Payroll Manager

This is a Full Time Job

PMC: Payroll Manager

Penske Media Corporation is continuing to expand its payroll team with the addition of a Payroll Manager position based in Los Angeles. Reporting to the Senior Director, Payroll, this is an exciting leadership role as part of a well-established payroll team. The Payroll Manager will be a strategic partner to the organization focused on streamlining the current processes and supporting our fast-growing business. This role will oversee the payroll department and implement effective and efficient payroll processes to support high-volume payroll processing.

As PMC values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture. This position is based in our West Los Angeles Headquarters.

Key areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

• Lead the payroll functions with a team of 3 payroll professionals.
• Evaluate and recommend continuous improvement initiatives to the payroll and billing processes by analyzing payroll and shared service trends.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance issues that impact payroll; recommend and implement changes ensuring pay practices comply with state and federal wage and hour laws.
• Ensure timely and accurate communication of changes to payroll policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Mentor, develop, hire and train staff.
• Manage internal/external payroll audits.
• Drive, review and audit work performed by our function, including auditing payroll data, ensuring accurate wages, tax withholdings, deductions, and garnishments and process quarterly tax adjustments, end-of-year payroll tax and reporting compliance.
• Drive special projects, including process documentation and improvements, system updates, integrations, upgrades or implementations, including reimplementing US payroll.
• Develop, drive and report on key metrics for the function.
• Support management on ad hoc and growth-oriented projects such as scalability initiatives and acquisitions.

Qualifications:
• Minimum of 8 years of payroll experience including at least 4 years managing the process and department for a multi-state organization.
• Experience with UKG Pro preferred.
• Ability to understand business operations from a strategic and tactical perspective.
• Proven knowledge of payroll procedures, federal and state laws.
• Able to effectively communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to excel in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Resourceful, innovative, with a can-do attitude and attention to detail.

At PMC, we believe working in a highly collaborative, office-first environment fosters real-time communication, spontaneous idea sharing, and stronger interpersonal relationships that drive innovation and team cohesion. PMC prioritizes in-person collaboration and does not offer remote-only roles.