Payroll Administrator
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Senior Manager – Payroll
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $137,500 - $182,129 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
C++ERPOracle
About the role
- Oversee end-to-end payroll processing for U.S.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local payroll laws and regulations.
- Manage payroll tax filings, reconciliations, and audits.
- Review and approve payroll transmissions and ensure payroll tax accounts are reconciled.
- Provide corporate support to payroll related decision making at other S&C legal entities.
- Manage the ADP relationship and performance of key KPI's.
- Lead payroll system optimizations and standardization.
- Automate payroll processes including but not limited to timesheets, reporting, and general ledger integration.
- Partner with HRIS and IT teams to optimize payroll workflows and data accuracy.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience of multi-country payroll operations.
- Strong knowledge of payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, Ceridian).
- CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) preferred.
- 10+ years of payroll experience, including 5+ years in a leadership role.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Fluency in Spanish is a plus.
- 5-7 years of experience in accounts payable, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Concur or similar).
Benefits
- Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
- Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).
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Hard skills
payroll processingpayroll tax filingspayroll reconciliationspayroll auditspayroll system optimizationautomation of payroll processesaccounting softwareERP systems
Soft skills
analytical skillsorganizational skillscommunication skillsleadership
Certifications
Certified Payroll Professional
