH 45431
Position Type: Full Time
Travel Percentage: NoneLead payroll operations that support mission-driven growth in a fast-scaling government contracting environment

Position Summary
Sabel Systems is seeking an experienced Payroll Administrator to lead and manage end-to-end payroll processing in a government contracting (GovCon) environment. This role ensures accurate payroll execution across multi-state employees and legal entities, maintains compliance with federal regulations and audit standards, and supports organizational growth through scalable payroll processes and future acquisition integrations.
This position plays a critical role in maintaining payroll accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency while contributing to process improvements and automation initiatives.
Who We Are
Sabel is a digital engineering and Defense technology partner helping organizations simplify complexity and improve mission outcomes with secure, scalable solutions, across the lifecycle. Our people-first culture blends large-business opportunity with small-business agility, enabling us to deliver high-impact, secure solutions, rapidly, while investing in our people’s growth and success. You will be joining a dynamic and highly motivated team with one shared goal: “Get quality and secure solutions in the customers’ hands as soon as possible.”
Work Location & Schedule
- This is a fully remote position open to candidates residing anywhere within the United States
- Candidates must be available to work Eastern Time Zone business hours to support payroll processing cycles and internal stakeholder needs
What You’ll Do
As a Payroll Administrator at Sabel Systems, you will:
- Process biweekly and semimonthly payroll for multi-state employees
- Oversee payroll tax compliance, benefit deductions, garnishments, and multi-state registrations
- Validate employee timesheets in accordance with DCAA-compliant timekeeping policies
- Prepare payroll journal entries and perform balance sheet reconciliations
- Reconcile payroll tax liabilities, benefit deductions, and accrued payroll accounts
- Maintain payroll system data integrity and internal controls over payroll processing
- Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support payroll due diligence, integration, and harmonization for mergers and acquisitions
- Ensure payroll systems scale to support company growth and future acquisitions
- Maintain compliance with FAR cost principles and DCAA audit standards

Required Qualifications
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without employer sponsorship for employment visa status, now or in the future.
- 5+ years of payroll processing experience (preferably in a government contracting environment)
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification
- Strong knowledge of GAAP
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations)
- Experience with multi-state payroll and compliance requirements
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and documentation discipline
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential payroll information
Preferred

Qualifications
- Experience with Paycom or Rippling
- Experience with GovCon accounting systems such as PROCAS, Unanet, or Deltek Costpoint
- Experience with FAR cost principles and DCAA audit standards
- Experience supporting payroll integration during mergers and acquisitions

Our Core Values
- Bias for Action: Decisive. Purposeful. Agile. We move with the speed of relevance to drive impact and progress.
- Integrity: Respect. Ethics. Transparency. We do what’s right and earn lasting trust.
- Delivery Excellence: Customer-obsessed. Mission-focused. Quality-driven. We deliver innovative outcomes that exceed expectations.
Our EVP Promise
Join Sabel Systems, where your contributions drive impact, your growth is continuously supported, and your well-being is at the center of how we work—so together, we can build the future with purpose.
“Rewarding Impact. Building Futures Together.”
Salary and Benefits
Compensation for this position will be determined in partnership with the Hiring Manager and may vary based on factors such as contract and labor category alignment, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications or licenses, and geographic location.
Sabel Systems is committed to offering all employees a competitive benefits and compensation package that is comprehensive enough to meet their goals and needs. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and one of Sabel Systems largest financial investments is our benefits program. As a valued member of the organization, employees are provided with a host of benefits to include healthcare; financial assistance in the event of illness, injury, disability, loss of work, or death; health savings accounts; retirement plans; paid time off; paid holidays; education and training program reimbursement, to name a few.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Sabel Systems is an equal opportunity employer. Our hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind across all employment practices within our organization. Sabel Systems participates in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.
Reasonable Accommodation
Sabel Systems is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and ensuring an accessible application process for all candidates. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process are encouraged to contact us at recruiting@sabelsystems.com for assistance.