Senior Manager, Payroll

At Kabam, we're constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in.

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Payroll, to join our high-performing and fun-loving team. Reporting to our Chief Financial Officer and working closely with the People team, this person will lead the payroll team and oversee and direct the payroll function for all Canadian and US employees across 5+ studios. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a passionate and talented team on complex payroll operations and make a big impact.

In this role, you can expect to be responsible for:

- Managing the activities of the payroll function
- Developing policies and procedures for payroll process and timekeeping; responsible for the development and implementation of procedural guideline improvements.
- Ensuring the generation of the company payroll, vacation and sick leave accrual, overtime and withholding status.
- Taking ownership and overseeing a Payroll project for implementation and integration and working closely with project managers and stakeholders.
- Reviewing reports and analysis prepared by Payroll team members before submitting including the RRSP and 401(k) contribution files and benefit invoices for reconciliation.
- Legislative Reporting and Compliance
- Meeting all government reporting requirements for payroll taxes, withholding and employer contributions.
- Keeping abreast of legal and regulatory requirements that have an impact on the organization's payroll management, compensation and benefits, and adopting requirements and communicating changes to management and stakeholders as needed.
- Maintaining employee confidence and protecting payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
- Ensuring that the segregation of duties is maintained within payroll so that no one person can process or make unauthorized changes to the payroll.
- Maintaining payroll system, ensuring data integrity and suggesting/implementing system upgrades and enhancements.
- Serving as subject matter expert for payroll systems, identifying opportunities for process improvements.
- Troubleshooting system issues with internal stakeholders/external vendors and communicating resolutions/remediation with the end-user experience in mind.
- Team management
- Leading the analysis, identification, and development of strategies for improving existing payroll processes, systems, and system integration by providing subject matter expertise and influencing decisions.
- Establishing and driving the team's vision and goals in alignment with the organization's overall strategic direction.
- Reviewing work done by staff and providing guidance.
- Regularly participating in 1:1s with employees, as well as in the staffing, recruitment, onboarding and performance review processes throughout the year.
- Espousing and fostering a growth mindset by engaging self and encouraging others to continuously learn through training, mentorship, providing feedback and coaching.
- Building accountability within the team as well as cohesiveness, supportiveness, and working effectively together to enable each employee and the department to succeed.
- Cultivating a safe environment for the team that allows for disagreement over ideas, conflict and expeditious conflict resolution.
- ICFR related Responsibilities
- Approving timesheets by employee's line manager.
- Preparing and reviewing preliminary payroll report and comparative analysis.
- Checking and approving RRSP and 401(k) contribution files.
- Reviewing and approving benefit invoices prior to submitting invoice for payment.
- Identifying/researching and resolving payroll issues.
- Leading payroll related audits.

Your background includes:

- PCP Designation.
- 10+ years of Payroll and Benefits administration experience for Canada and the US.
- 5+ years of experience managing a team.
- Experience processing payroll for over 500 employees.
- Knowledge of federal, provincial, and state payroll regulations and requirements.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and GSuite.
- Proficiency in Dayforce, ADP Workforce Now, or other reputable payroll system.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here's a look at some of the support we provide our people:

- Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
- DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that's why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
- Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you're able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
- RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
- PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
- Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
- Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
- Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.
- Cool spaces: Our offices are in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Prince Edward Island, and Seoul. Whether it's summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, watching the fireworks in Montreal's South Shore, or trying local eats in Downtown Charlottetown - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile
- Giving back: Our 'Agents of Change' initiative is how we support the communities close to our heart, and we have several events and fundraisers every year that Agents of Change organize.
- Hybrid Work: We aim to provide flexible arrangements that suit all work styles. All teams at Kabam are hybrid work environments, with a minimum of 2 days in-office to foster team collaboration and bonding. Full-remote options are also available for certain positions within Kabam.

$116,500 - $150,900 a year.

The typical hiring range listed above is specific to candidates located in Vancouver. The salary will be determined based on your knowledge, skills and competencies, and you'll have room to grow after you join

If you're interested in the position but your expectations don't fully align with the provided range, we still encourage you to apply Considerations may be made based on your experience level.

Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn't perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyway - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam's games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple's Editor's Choice and Google Play's Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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