NA SSC Payroll Service Manager

Samsung Electronics; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Employee Purchase Program

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Wellness Incentives

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Service Manager to lead a 4-6 person payroll team in delivering accurate, compliant payroll services for North America. You will drive process improvements, maintain controls, and partner with HR, HRIS, and benefits teams to ensure timely payroll processing and reporting.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, customer focus, and the ability to manage complex workflows while aligning with corporate strategies and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in a complex environment, preferably a US & CAN payroll or shared service function.
• 4+ years in customer service related field and ability to demonstrate strong customer relationship skills.
• Experience with top tier payroll and HRIS systems (UltiPro, Kronos, Workday or similar).
• Ability to troubleshoot, resolve, and proactively address requests independently using predefined and creative solutions.
• Exceptional communication skills including the ability to adjust messaging for various levels of recipients.
• Payroll audit, control, quality assurance and/or tax management experience.
• Payroll accounting experience including GL posting, accruals and reconciliation of payroll expenses.
• Demonstrate intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• APA FPC or CPP designations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor a team of 4-6 payroll professionals to achieve consistent results in an increasingly complex environment.
• Own accountability for day-to-day management of payroll service team activities including cycle processing, controls, SLAs and data audits.
• Manage relationships within SLAs while providing research, resolution, product support and a superior customer experience to workers and administrators.
• Produce measurable results in a collaborative team environment and individually.
• Act as key service escalation point for payroll and elevate issues to Payroll Leadership.
• Ensure processing procedures and timelines are followed across the organization.
• Maintain up-to-date procedural documents and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• Drive training goals including curriculum, payroll knowledge, and job shadowing.
• Support recurring and ad hoc reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead project initiatives, gather user requirements, and drive system enhancements.
• Deliver performance reviews and presentations to diverse audiences; sustain audit processes and team metrics.
• Monitor regulatory compliance requirements and recommend actions.
• Contribute to strategic vision with NA SSC and Samsung corporate strategies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Payroll knowledge

Payroll problem solving

Data analysis

Excel

Timekeeping & payroll processing

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

UltiPro

Kronos

Workday

Job description

Position Summary

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), the U.S. Sales and Marketing subsidiary, is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, enterprise solutions and networks systems. For more than four decades, Samsung has driven innovation, economic growth and workforce opportunity across the United States-investing over $100 billion and employing more than 20,000 people nationwide. By integrating our large portfolio of products, services and AI technology, we're creating smarter, sustainable and more connected experiences that empower people to live better. SEA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Role and Responsibilities

The Samsung North America Shared Service Center Payroll Team is a dynamic, high-energy team providing top-tier payroll management to companies who Own the Unknown! If you are a customer service-oriented team player at heart, with keen attention to detail and a passion for problem solving, there is no better place for you than Samsung!

As a Payroll Service Manager, you will lead a team of 4-6 Payroll Analysts in delivering a high quality payroll experience to our North America companies. One of your key objectives in supporting our high volume processing is to improve accuracy and increase efficiency. In this role, we challenge you to bring your best on a daily basis and welcome your ideas for how to do things differently and better. You will use your well-rounded problem solving skills to creatively address workforce payment questions and collaborate with Samsung teams to foster an environment in which continuous improvement is the standard.

In pursuit of success, the NA SSC Payroll Team works cross-functionally with internal partners including Human Resources, HRIS and Benefits to ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll and related transactions.

At Samsung, you have the freedom to provide the expert support that makes our solutions stand out in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor a team of 4-6 payroll professionals to achieve consistent results in an increasingly complex environment

• Own accountability for day-to-day management of payroll service team activities including but not limited to: scheduled and off cycle process completion, consistent application of payroll controls and audit processes, service level agreements, and auditing of data sets between various payroll source systems

• Effectively manage relationships within defined SLAs while providing on-going research, resolution, product support and a superior customer experience to workers, HR, accounting, retirement program and benefits administrators, as well as payroll and timekeeping vendors

• Produce measurable results in a collaborative team environment as well as independently to manage time and priorities while achieving defined personal and team goals

• Act as key service escalation point for payroll team and elevate issues to Payroll Leadership

• Ensure Samsung company representatives utilize appropriate processing procedures including prescribed timelines

• Maintain up to date procedural documents and review processes for increased efficiencies and opportunities for continuous improvement

• Drive training goals including position-based curriculum, fundamental payroll knowledge, career path topics and job shadowing program

• Support reoccurring and ad hoc reporting including production of basic to intermediate reporting to various internal and external stakeholders

• Lead various project initiatives and influence results including collection of user requirements for system enhancements and solutions

• Deliver business performance reviews and educational presentations to various audiences from front line employees to senior leadership Sustain periodic and cumulative audit processes for monthly, quarterly and annual activities. Actively drive team metrics tracking, analysis and reporting

• Proactively monitor FLSA & local regulatory compliance requirements, assess impact on business interests and proactively recommend organizational education & communication actions

• Contribute to, represent and execute the NA SSC Payroll Team strategic vision in conjunction with the greater NA SSC and Samsung NA corporate strategies

• Other duties as assigned

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in a complex environment, preferably a 3rd party US & CAN payroll or shared service function
• 4+ years in customer service related field and ability to demonstrate strong customer relationship skills
• Experience with top tier payroll and HRIS systems (UltiPro, Kronos, Workday or similar)
• Ability to troubleshoot, resolve, and proactively address requests independently using pre-defined and creative solutions
• Exceptional communication skills including the ability to adjust messaging for various levels of recipients
• Expertly interpret, create and present a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, and diagram or schedule form
• Payroll audit, control, quality assurance and/or tax management experience
• Payroll accounting experience including GL posting, accruals and reconciliation of payroll expenses
• Demonstrate intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• APA Fundamental Payroll Certificate (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designations preferred
• Bachelor's degree preferred

Key Results Areas

• Support payroll accuracy SLA at or above current SSC requirements
• Support payroll team service request ticket resolution SLA at or above current SSC requirements
• Ensure key quality control activities are completed according to established schedule and guidelines
• Lead team projects and continuous improvement initiatives

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