What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager Payroll position at Swire Coca-Cola?
Who is Swire Coca-Cola? We are a family-owned bottling company with a story spanning over two centuries. We are one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola in North America and distribute more than 50 beverage brands and flavors creating joy for our customers every day. Our 8,000 driven employees work hard as part of a team that delivers refreshment to over 30 million consumers across 13 states. Begin a journey with us at Swire Coca-Cola and belong to a community of dedicated team members who think big and believe in winning together.
Why you’ll love working at Swire Coca-Cola:
Swire Coca-Cola is committed to providing balance to support you in all aspects of your life, both at work and beyond. We offer the benefits you need for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- Health coverage (3 medical options, dental and vision). 401(k) Retirement Plan w/company match
- Health Savings Accounts w/company match
- FREE virtual primary care, acute care and physical therapy
- FREE Employee Assistance Program
- Company paid (vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, jury duty, maternity/parental, disability leave and volunteer time)
- Discounted & free product
- Tuition reimbursement
- Opportunities for career advancement
In addition to health benefits, Swire Coca-Cola is proud to offer you opportunities where you help give back directly to the communities and causes you care about. Note: Enrollment in a Swire Medical Plan is required for some benefits.
Job Details:
Job Level: 7
What does a Senior Manager Payroll do at Swire Coca-Cola?
The Senior Manager, Payroll provides enterprise leadership over payroll operations, systems, and controls within a Dayforce managed services environment, with a focus on ensuring accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll processes while thoughtfully evaluating upstream and downstream impacts across HR, Finance, Compliance, and Reporting. This role requires a highly detail-oriented, process-driven, and strategic leader who excels at anticipating second- and third-order effects when implementing policy, system, or process changes. The ideal candidate brings a structured, methodical approach to problem-solving, strong technical, analytical, documentation, and communication skills, and the ability to work independently while partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders in an outcome-driven environment.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and support end-to-end payroll operations within a Dayforce managed services environment, including processing, reporting, reconciliations, and issue resolution
- Ensure compliance with all applicable wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and employment standards across multiple states and jurisdictions, including management of payroll-related audits, tax filings, and regulatory inquiries
- Identify, mitigate, and prevent payroll risks by establishing and maintaining strong internal controls, including segregation of duties, approvals, exception handling, remediation, and audit readiness, while preventing fraud, errors, and unauthorized changes
- Design, standardize, and document end-to-end payroll processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and auditability across the enterprise, including SOP development and control testing
- Develop and maintain payroll business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure operational resilience
- Partner closely with HRIS, Payroll, Finance, IT, Compliance, and Dayforce Managed Services to align payroll solutions with business needs and enterprise priorities
- Lead or support Dayforce payroll configuration, testing, validation, and parallel payroll testing, while evaluating upstream and downstream impacts across HR, benefits, time & attendance, finance, reporting, and system integrations
- Analyze payroll data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvements, efficiency gains, and cost savings
- Support change management efforts to ensure adoption, consistency, and long-term sustainability of payroll process and system improvements
- Lead, mentor, and develop payroll team members by setting clear goals, driving accountability, and fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- 7 years of progressive payroll experience with enterprise-wide Tier 1 HCM platforms, including hands-on configuration and optimization required
- Experience leading payroll process improvements in complex, multi-state environments required
- Experience supporting payroll in complex employment states such as California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington required
- Holistic approach to policy changes anticipating downstream and long-term impacts of system and policy changes required
- Experience supporting multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction, or high-volume payroll environments required
- Payroll compliance, internal controls, and audit considerations experience preferred
- Prior experience supporting short-term optimization or transformation initiatives within payroll preferred
- Cross functional partnership experience with Finance, Internal Audit, Benefit teams, etc. preferred
- Bachelor Degree in Business, Finance, or similar preferred
Base pay range is $126,647 to $166,224 plus bonus structure (dependent on role). Pay offered will depend on candidate’s geographic location, prior relevant experience, knowledge, skills, & abilities.
At Swire Coca-Cola, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time associates. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short-Term Disability Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Telehealth, Virtual Mental Health Counseling, 401(k) with Company Match, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Paid Holidays, Maternity Disability Paid Leave, Parental Paid Leave, and Tuition Reimbursement.
Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Swire Coca-Cola does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Salary : $127 - $166