Payroll Manager

At LG we make products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make "Life Good" - from home appliances, consumer electronics, and vehicle components to business innovations in digital signage, air conditioning, solar and LED lighting. As a global leader, we strive for greatness in product leadership, market leadership and people leadership to realize our growth strategies.

Talk about a mantra: Life's Good with LG!

We offer an environment that enables colleagues to demonstrate their capabilities, focus on their work and create value. At LG, you're encouraged to take a creative and individual approach to challenges with strong emphasis placed on performance and skill-and equal, merit-based opportunities across the board. We want our colleagues to grow with our global business. That's why we deliver sure rewards for exceptional performance and offer industry-leading benefits. Come join the team!

The Opportunity:

As the Manager, Payroll you will be a key member of a high-performing US payroll team. The right candidate will provide strategic direction and expertise to the payroll function. The incumbent is responsible for advising all aspects of US payroll, timekeeping, and related systems to ensure accurate, timely, and cost-effective delivery and reporting of all wage and tax data per federal, state, country regulations and company policies.

The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. You should be a gritty problem solver and self-starter who can drive programs with all of LG's US. The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.

What You'll Do:

• Provide domestic payroll support for all US subsidiaries.

• Supervise and manage the payroll team.

• Ensure payroll master file is accurately prepared prior to each payroll.

• Verify business rules and employee inputs are set in the system accordingly.

• Supervise payroll processes and provide ad-hoc support to the team as needed.

• Regularly conduct payroll self-audits and share the results with the team.

• Manage the outsourced payment services to ensure quality service delivery and accuracy.

• Co-work with various departments to improve process efficiency and accuracy.

• Make decisions primarily operational and generally tactical in nature.

• Provide payroll information by answering questions and requests.

• Independently make operational decisions working cross-functionally with other departments.

• Negotiate with vendors and key internal stakeholders who are not subject matter experts to ensure LGE remains compliant through various negotiations.

• Make process and rule update recommendations according to relevant laws and internal policies.

• Occasionally be a part of vendor selection and negotiation process.

• Provide recommendations for payroll processes and system enhancements. Ensures all systems and processes are compliant with federal and local tax laws.

• Identify payroll related problems and suggest process improvement solutions.

• Explore features available within the current payroll platform and make recommendations to enhance user experience.

Desired Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with advanced and progressive skills in high-volume payroll processing.

• Ability to utilize leadership skills to engage and motivate a talented team.

• Extensive payroll and tax knowledge and ability to foresee downstream effects of changes or predict and overcome obstacles in advance.

• Advanced skillset in UKG Pro and Ceridian Payroll Tax Filing Services.

• SAP payroll experience is a plus.

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LG Electronics, USA Inc.; LG Mobilecomm USA, Inc., LG Mobile Research USA LLC, and Zenith Electronics LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the Company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.