OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Fox Corporation
Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Manager to lead our Corporate Payroll Shared Services function. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Corporate Payroll Operations, this hands-on leader will oversee end-to-end bi-weekly payroll processing, timekeeping, and complex equity compensation, including RSUs, NQ and Stock Options, across multiple entities, divisions, and states.
The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with operational rigor, driving continuous improvement, system automation, and strict compliance with SOX controls, company policies, and multi-state employment regulations.
A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead, direct, and coordinate all activities of a Payroll Shared Services team responsible for non-union payroll operations ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing and all payroll processes are administered in compliance with SOX requirements, internal company policies, federal, and state and local regulations
Ef fectively manage the delivery of excellent customer service; anticipate issues and proactively develop solutions. Create and use metrics to benchmark performance and improve service delivery
Take charge of escalations, directing the payroll team and guiding other departments in corrective actions. Implement workable and scalable solutions to business issues/problems. Impart lessons learned afterwards to prevent future issues
Work with business partners to establish and adhere to payroll schedules to ensure data required for payroll processing is received timely to ensure all key processing deadlines will be met
Review, audit and approve all stock incentive compensation transactions, properly accounting for all payroll taxes, before and after payroll processing
Define and drive key requirements, projects and initiatives w ith a high degree of quality and customer service
Plan, develop and implement forward looking payroll processes/procedures and revise current processes/procedures to continuously seek improvement, improve accuracy, create optimal efficiency and provide best in class customer service to our employees.
Collaborate proactively and effectively with Payroll Shared Services leadership on strategic initiatives and projects
Plan, develop and implement forward looking payroll processes/procedures and revise current processes/procedures to continuously seek improvement, improve accuracy, create optimal efficiency and provide best in class customer service to our employees
Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and flowcharts for all payroll processes to ensure complete, accurate and up-to-date depiction of processes
Develop and maintain excellent cross-collaborative working relationships with cross-divisional stakeholders and cross-functional partners including, HR, IT and Legal
Lead with a one-team approach in dealing with internal and external stakeholder queries via seamless cross functional and cross divisional collaboration, consistent with Fox Corporation’s “One Fox” philosophy
Provide support from initiation to completion for Workday issues and change requests submitted by Payroll, including participation and/or support of user acceptance testing
Proactively function as a trusted adviser and serve as a contact from Payroll for business partners and stakeholders
Coach, mentor and provide leadership development to team members to drive employee engagement and to optimize operational and service excellence to create a deeper bench of experienced talent
Maintain knowledge of…