Manager, Payroll

Overview
Guided by Company goals and objectives and under limited direction of the Executive Director of Casino Finance, a Payroll Manager is responsible for overseeing payroll staff and maintaining payroll control records. Duties include hiring and training Payroll Staff, coordinating with the Finance and HR departments to process payroll for new employees or monitor payroll schedules and managing employee benefits and insurance plans.
Responsibilities

• Ensure that each guest receives outstanding service by creating a friendly environment and following Jackson Rancheria Guest Service Guidelines.
• Manage payroll operations for both entities, ensuring integrity of payroll systems and payroll processes, and the timely, accurate delivery of pay to employees. Advise Executive Director of Casino Finance of any errors and corrections.
• Report on payroll taxes, deductions, summaries of earnings, paid leaves, nontaxable wages, and periodically provide relevant payroll reports to management.
• Stay informed of key dates and regulatory deadlines.
• Calculate social security, unemployment, and worker's compensation payments.
• Furnish tax forms to employees and file with the IRS.
• Oversee all payroll functions including establishing and maintaining employee data in payroll system, maintaining accruals for PTO balances, 401K employer match and workers' compensation.
• Maintain employee records, including all deductions, exemptions, pay rate changes, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) classifications, and extra payments such as bonuses.
• Supervise payroll staff and provide strong and effective leadership through collaboration, communication, problem solving, innovation, execution, and results.
• Create and maintain payroll policies and procedures, and follow payroll best practices in keeping with applicable federal and state laws.
• Manage internal and external audits for Retirement Plan, Workers Compensation, internal controls, etc. Ensure relevant procedures, work papers, and other supporting documents are maintained and up to date.
• Manage all activities directly related to the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the Company's payroll function and systems, according to internal policy.
• Advise management of changes in the wage and hour law that will have an impact on the company.
• Work on special projects as requested by upper management.

Qualifications
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business or human resources; or at least five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience; in-depth knowledge and experience of payroll calculation and processing; proficiency in relevant payroll and accounting software; knowledge of applicable local, state and federal rules and laws.
• Must have or obtain CPP Certification within the first year.

Pay range: $83,100 to $108,000 per year
*Shift Differential: Non-Exempt employees will receive a $1.00 per hour shift differential for any hours worked between 10:00pm and 6:00am.
This is not a smoke free workplace. Although we employ state-of-the-art air filtration systems, cigarette smoke is in the work environment