Payroll Manager - Caesars Entertainment

• Ensures compliance to enterprise wide standard operating procedures and Sarbanes Oxley.
• Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement enterprise wide changes.
• Actively communicate with multiple properties operational and HR leaders to review cross-departmental impacts and reconcile data sharing.
• Review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement enterprise wide changes leading to best practice operations.
• Develops implements and generates performance metrics and annual reviews for all direct reports.
• Ability to remain current on multi-state legislation and regulatory ruling impacting payroll and enforcement of enterprise wide adherence to requirements and advise on required actions.
• Direct the preparation of enterprise wide payroll related documents for finance leaders, HR leaders and internal or external audit.
• Manage and resolve enterprise wide issues and escalations relating to payroll production.
• Strategically identifying enterprise wide issues and working with corporate business partners to resolve.
• Manages changes in payroll policies and procedures enterprise wide.
• Provides enterprise wide information to employees on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
• Strategically executes proper payroll based changes at the property business level.
• Oversees compliance with statutory reporting and filing requirements enterprise wide.
• Statically analyzes existing payroll policies, procedures and business process; draft, propose and implement changes and/or quality control measures leading to enterprise best wide practices
• Ability to supervise, mentor and coach direct reports on day to day activities an payroll related tasks, prioritization and work planning.
• Strategically adjusts payroll processes to changes in corporate business structures.
• Develops and enforces communication between all departments and properties enterprise wide regarding payroll processing procedures.

• College graduate with a major in Accounting or equivalent experience preferred.
• Seven years+ of accounting or payroll related experience, preferably in the gaming industry.
• Successful completion of American Payroll Association's Payroll Essentials and Multi State classes.
• Experience as a certified payroll professional
• Experience in multi-state payrolls
• American Payroll Association's FPC Certification
• American Payroll Association's CPP

• Maintain current CPP Certification
• Obtain American Payroll Association's Leadership Certificate
• Successfully complete Payroll Systems Class
• Take two APA classes per year

• Knowledge of computer software; MS Excel, Access, and Project, Infinium
• Ability to work effectively with senior-level staff
• Ability to organize workload, adapt quickly to change, and deliver under the pressure of deadlines
• Ability to use analysis to resolve complex accounting issues.
• Ability to manage and lead staff to excellent performance.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and organized manner; prevents miscommunication by clarifying difficult concepts and ensures understanding by others; knows the appropriate amount of information to share with various parties; ensures regular and consistent information is shared; understands the appropriate level of confidentiality

• Computer work
• Walking/standing/lifting/sitting
• Interaction with other departments

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