Payroll Supervisor

Herschend Family Entertainment; Branson West (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Herschend Family Entertainment is seeking a Payroll Supervisor to lead a three-person payroll team in a fast-paced, multi-state environment. The role emphasizes accuracy, confidentiality, and alignment with our Leading with Love culture.

The successful candidate will oversee payroll processing, payroll tax functions, and internal audits while collaborating with IT and external partners to ensure timely, compliant payroll operations.

Qualifications

• BS in Accounting/Finance or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 2-3 years' progressive experience in Accounting/Finance, full-cycle payroll preferred.
• Strong leadership with continuous improvement mindset and ability to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of payroll processing, payroll tax administration, and related disciplines preferred.
• Multi-state payroll tax experience preferred. (UltiPro or Workday experience preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead the payroll team in alignment with the Heartspitality culture.
• Ensure timely, accurate payroll processing across states and compliance with laws.
• Oversee payroll tax functions; coordinate quarterly and year-end activities.
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party providers to resolve issues and audits.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

BS in Accounting/Finance

Tools

UltiPro (UKG)

Workday

Job description

Herschend is the world’s largest family-owned themed attractions company, with 12,000+ passionate hosts collectively entertaining 15 million families each year.

The heart of Herschend’s success has long been the world-renowned hospitality that’s rooted in our DNA. We call it Heartspitality®. It’s a unique culture that blends our ethos of Leading with Love and our purpose of Bringing Families Closer Together by Creating Memories Worth Repeating® to create real impact and joy that spreads through our hosts to our guests and out into our communities.

Herschend’s portfolio of more than two dozen beloved family entertainment brands across North America includes iconic award-winning destinations such as Dollywood® Parks & Resorts, Silver Dollar City® Company, Adventure Aquarium®, Callaway Resort & Gardens®, Kentucky Kingdom Theme & Water Park®, Newport Aquarium®, The Vancouver Aquarium® and Wild Adventures®. In addition to its premier themed attractions, Herschend is proud to steward the World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters® legacy and provide immersive content and experiences through our Herschend Entertainment Studios® and Pink Adventure Tours® brands.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we strive to provide environments where every host, guest, and partner feel welcome, valued, and loved. We firmly believe that words and actions matter, which is why all individuals are to be treated equally and with respect.

The Payroll Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of three in a fast-paced, high-volume environment to complete accurate and timely multi-state payroll and related duties. This position leads by demonstrating our “Leading with Love” culture – leading through humility, empathy and integrity to foster a culture of trust, collaboration, accountability and respect. The Payroll Supervisor will act as back up to the team and the Payroll Manager as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the team:

• Lead and support the payroll team in a manner consistent with Herschend’s “Leading with Love” approach.
• Use judgement to elevate processing and/or team issues to manager as necessary.
• Balance customer service to employees and property management with efficiency of operation, providing excellent quality customer service to internal employees as well as outside sources.
• Maintain payroll guidelines and drive standardization and efficiency by establishing, writing and updating desk procedures.
• Responsible for training of new hires within the Payroll team.
• Use independent judgment, logic and analytical skills in problem solving.
• Practice flexible leadership, professional management skills, and consultative and participative decision-making skills.
• Train to serve as backup to the Payroll Manager and coordinators.

Oversee and support timely and accurate payroll processing:

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of all payrolls while ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws.
• Review and approve payrolls prior to finalization, correcting errors as necessary.
• Work collaboratively to obtain compliance with payroll timelines and procedures.
• Act as a resource to Payroll Coordinators for all payroll related processing issues, including troubleshooting system issues, working with technical support, IT and others as required.
• Maintain complete confidentiality of employee information.

Provide leadership and oversight for all Payroll Tax functions; support internal and external audits:

• Lead quarter end and year end activities, payroll tax oversight and ad hoc projects.
• Perform reconciliations and balancing of payroll liabilities each pay period.
• Lead auditing, balancing and finalization of quarter and year end data and reporting.
• Responsible for working with our third-party payroll tax administrator to submit, track and resolve all tax inquiries.
• Collect data for Workers Compensation audits, 401K audits, etc. and work with internal teams for submission.

Contribute to a culture of Continuous Improvement:

• Evaluate payroll practices critically and continually to identify, and implement, opportunities for increased effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy and compliance with federal, state and local laws.

Other duties may be assigned.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• BS in Accounting/Finance or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 2 - 3 years' progressive experience in Accounting/Finance field, experience in full-cycle payroll administration preferred.
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated mindset of continuous improvement, ability to lead others with compassion, flexibility adapting to changes in support of the business and proven record of meeting deadlines.
• Knowledge of payroll processing best practices, payroll tax administration and filing, and other payroll disciplines preferred.
• Multi-state payroll tax experience preferred.
• Experience with UltiPro (UKG) and/or Workday preferred.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced knowledge of spreadsheet preparation utilizing Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a friendly, professional manner.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Self-supervised and disciplined to prioritize and complete work on a timely basis.
• Demonstrated ability to lead with humility, respect and a people-first mindset while fostering a positive and supportive team culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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