Director Payroll

TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS

SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for overseeing all payroll operations, activities, and initiatives. In addition, we strive to deliver our Five Star Experience to Guests and fellow Team Members. This includes being committed to our Service Promise: We are the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Team, where your experience is our top priority. Every person and detail matters.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job successfully. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide outstanding customer service to guests and all other employees by exceeding our mission statement.
• Lead by example and carry out our Five Star Experience to Guests and all Team Members by fulfilling our Mission Statement, Service Promise and following department service standards. This entails consistency performing our service expectations of: Welcoming, Proactive, Seamless, Personalized and Valued.
• Continually coach and support Team Members to ensure they have the skills, tools and resources to successfully complete their jobs, including the delivering of the Five Star Experience expectations.
• Responsible for the execution, coordination, and oversight of daily payroll operations.
• Managing the design, implementation, administration, governance, and ongoing operations of the company’s payroll and certified payroll reporting.
• Develops and implements approved departmental payroll policies and procedures.
• Improves on current processes/procedures for accuracy, efficiency to align with company’s strategies and objectives.
• Ensures a timely and accurate submission of local, state, and federal tax reporting and deductions.
• Maintains compliance with both state and federal hour/wage regulations.
• Ensures all systems and internal controls adequately support the full-cycle payroll processes, employment taxes, applicable labor laws, reporting, prevailing wage.
• Audits and improves on payroll procedures including; earning, garnishments, tax withholdings, etc.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of all relevant federal, state and local tax reporting and deductions.
• Assist with insurance policy renewals, claims, certificates of insurance, budget planning and risk minimization programs.
• Monitor and report on key performance, accuracy on metrics, and department targets/goals.
• Responsible for maintaining confidential records including both payroll and employee information in a secure location.
• Functions as primary contact for internal, state, federal, HR, and Payroll audits.
• Prepare entries to accounts such as general ledger accounts, documenting payroll accounting activity.
• Direct compilation and preparation of other payroll data such as hours worked, pension and insurance costs, and 401k plan.
• Assist with insurance policy renewals, claims, certificates of insurance, budget planning and risk minimization programs.
• Works with the Finance department, Legal, Human Resources, and/or exter