System Director, Payroll, Full time, Days

Responsible for the supervision and coordination of all payroll functions across the PIH Health enterprise. This includes management of bi-weekly payroll processing, calculating and remitting federal and state payroll taxes, filing quarterly payroll tax returns, staying abreast of all current federal and state payroll tax rules/regulations, interfacing with the Human Resource Dept. personnel and responsible for addressing employee questions throughout the year.

PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Required Skills

• This person must have the ability to work in a fast-paced, high transaction volume work environment related to bi-weekly payroll processing deadlines.
• The individual must have demonstrated leadership and oversight experience of running a payroll department, be highly organized and extremely detail-oriented, and have the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• A strong technical payroll background is required, since this position serves as a key internal control over the accuracy of payroll data covering thousands of employees.
• In addition, this person is expected to be able to make recommendations to senior leadership regarding existing processes in order to improve efficiencies and strengthen internal controls.

Required Experience

Required:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• Minimum of ten years of progressive work experience in private industry
• MUST have previous experience as a Payroll Manager or Director in a medium to large company
• Strong communication skills with all levels within an organization
• Excellent computer skills, including usage of MS Excel, Word, payroll applications (Kronos)

Preferred:

• Healthcare experience
• Prior experience with Oracle payroll