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Director
The Madison Square Garden Company
New York, NY, United States
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The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) is a world leader in live sports and entertainment with a portfolio of legendary sports teams, exclusive entertainment productions and celebrated venues. MSG Sports owns and operates some of the most widely recognized sports franchises: the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL) and the New York Liberty (WNBA), along with two development league teams -- the Westchester Knicks (NBADL) and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). MSG Sports also presents a broad array of world-class sporting events, including: professional boxing, college basketball, tennis, bull riding and e-gaming events. MSG Entertainment features exclusive, original productions that include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and New York Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes. MSG Entertainment also presents or hosts a wide variety of live entertainment offerings, including concerts, family shows and special events, in the Company’s diverse collection of iconic venues. These venues are: New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre; the Forum in Inglewood, California; The Chicago Theatre; and the Wang Theatre in Boston, MA. More information is available at www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com.
At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations.
Responsibilities:
The Director Payroll will be responsible for the successful processing and analysis of MSG’s payroll, which includes bi-weekly administrative payroll for full time and part time employee, weekly payroll for temporary employees and union payroll. This position will lead the payroll team in its transition to the cloud payroll, and should have experience with payroll conversions. The Director will be tasked with building a function that not only successfully runs Payroll but proactively audits and analysis the data.
We are looking for a compelling leader who works collaboratively in nature. Will understand and appreciate the internal and external relationships and utilize them to the department’s fullest benefit. This role will also focus on process improvements within Payroll and across People Practices as we continue to implement new systems. Collaboration is key to success. The Director Payroll will report into the Senior Vice President People Management.
• Delivers result oriented leadership through best practices and processes that provide necessary strategic execution of Payroll plans across a variety of employee groups and locations.
• Responsible for corporate payroll strategy, planning, communications, and marketing the payroll function and related services
• Oversee weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly payroll processing for administrative and union employees, including NY, California and Chicago, and multiple companies.
• Ability to assess a payroll function, through SWOT analysis, and identify standard operating procedures to ensure successful payroll implementations, escalation, communication and analysis.
• Create and implement an escalation policy that will notify key stakeholders of any issues or delays with payroll related tasks and filings.
• Partner with all areas of People Practices to push innovation into every aspect of the way we work, and to drive process improvement and systems integration to enhance the employee experience and build a best in class work environment.
• Work with Director Compliance and SVP to review current Payroll policies and practices.
• Oversee the processing of Tax Wires, Direct Deposit, and Positive Pay.
• Responsible for auditing of Month End, Quarter End and Year End taxes and reconciling/audit of quarterly federal, state and local tax returns including the federal 941’s and the state and local equivalents.
• Responsible for reconciliation of W2’s for multiple companies and the filing of Canadian T4 and Rl1 Forms.
• Coordinate/participate on all payroll audits including worker’s compensation, unions, regulatory agencies, internal audit and external financial/accounting audits.
• Responsible for maintaining Oracle HCM application in collaboration with our People Practices systems team as well as a liaison/working relationship with the HCM/Finance Technology Department.
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) related reporting, projects and maintenance
• Participate in projects as directed by the SVP People Management in varying sizes of complexity and/or with cross functional company-wide impact.
• Builds an engaging environment that retains top talent
Qualifications:
Management Skills
• Strong leader who inspires people and leads by example in a compelling way
• Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders and works collaboratively in all aspects of the job
• Collaborative in nature
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Detail Oriented
• A passion for customer service and bringing that to life within the function
Technical/Functional Competencies
• Cloud payroll experience, ideally has been through a payroll conversion in recent experience
• Deep understanding of Cloud reporting capabilities and understanding of data driven reports that will help drive business
• Excellent/advanced Excel skills
• Proficiency in PC Skills including Windows, Microsoft suite, and Oracle cloud payroll
• Union payroll experience
• Deep operational experience leading a compelling payroll function
Key Experiences/Achievements
• 7-10 years’ experience in Cloud payroll, including payroll processing, tax processing and reporting expertise.
At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations.
Education:
Candidates who have completed 60 credits of college-level coursework (representing 2 years), or have shown similar self-development through certifications, trade school coursework, etc. are preferred.
Educational requirements may differ from job to job based on the role.
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