As a Senior Payroll Manager, you will be a leading expert on all aspects of payroll tax matters. You will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing the day-to-day payroll function. This includes ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll, compliance with relevant regulations, and implementing best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and leverage your expertise to contribute to the overall success of our organization.

Responsibilities:

• Research and resolve complex tax issues.
• Process semi-monthly payrolls for multiple entities.
• Process special event payrolls.
• Assist with Major League Umpire year-end reconciliation.
• Generates post-payroll reports, and general ledgers entries.
• Review and approve bi-weekly payrolls.
• Act as liaison with Finance Department to review and reconcile payroll accounts.
• In-depth knowledge of federal, state and local employment requirements and regulations as well as multi-state payroll taxes.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal payroll regulations.
• Collaborate with HR to address payroll-related inquiries and resolve issues.
• Responsible for all payroll related year-end process (taxable earnings, W2, etc.).
• Ability to support the Director of Payroll in her absence both at meetings and in the office.
• Manage team of 2 of payroll specialists.
• Duties and projects as assigned.

Skills & Requirements:

• Strong tax experience including multi-states taxation experience.
• Deep knowledge of full-cycle US payroll.
• Minimum of 10+ years of in-house payroll.
• Previous experience of managing payroll team is required.
• Bachelor’s degree with Finance/Accounting major is a plus. CPP certificate preferred.
• Experience with Workday payroll platform required, and ADP payroll platforms preferred.
• Experience with payroll and time tracking implementation is a plus.
• Proficient in Excel/MS word and Windows environment required.
• Must have excellent attention to detail and accuracy in entering and reviewing payroll data.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with team members.
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and with tight deadlines.
• Availability to work 3+day/week onsite in our corporate office in Midtown Manhattan

 

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $115,000 to $130,000.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.

If you are interested in joining our team and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at: [email protected]