Payroll Center Manager - Caesars Entertainment

JOB SUMMARY: 

Manage and guarantees weekly disbursement of multi-property and multi-state payroll cycles, including garnishments, benefits and taxes consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws.  Key leader in strategic development of all tasks necessary to complete Caesars Entertainment’s enterprise wide payroll processing objectives and special projects.  Strategically working with all corporate and individual property business partners (IT, Benefits, Tax, HR, Treasury, Internal Audit) to ensure integrity of data and programs are in place based on federal and state regulations. 

DIRECTLY SUPERVISES (PLEASE LIST POSITION TITLES): Analyst, Senior Analyst, Call Center Attendants, Garnishment Analysts, and Data Integrity team.

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ensures compliance to enterprise wide standard operating procedures and Sarbanes Oxley.
• Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement enterprise wide changes. 
• Actively communicate with multiple properties operational and HR leaders to review cross-departmental impacts and reconcile data sharing.
• Review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement enterprise wide changes leading to best practice operations.
• Develops implements and generates performance metrics and annual reviews for all direct reports.
• Ability to remain current on multi-state legislation and regulatory ruling impacting payroll and enforcement of enterprise wide adherence to requirements and advise on required actions.
• Direct the preparation of enterprise wide payroll related documents for finance leaders, HR leaders and internal or external audit.
• Manage and resolve enterprise wide issues and escalations relating to payroll production.
• Strategically identifying enterprise wide issues and working with corporate business partners to resolve.
• Manages changes in payroll policies and procedures enterprise wide.
• Provides enterprise wide information to employees on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
• Strategically executes proper payroll based changes at the property business level.
• Oversees compliance with statutory reporting and filing requirements enterprise wide.
• Statically analyzes existing payroll policies, procedures and business process; draft, propose and implement changes and/or quality control measures leading to enterprise best wide practices
• Ability to supervise, mentor and coach direct reports on day to day activities an payroll related tasks, prioritization and work planning.
• Strategically adjusts payroll processes to changes in corporate business structures. 
• Develops and enforces communication between all departments and properties enterprise wide regarding payroll processing procedures. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: 

• College graduate with a major in Accounting or equivalent experience preferred.
• Seven years+ of accounting or payroll related experience, preferably in the gaming industry.
• Successful completion of American Payroll Association’s Payroll Essentials and Multi State classes.
• Experience as a certified payroll professional
• Experience in multi-state payrolls
• American Payroll Association’s FPC Certification
• American Payroll Association’s CPP

CONTINUTING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Maintain current CPP Certification
• Obtain American Payroll Association’s Leadership Certificate
• Successfully complete Payroll Systems Class
• Take two APA classes per year

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of computer software; MS Excel, Access, and Project, Infinium
• Ability to work effectively with senior-level staff
• Ability to organize workload, adapt quickly to change, and deliver under the pressure of deadlines
• Ability to use analysis to resolve complex accounting issues.
• Ability to manage and lead staff to excellent performance.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and organized manner; prevents miscommunication by clarifying difficult concepts and ensures understanding by others; knows the appropriate amount of information to share with various parties; ensures regular and consistent information is shared; understands the appropriate level of confidentiality

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Computer work
• Walking/standing/lifting/sitting
• Interaction with other departments

 
 

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