Vice President, Payroll

Job Description

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NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

The Vice President, Payroll leads the Company's day-to-day payroll operations function. Reporting to the Senior Vice President Accounting Operations, this role drives process execution to ensure effective and efficient service delivery through timely and accurate payments, distributions, and withholdings. The Vice President, Payroll ensures the payroll operations function supports compliance with local payroll regulations and collective bargaining agreements. This position also has accountability for accurate data and metrics for reporting, auditing, and monitoring purposes.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution of SpinCo's Payroll utilizing SAP and supporting systems (e.g., TimeKeeper.)
• Manage the preparation and dissemination of weekly and bi-weekly multi-state payroll for union and non-union employees.
• Ensure payroll processing of new hires, temporary workers, and terminations are accurate and timely.
• Communicate actively with Operations, HR, and Finance to review cross-departmental impacts of the payroll process and financial posting.
• Ensure all applicable federal, state, and local taxes, garnishments, employee benefit contributions, union dues etc. are properly withheld.
• Serve as liaison with other departments in the resolution of payroll issues.
• Partner with HR and benefits in aligning and implementing ongoing process improvement and best practices for payroll and benefits.
• Manage and act as subject matter expert for all payroll-related systems.
• Perform payroll systems monitoring and auditing as required.
• Support management of mapping and automatic feed of payroll general ledger accounts such as taxes, child support, levies, garnishments, employee benefits contributions, etc.
• Lead Team in providing quality service to the department and organization.
• Ensure that the operational activities and indicators of the team meet the expectations of the department and organizational strategic initiatives.
• Work with Operations, HR, and Finance teams in the planning, implementation, execution, and evaluation of special projects.
• Promote adequacy of staffing and services for identified and assigned populations.
• Manage direct reports of staff within the department to accomplish results through onboarding, training, development, performance management, and recognition.
• Facilitate technology resources and tools to engage the team to work efficiently and accurately.
• Coach and mentor staff; assist in difficult situations when needed.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and/or create efficiencies in the delivery of services.
• Promote collaboration with all disciplines and improve communication and collaborative processes.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field and 12 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience managing payroll teams within large multi-state companies, including responsibility for and in-depth functional knowledge of payroll, time keeping systems, internal/external audits, issue resolution, garnishments, and research of payroll and wage/hour requirements.
• Experience with SAP Payroll or equivalent ERP-based payroll systems.
• Minimum 10 years of management experience with demonstrated ability to develop and mentor staff at varying levels.
• Experience in a specific area of Entertainment Payroll and Union/Guild Payrolls.

Additional Qualifications:

• Exceptional analytical, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and transparency.

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Subject to change based on Manager discussion or business need.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to SpinCo in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.