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Role Description

GE Aerospace’s US Pay & Time Center of Excellence (COE) delivers accurate, timely payroll and time & attendance services for exempt and non-exempt employees, with a strong focus on complex, high-volume manufacturing environments. The US Senior Pay & Time Manager leads a team of payroll and time & attendance specialists supporting employees across multiple US manufacturing sites, operational locations, and business units.

• Ensure pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations, company policies, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Lead day-to-day time & attendance operations for multi-shift, hourly manufacturing and operations teams.
• Lead a high-performing team of payroll and time & attendance specialists; build technical proficiency in Workday Payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Partner with site and plant leaders, vendors, HR Partners, Total Rewards, Union Relations/Employee Relations, and People Ops teams.
• Manage the partnership with Digital Technology and time & attendance application implementation and support.
• Drive process improvements and strategic initiatives that simplify and standardize timekeeping and payroll processes.
• Resolve complex escalations, explaining payroll and timekeeping concepts clearly to executives, HR, and production employees.
• Implement and sustain standard work for pay & time processes and procedures.
• Build strong cross-functional and executive relationships; align objectives and resources across functions.
• Analyze payroll and time & attendance data; lead root cause analysis; translate insights into action plans.
• Manage over/underpayment processes and partner with HR and Union Relations/Employee Relations.
• Identify pain points in manufacturing and operations timekeeping processes and design sustainable solutions.
• Provide payroll and time & attendance expertise during M&A and other large-scale organizational changes.
• Translate strategies into action plans and align team priorities with business needs.
• Serve as a peer mentor to other team leaders in the NAM organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in HR and/or Payroll/Time & Attendance; or a high school diploma/GED with at least 9 years of experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in Workday Payroll and time & attendance systems.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll regulations.
• Willing to travel as needed, up to 15%.

Requirements

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC), Workday, or time system certification.
• Strong problem-solving skills to address complex payroll and timekeeping challenges.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to deep dive into time & attendance practices at manufacturing and operations sites.
• Demonstrated ability to role model continuous improvement behaviors.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Experience managing internal and external audits.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple urgent deliverables.
• Experience managing people virtually or across a geographically dispersed team.

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position is $117,000 - 160,000.
• Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/commission.
• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to a Health Coach and the Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan and a 401(k) savings plan.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off.

Company Description

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer.