Director of Payroll Finance Systems

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

The Director role aligns with and provides support to the payroll business functions. The Director is the IT team lead and liaison to IT for application and technology-related matters for Payroll user communities. This role owns development and maintenance of systems supporting Payroll activities, including ensuring that any outsourced and/or SaaS arrangements effectively manage SPE's business. Work side-by-side with Payroll Operations as well as the HR functional/IT teams. This role will cross support with the Participations and Residuals manager.

This leader is expected to:
• understand the various Payroll activities and processes,
• coordinate their up- and down-stream feeder systems with other teams,
• be intimate with the information needed to support business processes,
• gather requirements as needs change from the Business – indeed, to anticipate them,
• propose solutions that meet those requirements efficiently and economically,
• confidently make calculated and informed decisions, drive toward continuously improving processes with the use of technology.

Responsibilities:
• Lead development, delivery, and management of Payroll systems across SPE.
• Foster and enhance relationships with various constituencies including GFO leads, Payroll, Participations and Residuals leadership and direct reports and their teams. Manage vendors providing Payroll application and technology support.
• Responsible for applications and technology strategy as relates to Payroll activities and for optimizing processes and applications for a simplified architecture.
• Manage IT Payroll projects and their corresponding budgets – using an Agile methodology where possible – by providing guidance, expertise, and in coordinating staff activities and their participation.
• Lead, mentor and develop the IT staff who support Payroll.
• Provide open and clear communication to stakeholders and executives of progress, plans and issue resolution. Coordinate with appropriate Corporate Communications teams as necessary.

Requirements:
• Master's degree preferred
• 10+ years of payroll experience
• 10+ years of Media and Entertainment experience
• 5 years of experience with project management
• Desirable to have experience with Hours-to-Gross and Gross-to-Net payroll systems for US and Canada (global a plus), preferred examples including but not limited to: UKG Pro /Ultipro/Kronos/Dimensions/PRO WFM/Infor/Workday and SAP financials.
• Experience with IBM Cognos BI reporting.
• Needs experience managing vendors and SaaS providers.
• Proficiency in Excel, business intelligence/IBM Cognos BI reporting tools, SQL.
• Expertise in collective bargaining agreements, specific to entertainment unions, and how those rules impact the complexity in the payroll systems.