Payroll Manager

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 with no employee paycheck contributions on medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. PMC also offers Flexible 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.