Payroll Manager

Sotheby's

Payroll Manager responsible for high-volume payroll processes within the Finance team at Sotheby's. Involves compliance with legal requirements and collaboration with Human Resources.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $85,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Inform and/or input manual changes into payroll on a monthly basis ensuring compliance
Ensure timely and accurate creation and submission of P60’s, P11d’s and year end completion
Responsible for the preparation of audits
Provide payroll and some benefits information/reports, in conjunction with HR, to support the wider Finance team
Ensure that up-to-date policies and procedures are in place for Payroll
Pro-actively work with ADP to improve the use of the system
Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with external agencies
Work within the guidelines of GDPR to ensure compliance
Own and to be the expert of the end-to-end payroll processes
Perform all associated pension payments processes impacting payroll
Validate accuracy of monthly data input by colleagues
Process and advise on ad-hoc payments and any other off-cycle payments
Analyze processes and internal reports
Manage all payroll and associated pension queries

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant experience leading a Payroll team with a focus on ADP Celargo
Demonstrated ability to build and manage highly collaborative and effective team supporting multiple companies/business units, with a commitment to a culture of collaboration, performance, transparency, and integrity
Outstanding people skills with proven experience in cultivating cross-collaborative working relationships across an organization and ability to influence at all levels
Keep current on payroll laws and regulations and taxation and adjust processes to ensure compliance as necessary.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary bonus
Competitive benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

payroll processingaudit preparationdata validationpension payments processingad-hoc payments processingreport analysiscompliance managementpolicy developmentGDPR compliance

Soft Skills

collaborationteam managementrelationship buildinginfluencingcommunicationtransparencyintegrity