Payroll Manager - Las Vegas Growth - Highgate Hotels

Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate’s portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.  Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the industry’s most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.

The Payroll Manager leads the payroll process, strategy, communications, and knowledge management for the Highgate’s full-service hotels. Supporting and driving Payroll Operations and payroll system administration. This position leads the work performed by multiple teams across the organization, who are tasked with managing and executing payroll, providing analysis, and guidance on payroll initiatives/projects. The position will apply comprehensive knowledge / skills of payroll operations, payroll tax, systems, input processes and output gross-to-net and financial reporting requirements. The role collaborates with interdependent teams and Business Unit leaders to optimize the end-to-end process and system integration. He/She will provide strong leadership for a large team performing payroll operations and systems administration.

• Responsible for entering payroll data into the system.
• Responsible for auditing payroll data and maintaining files and records to produce accurate payroll period reports in accordance with hotel standards.
• Engages in ongoing auditing activities to verify the accuracy of payroll records and information.
• Check figures, postings, and documents for accuracy.
• Organize, secure, and maintain all files, records, cash and cash equivalents in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Record, store, and/or analyze computerized payroll information.
• Prepare, maintain, audit, and distribute statistical, auditing, or payroll reports and tables.
• Maintain, update, create, secure, and archive employee payroll records and files.
• Process and/or issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
• Compute employee wages and deductions and enter wages and deductions into payroll system. 
• Provide information to employees and managers/supervisors on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective bargaining agreement provisions.
• Adjust basic settings in time clock system.

• College courses in an associated or related field and/or related experience in an Hotel or Hospitality environment.
• Experience working with EV5 Timesaver.
• Experience working with ADP and Dayforce
• Payroll experience is preferred.
• Must  be proficient in Windows, Microsoft Office (Intermediate Excel and Basic Word).
• Flexible and long hours sometimes required, especially during the last and first few days of the month.
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all level of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service oriented manner.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by employees and guests.
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
• Approach all encounters with guests and employees in a professional, attentive, friendly, courteous and service-oriented manner.
• Attend all hotel required meeting and trainings.
• Maximize efforts towards productivity, identify problem areas and assist in implementing solutions.
• Must  be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, indentifying and solving problems as necessary.
• Muist be able to understand complex information, data, etc. from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Perform other duties as requested by managment.