Payroll Manager

Overview:
The Payroll Manager is responsible for providing operational and strategic direction for the payroll department with a strong ability to foster relationships at all levels by establishing and working collaboratively with other teams. Role is responsible to support new and existing pay programs and systems initiatives, compliance with payroll tax regulations and wage and labour laws, and to drive continuous process improvement.

**Responsibilities**:

- Accountable for the financial integrity of the payroll process.
- Develops, implements, and monitors processes to ensure consistent high quality, accurate, and efficient payroll processes.
- Stays current in payroll and payroll tax laws and requirements
- Maintains ongoing development of policies and programs and bring in best practices to offer the most accurate, legally compliant and efficient payroll processes.
- Lead and develop the payroll team and facilitate the bi-weekly payroll process.
- Full understanding of how payroll impacts the balance sheet, and payroll account reconciliations
- Identify opportunities for improvement and takes the lead in advocating payroll operational priorities.
- Analyze complex pay transactions, identify issues that exist and work with various internal operational teams to identify root cause of payroll system issues, assess risk and implement mitigation plans to minimize or eliminate future occurrence.
- Establish and sustain strong on-going collaborative relationships internally and externally.
- Provide clear and consistent communication of key business priorities and project status of major initiatives.
- Manages direct report staff to complete projects according to program objectives and key performance indicators.
- Manage a high degree of change in a fast paced, complex, and demanding environment.
- Develops ad hoc financial and operational reporting and provide analytics and key business metrics.
- Ability to handle high volume of work load with high level of accuracy.
- Exercises analysis, problem-solving, decision-making and prioritization on a daily basis.
- Remains proficient in computerized accounting systems and embraces automation and business processes to drive efficiencies and controls.
- Identifies challenges in processes and assists with pinpointing solutions to increase efficiencies.
- Maintains a clean, safe, hazard-free work environment within area of responsibility.
- Ability to work independently with little supervision or as part of a team.
- Other duties as required.
- Lives the Brand

This job description reflects the position’s essential functions; it does not encompass all of the tasks that may be assigned.

Qualifications:
EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Accounting degree along with practical work experience or equivalent work experience in accounting and computerized accounts payable
- Must be competent with Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 10+ years of experience with payroll
- Knowledge of Infinium, ADP, Kronos or related Payroll and Time and Attendance Systems
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills are required, with the ability to identify root cause of issues, and ability to collaborate and solve problems permanently and efficiently.

SKILLS
- Must be detail oriented and highly organized
- Must possess solid mathematical skills
- Must be able to communicate effectively with team members
- Must possess ability to comprehend written or verbal basic instructions
- Must be able to work weekends and holidays as needed
- Demonstrates good work ethic being mature, reliable, punctual, with a positive attitude and enthusiastic behaviour

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time.
- Ability to walk distances.
- Duties and responsibilities are typically performed in a professional office setting, but there may be times where you will need to be on the Casino Floor or pass through this area. On the Casino Floor, you may be exposed to casino-related environmental factors including, but not limited to, excessive noise.

The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model.