Payroll Administrator

The posting, as Crescent wrote it

Payroll Administrator

The Payroll Administrator manages and executes the end-to-end payroll function for Crescent Park Corporation, ensuring every one of our people across all sites are paid accurately, on time, and in full compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements. This role is responsible for strengthening and continuously improving payroll processes, controls, and documentation under the direction of the Manager of People Operations, while supporting the transition to modern systems and best-practice operations.

Reporting to the Manager of People Operations within the People Group, the Payroll Administrator serves as the organization's hands-on subject-matter expert for payroll processing, payroll tax compliance, and the payroll system modules. This role partners closely with People Operations (benefits, compensation, HRIS), Finance, and leadership to deliver a seamless, high-integrity payroll experience.

This Payroll Administrator will operate as outlined in the Crescent Way- 3 P’s:

• Purpose
• Process
• People

While building on our Values of

• Doing it Right
• Doing it Safe
• Doing it Well

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in compensation, benefits, compliance, payroll, and HRIS management.
• Professional certification (i.e. SHRM-CP, PHR, , Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC))
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Finance teams on budgeting, accruals, and fiscal reporting.
• Strong knowledge of payroll process compliance and federal/state labor laws.
• Experience working in multi-state or multinational environments to manage diverse labor laws, social compliance, and payroll processes.
• Experience managing payroll automation and analytics dashboards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• Certifications: SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CPP (Certified Payroll Professional),
• Experience administering UKG Pro or UKG Dimensions payroll modules.
• Experience with payroll system implementations, upgrades, or migrations
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (e.g., macros, advanced formulas).
• Experience working with Power BI or other reporting tools to track, analyze, and present HR and financial data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Safety

• Read and understand the Crescent Safety Playbook – Doing It Safe.
• Ensure a safe and well-maintained work environment and conditions throughout all workspaces, facility, and surrounding areas.
• Engage all people in cultivating and promoting a Safety-First Culture.
• Support People Operations' workers' compensation documentation and incident reporting by ensuring payroll data (hours, earnings, job codes) is accurate and available for claims and filings.

Quality

• Audit all payroll inputs and outputs each cycle: verify gross-to-net calculations, direct de

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xpected, not easily flustered

• Maintains sense of urgency
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion
• Disciplined Self Starter

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Dynamic, fast-paced environment requiring adaptability to changing business and customer needs.
• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arm’s length, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to travel occasionally for audits, leadership meetings, and external compliance reviews, 10-15% travel required annually.
• Ability to sit, stand, and lift/move materials as needed (up to 25 pounds).

Systems Usage

• UKG Pro / UKG Dimensions – Payroll modules (including PayCal 2)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel [advanced], Word, Outlook, Teams)
• Tax filing and garnishment vendor portals
• Scanners, printers, fax, telephone

Performance Metrics and Trends

• Safety
• Quality
• Productivity
• People
• Customer Value
• Financial
• Ontime reporting, useability of reporting, corrective actions from reporting

We will absolutely know the Payroll Administrator is successful if they can:

• Independently execute the complete payroll cycle (weekly and bi-weekly) with near-zero errors and on-time every cycle.
• Maintain document payroll processes, SOPs, and controls that are audit-ready and sustainable beyond any single person.
• Support the successful implementation of continuous improvement to drive measurable results in processing accuracy and
• Become a trusted partner to People Operations, Benefits, Finance, and site leadership, viewed as the go-to payroll expert across the organization.
• Maintain full compliance with all payroll tax and wage-and-hour requirements, with zero penalties or fines.
• Cross-train at least one backup to ensure continuity and eliminate single points of failure in the payroll function.
• Demonstrate a propensity to learn Crescent’s business, culture, and systems while continuously seeking opportunities to strengthen the function.