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Exec Dir, Payroll - #1 Hospital in CA

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Requisition # 8969

Job Description

The Executive Director of Payroll establishes and oversees a best-in-class payroll organization, driving innovation and efficiency, and aligning payroll functions with broader organizational goals.  This role is responsible for developing, executing and overseeing an enterprise-wide payroll strategy - leading the transformational roadmap within a rapidly growing and evolving health system.   

This position ensures compliance with regulations and collaborates with various departments to enhance service delivery. The Executive Director will also ensure systems and internal controls adequately support Cedars-Sinai payroll processes, employment taxes, and all applicable labor laws, and compliance with wage and hour laws and federal and state regulations.

Primary Responsibilites and Duties:

  • Establish and effectively execute payroll department strategy and goals.
  • Lead, mentor, and oversee the payroll team, ensuring professional growth and performance excellence.
  • Direct and audit payroll procedures to include earnings, garnishments, tax withholding, pay integration with state agencies as necessary.
  • Assist senior leadership in defining organizational goals and strategic plans related to system wide payroll operations.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance payroll processes and systems.   
  • Serve as the subject-matter expert for the payroll software platform (Oracle) and work collaborative with the leadership and team that oversee the time & attendance platform (UKG).
  • Ensure accurate and timely processing of the Company’s payroll in accordance with federal and state regulations and legislative compliance requirements. Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and regulations.
  • Oversee payroll audits, ensuring accuracy and transparency in all payroll-related activities. Provide audit and oversight to the team’s activities and processes, ensuring that pertinent and internal and external compliance standards are met.
  • Maintain confidentiality of any payroll, private employee information and ensures payroll information is secure.
  • Ensure accurate and timely processing of the Company’s expense reimbursement payrolls.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree (minimum requirement) in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Tax, or a similar analytic discipline.

Work Experience:

  • 10+ years of progressive payroll experience for large organizations (more than 5,000 employees). Experience with multi-state employment preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in a leadership role


About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

Req ID : 8969
Working Title : Exec Dir, Payroll - #1 Hospital in CA
Department : Payroll
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Finance
Job Specialty : Payroll
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $87.49 - $157.48

Our compensation philosophy

We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package and any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. Pay Transparency Non Discrimination Provision (PDF) (opens in new window)

Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai

We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve. Quality Care and Research—For All, By All (opens in new window).

Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy. Cedars-Sinai’s AA Policy Statement (PDF) (opens in new window)

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