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Job Title:

Senior Payroll Specialist

Pay Details:

The annual base salary range for this position in California is $80,000 to 100,000 per year. The starting pay for the successful candidate depends on various job-related factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education/training, internal value, peer equity, external market demands, and organizational considerations.

The Senior Payroll Specialist processes and audits semi-monthly and bi-weekly payrolls across multiple companies for a multi-state employee population, and may include payroll for team players. The Senior Payroll Specialist is forward-thinking, analytical, detail-oriented, and methodical, with experience in payroll administration and knowledge of payroll tax and wage and hour regulations. The successful candidate should effectively collaborate and problem-solve with multiple departments (i.e. HR/Legal) related to Company payroll policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process semi-monthly and bi-weekly multi-state payroll transactions, payroll taxes, and federal, state, and local compliance using ABI, Workday and ADP systems

• Validate and reconcile payroll transaction data to ensure accurate payroll payments, reporting and records, including review of certain Workday dashboards and reports

• Review and audit time and attendance reports and employee correction forms for proper payroll processing

• Communicate with managers and/or employees regarding payroll discrepancies and proactively work to resolve such items

• Review the Workday Payroll Dashboard for Compensation Changes, One-Time Payments, Department Transfers, etc.

• Partner with Human Resources on compliance reporting

• Prepare and input payroll accounting entries and assist with reconciling payroll balance sheet accounts

• Reconcile 401K contributions and loans, and responsible for processing bi-weekly submissions

• Maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions, including quarterly and year-end reporting

• Reconcile ADP Quarter Tax Reports and W-2s

• Prepare and validate the annual NHL Schedule 18 (staffing and wages) and Player Salary schedules

• Support an environment that encourages, values, and delivers outstanding customer service

• Support the accounting and finance management team with ad-hoc reporting and reviewing payroll-related expenses on monthly financials, etc.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred

• Minimum of 5+ years of multi-state payroll and payroll accounting experience

• Experience with Time and Attendance and Payroll systems (preferably ABI, ADP, and Workday) and accounting systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred)

• Knowledge of sports team payroll and operations is helpful

• Excellent team player dedicated to the department’s success

• Proactive team player with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Self-motivated and possess strong organizational, collaboration and critical thinking skills

• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel 

• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines

• Able to maintain privacy and confidentiality with sensitive data

• Able to work with minimal supervision

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Education - Bachelor's Degree

Experience Required – 5+

This position is onsite

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