Director, Payroll Finance Systems
Director, Payroll Finance Systems
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$ 155000 - 205000
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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 technologyrelated 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 SPEs business. Work sidebyside 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 downstream 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:
- Masters 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 HourstoGross and GrosstoNet 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.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability veteran status age sexual orientation gender identity or other protected characteristics.
SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
