Senior Manager – Payroll

Senior Manager – Payroll

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant work experience leading Payroll and related processes of a large volume of employees (including a remote workforce) in a complex and rapidly changing multi-state, multi-entity organization
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team to excellence and develop talent through ongoing mentorship
• Adept in ambiguous situations, adaptable to changing priorities while effectively managing multiple commitments, at times on tight deadlines
• Strong working knowledge of taxation of fringe benefits and long-term equity incentive instruments (RSUs, NQ Stock Options)
• Expert knowledge of FLSA, federal, state, and local wage and hour, and tax regulations
• Aptitude for streamlining and simplifying teams, policies, and processes for efficiency, with an appropriate balance of internal controls
• Intermediate to advanced Excel (V-Lookup and Pivot Tables)
• Strategic mindset coupled with the ability and willingness to roll up sleeves where necessary, and a desire to constantly improve the status quo
• Demonstrated ability in building and managing highly collaborative and effective teams supporting multiple companies/business units, with a commitment to a culture of collaboration, performance, transparency, and integrity
• Outstanding people skills with proven experience in cultivating cross-collaborative working relationships across an organization and the ability to influence at all levels
• Ability to communicate with precision, ensuring a clear conveyance of project status, identified problems, proposed resolutions, and recommended courses of action

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and coordinate all activities of a Payroll Shared Services team responsible for non-union payroll operations, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing and all payroll processes are administered in compliance with SOX requirements, internal company policies, federal, state, and local regulations
• Lead with a one-team approach in dealing with internal and external stakeholder queries via seamless cross-functional and cross-divisional collaboration, consistent with FOX Corporation’s ‘One Fox’ philosophy
• Effectively manage the delivery of excellent customer service; anticipate issues, and proactively develop solutions
• Create and use metrics to benchmark performance and improve service delivery
• Take charge of escalations, directing the payroll team and guiding other departments in corrective actions
• Implement workable and scalable solutions to business issues/problems, and impart lessons learned afterwards to prevent future issues
• Work with business partners to establish and adhere to payroll schedules to ensure data required for payroll processing is received timely to ensure all key processing deadlines will be met
• Review, audit, and approve all stock incentive compensation transactions, properly accounting for all payroll taxes, before and after payroll processing
• Define and drive key requirements, projects, and initiatives with a high degree of quality and customer service
• Plan, develop, and implement forward-looking payroll processes/procedures and revise current processes/procedures to continuously seek improvement, improve accuracy, create optimal efficiency, and provide best-in-class customer service to our employees
• Collaborate proactively and effectively with Payroll Shared Services leadership on strategic initiatives and projects
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and flowcharts for all payroll processes to ensure a complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes
• Establish and maintain excellent cross-collaborative working relationships with cross-divisional stakeholders and cross-functional partners including HR, IT, and Legal
• Provide support from initiation to completion for Workday issues and change requests submitted by Payroll, including participation and/or support of user acceptance testing
• Proactively function as a trusted adviser and serve as a contact from Payroll for business partners and stakeholders
• Coach, mentor and provide leadership development to team members to drive employee engagement and to optimize operational and service excellence to create a deeper bench of experienced talent
• Maintain knowledge of federal, state, and local wage and hour and tax regulations, including taxation of fringe benefits, by studying existing and new legislation
• Ensure compliance and advise management on needed actions
• Occasional travel may be required between the two head office locations (New York City and Los Angeles)

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation
• Experience with Workday