BioMarin Pharmaceutical

Director, Payroll

BioMarin Pharmaceutical$120K — $160K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Accounting, Finance or similar field with payroll experience preferred.
  • 10+ years of payroll processing experience, preferably in manufacturing.
  • Current membership with the APA/Payroll Org and CPP required.
  • Strong background in project management and tax compliance.
  • Proficient in preparing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and cross-training initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Payroll Team and ensure compliance with payroll processing timelines and accuracy.
  • Oversee internal payroll controls, policies, and adherence to regulations.
  • Coordinate with the Benefits Team on ACA requirements and year-end filing.
  • Manage year-end payroll processes and tax reconciliations including W-2 issuance.
  • Handle special projects, audits, and compliance requests with a focus on payroll integration and security.
  • Collaborate with external auditors for SOX inquiries and ensure system security.
  • Maintain relationships across business groups to support reporting and process dependencies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a dedicated Payroll Team and collaborate with various business units.
  • Exposure to project management and leadership opportunities.
  • Engagement in compliance and audit activities to enhance governance skills.
  • Chance to contribute to cross-training and process improvement initiatives.
  • Participation in a commitment to workplace safety and environmental responsibility.
Full Job Description
Description

Summary Description

The Payroll Director is responsible for managing both the US Payroll Team and Global Stock Team. The Payroll Director leads and works collaboratively with the US Payroll Team to ensure timely and accurate processing of the bi-weekly payroll and off-cycle stock payrolls. As part of that leadership, the Payroll Director will support all Payroll reconciliations, review Stock initiatives, support all SOX reviews and analysis, and be the lead facilitator of project work with other groups and business partners. The candidate must manage and support quarterly and annual information requests from various groups including the Corporate Tax, Property Tax, Benefits, Global Finance, Financial Planning, Treasury, Talent Acquisition, Data Security, Internal Audit, Global Security, as well as HR Business partners.

The candidate will have experience in project management, account analysis, employment tax and tax amendment experience, SOX analysis, audit management, payroll reconciliations, payroll and time & attendance reporting and analysis. The position should demonstrate the ability to produce SOPs as well as support cross training for both the payroll and stock teams. The candidate should be able to lead projects and speak to larger groups when participating in projects, initiatives, SOX walkthroughs, and group events.

Responsibilities

Payroll Responsibilities
  • Manage all aspects of payroll, manage the Payroll Team ensuring payroll processing timelines are met.
  • Manage internal payroll controls; ensuring proper procedures, policies, and rules are applied to all payroll processes.
  • Strong understanding of ACA requirements and ability to coordinate with Benefit Team to support updates and year end filing.
  • Strong understanding of Regular Rate of Pay calculations and Meal Premiums.
  • Strong understanding of Garnishment types and rules.
  • Strong understanding of data security and record retention.
  • Manage and lead year end processes with the Payroll Team as well as other business partners to ensure successful completion.
  • Manage timely quarterly and annual tax reconciliations as well as W-2 and W-2C issuance; must demonstrate a working knowledge of multi-jurisdictional, local and federal employment tax rules and regulations.
  • Manage special projects, Workers Comp Audit, 401k Audit, Internal/External Audit Requests, Data Security Requests, and Legal Requests.
  • Work with internal and external auditors for all SOX inquiries including system security, employee changes and new hire onboarding.
  • Manage the data integration feeds for all vendors in coordination with the payroll service.
  • Maintain internal relationships with all business groups and support mutual process dependencies, internal controls and reporting requests.
  • Manage all testing and support of the ADP Bridge with the HR Technical group and IT for all quarterly and open enrollment Oracle Fusion Patch testing.


Scope

Payroll: Bi-weekly payroll processing for approximately 2,500 US employees, several individual international employees.

Stock: Bi-annual ESPP purchase, contract management, collaboration with Stock Team on all required activities, projects and reporting.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Accounting, Finance or business subject with Payroll work experience preferred. Current membership with the APA/Payroll Org and CPP required.

Experience

10+ years of payroll processing experience preferably in manufacturing with experience in calculating the regular rate of pay.

Excellent organization, follow-through, initiative and payroll processing or analyst aptitude are preferred.

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Ireland Safety Responsibility
Support the organization's commitment to environmental protection, injury prevention, and continual improvement of EHS management systems. Actively contribute to a safe and environmentally responsible workplace by identifying hazards, reporting incidents and participating in EHS initiatives and training.

About BioMarin Pharmaceutical

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. The company's portfolio consists of seven commercialized products and multiple clinical and pre-clinical product candidates. BioMarin's products are used to treat patients suffering from rare genetic diseases such as phenylketonuria, achondroplasia, and Batten disease. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.
Learn more about BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Size
3,045 employees
Market Cap
$19.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$859.1 million
Founded
2003
5 Year Trend
+10.6%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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