Product Owner, Payroll Systems

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Find your path and kickstart your career at NBCUniversal! Be part of the premiere rotational program that gives early career talent a well-rounded experience along with unmatched exposure to the media industry. The NBCUniversal Page Program is based out of New York, NY (the East Coast Page Program) and Universal City, CA (the West Coast Page Program). NBCUniversal Pages get the opportunity to contribute to big, new ideas and trailblaze the future of our company and industry.

Job Description

• Provide functional support for the SAP HCM system by collaborating with HR/Payroll business partners to understand user needs and system capabilities to design and implement solutions for SAP US Payroll processes.
• Collaborate with the business and IT teams to ensure business requirements are validated and system development goals are achieved.
• Perform requirements gathering and write design docs like Functional Specs / Business blueprint docs as it relates to SAP US Payroll.
• Configure SAP US Payroll: Wagetypes, Tax types, Tax models, Garnishments, Schemas and Rules and Payroll Postings.
• Set up BSI: Apply TUBS and make necessary tax updates to SAP and BSI.
• Perform SAP Payroll solution design, configuration, functional testing and work with business partners to get consensus on solution/testing.
• Maintain and configure benefits plans like 401K, Deferred Compensation, Health, and Welfare etc.
• Project management of small and medium size projects to ensure they are successfully delivered on time and on budget.
• Perform regular system maintenance tasks, such as the implementation of Support Packs, Enhancement Packs, BSI, and Payroll year-end activities.
• Troubleshoot and partner with Engineering to ensure complex interfaces to downstream systems such as Timekeeper, Towers Watson, Skill Soft, and other benefits-related interfaces, perform as expected.

Hybrid work schedule (minimum 3 days in office) Universal City, CA.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical or quantitative field (or foreign degree equivalent), plus eight (8) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.

The position requires each of the following skills:

1. Experience with at least two (2) SAP US Payroll end to end implementations
2. Experience with at least five (5) HR Service Pack implementations

The position requires each of the following skills, which must have been gained through eight (8) years of experience:

1. Experience with SAP ECC 6.0 US Payroll modules;
2. Experience with SAP US Payroll Production Support;
3. Experience with SAP configuration of wage types like earnings, pre/post tax deductions, imputed income and gross ups;
4. Experience with SAP HR /Payroll Execution Process, Time Infotypes, Benefits Infotypes, and Finance tables integration with SAP Payroll;
5. SAP Payroll experience in Media and Entertainment industry with detailed knowledge of Media Industry Unions, Talent and Residuals and Pension Health and Welfare;
6. Experience with SAP Payroll Schema and Rules;
7. Experience designing/writing Functional specs for Complex Reports, Interfaces, conversions, SAP HCM enhancements (BADI/BAPI’s) and Forms;
8. Experience with Payroll/Time Functions + Features;
9. Experience with SAP Payroll setup for 401K Plans, Deferred Compensation plans and FSA Plans;
10. Experience with the design/setup of SAP Payroll to BW extractors to merge HR/Payroll and Finance Posting Data;
11. Experience with US Federal and State Taxes and Tax type and Tax Model setup in SAP and BSI Tax Factory Setup.

The position requires each of the following skills, which must have been gained through five (5) years of experience:

1. Experience with SAP to ADP Tax and Garnishment integrations, Service Now, Data Synch Manager, Variance Monitor and Redwood;
2. Experience with Time Management modules experience in Core HR and Talent Management.
3. This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $150,000 - $180,000 per year

Full-time: 40 hours/week

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected] .