Payroll Manager

space | colonel; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Music Group seeks a Payroll Manager to oversee multi-state payroll for over 2000 employees. This role focuses on accuracy and compliance while enhancing payroll processes. Ideal candidates will have significant payroll experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage a team efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience required, with at least 2 in a managerial role.
• Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines and manage payroll staff.
• Familiarity with payroll systems and strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of multi-state payroll for 2000+ employees.
• Develop and supervise payroll staff's day-to-day work.
• Stay informed on payroll and tax legislation changes.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Organizational Skills

Project Management

Tools

Workday

SAP

One Source Virtual

Job description

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers andmusic lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs,game-changingcreativesand passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams intostardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values thatunderpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

●Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves inculture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving forcebehind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation isthe key to our future.

●Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all aboutthe power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like agreat song, travels globally. We ignite passions and buildconnectionsacrossour diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, andfans.

●Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and ourtalent.Everythingin music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’recommitted to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering onour promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating aworkenvironmentthat actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. Weencourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – aninnovativeglobalmusic company that retains the creative spirit of animbleindependent.

Job Title: Payroll Manager

A little bit about our team:

The Center of Excellence team is a centralized function dedicated to the critical task of ensuring all employees receive accurate and timely compensation. Our highly motivated team is united by a single goal: to deliver outstanding customer service while guaranteeing the precision and promptness of employee payments. We pride ourselves on our adaptability, readily embracing change in priorities, technologies, and business needs. This ensures we remain effective in a dynamic environment where each day presents new opportunities and challenges. As a hub of expertise and operational excellence, we are committed to providing strong support to our workforce. We diligently work to ensure the company consistently meets all legal and financial responsibilities concerning compensation.

Your role:

As a Payroll Manager at Warner Music Group, you'll be the rhythm keeper behind every paycheck, making sure our rockstars (aka employees) get paid accurately and on time. Collaboration is your jam—you’ll work closely with Finance, Compensation, People Technology, Benefits, and our People Partners to hit all the right chords. In short: you’ll keep the beat steady so the music (and business) never misses a note!

Here you’ll get to:

• Lead all aspects of multi-state payrolls for 2000+ employees ensuring accuracy, compliance and outstanding service goals are consistently met.
• Develop and supervise day-to-day work of payroll staff, including providing direction for tasks, coordinating priorities and resources, and providing mentorship on performance and development opportunities.
• Review payroll journal entries, perform GL mapping, perform payroll related account analysis and reconcile payroll related general ledger accounts on a monthly basis.
• Be responsible for the efficiency and management of the Payroll Ticketing System.
• Act as a trusted advisor and point of escalation for payroll-related inquiries, resolving issues with empathy and precision.
• Identify and implement payroll process improvements and best practices, driving improved customer service levels and eliminating unnecessary payroll errors.
• Reconcile errors and maintain payroll records. Audit payroll data changes bi- weekly to ensure validity and accuracy of approved transactions. Responsible for the data integrity of the system set up as it relates to payroll functionality.
• Leads preparation of relevant reports, including bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end. (Gross payroll, Net payroll, paid leave accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions, workers compensation, legal requests.)
• Stay up-to-date on changes in payroll and tax legislation and implement required changes to maintain compliance.
• Support external audit requests and other tasks as assigned.

About you:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, (sophisticated formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis)
• 5+ years of payroll experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• You have strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple deadlines
• You are passionate about projects like system implementations, compliance audits, or acquisition integrations

We’d love it if you also had:

• Familiarity with platforms like Workday, SAP or One Source Virtual
• Understand how payroll connects with People Partners or Finance systems to troubleshoot and develop process improvements.

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.