PMC: Payroll Manager

Penske Media Corp.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PMC-Paid Healthcare

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) Match

Employee discounts

Job summary

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is expanding its payroll team with a Payroll Manager based in Los Angeles. You will lead a small team, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance with wage and hour laws as a key strategic partner to the business.

The role requires guiding the payroll function, mentoring staff, and collaborating across departments to support our fast-growing operations. This onsite role offers a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of payroll experience, including 4+ years leading a payroll department.
• Experience with multi-state payroll operations.
• Experience with UKG Pro preferred.
• Strong communication across all levels; strategic and tactical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 3 payroll professionals.
• Ensure compliance with federal/state wage and hour laws.
• Oversee internal/external payroll audits and tax reporting.
• Drive payroll process improvements and system updates.
• Develop payroll metrics and reporting for leadership.
• Mentor and develop staff in the payroll group.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Team management

Tools

UKG Pro

Job description

PMC: Payroll Manager

Penske Media Corporation is continuing to expand its payroll team with the addition of a Payroll Manager position based in Los Angeles. Reporting to the Senior Director, Payroll, this is an exciting leadership role as part of a well-established payroll team. The Payroll Manager will be a strategic partner to the organization focused on streamlining the current processes and supporting our fast-growing business. This role will oversee the payroll department and implement effective and efficient payroll processes to support high-volume payroll processing.

As PMC values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture. This position is based in our West Los Angeles Headquarters.

Key areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

• Lead the payroll functions with a team of 3 payroll professionals.
• Evaluate and recommend continuous improvement initiatives to the payroll and billing processes by analyzing payroll and shared service trends.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance issues that impact payroll; recommend and implement changes ensuring pay practices comply with state and federal wage and hour laws.
• Ensure timely and accurate communication of changes to payroll policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Mentor, develop, hire and train staff.
• Manage internal/external payroll audits.
• Drive, review and audit work performed by our function, including auditing payroll data, ensuring accurate wages, tax withholdings, deductions, and garnishments and process quarterly tax adjustments, end-of-year payroll tax and reporting compliance.
• Drive special projects, including process documentation and improvements, system updates, integrations, upgrades or implementations, including reimplementing US payroll.
• Develop, drive and report on key metrics for the function.
• Support management on ad hoc and growth-oriented projects such as scalability initiatives and acquisitions.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of payroll experience including at least 4 years managing the process and department for a multi-state organization.
• Experience with UKG Pro preferred.
• Ability to understand business operations from a strategic and tactical perspective.
• Proven knowledge of payroll procedures, federal and state laws.
• Able to effectively communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to excel in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Resourceful, innovative, with a can-do attitude and attention to detail

A good faith estimate of the salary range is $100k - $110k upon hire + Bonus. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It’s all About You…

PMC’s comprehensive benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support every aspect of your life, empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. We offer PMC-Paid Healthcare withno employee paycheck contributions on medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. PMC also offersFlexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), an Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, and a 401(k) Retirement Plan with an Employer match. Employees are also eligible to take advantage of company discounts and perks including Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Mortgage discounts, and a variety of other savings on wellness, lifestyle, and financial essentials. As part of PMC’s dedication to consistently meeting employees’ needs, we have launched a new Flexible Vacation Policy.

At PMC, we believe working in a highly collaborative, office-first environment fosters real-time communication, spontaneous idea sharing, and stronger interpersonal relationships that drive innovation and team cohesion. PMC prioritizes in-person collaboration and does not offer remote-only roles.

About Penske Media Corporation (PMC)

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more than 500 million people.Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media and owns over 300 live events, while reaching audiences across all screens.Penske Media is recognized, as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America.

Our Companies & Brands

• Iconic Media Brands (PMX): Variety, Rolling Stone, The Verge, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, Eater, Sportico, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, VIBE, IndieWire, SB Nation, ARTFORUM, POPSUGAR, Gold Derby, BEAUTY INC, Art in America, Punch, The Dodo, and more.

• Live Events & Experiences: The Golden Globes, SXSW, Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs), Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), Dick Clark’s New Year’sRockin’ Eve, SXSW London, American Music Awards (AMAs), and Latin Music Week.

• Data & Analytics: Luminate, the premier music and entertainment data and analytics company.

Global Footprint

PMC and its subsidiaries are co-headquartered in New York and Los Angeles , withadditionaloffices spanning 14 countries worldwide.

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