Payroll & Benefits Coordinator

LIV Golf•New York, NY

About The Position

Now in its fourth season, the LIV Golf League features 13 teams competing for both an Individual and Team title at premier golf courses across the world. As the first truly global golf League, LIV Golf is constantly innovating to set a new standard in sport and redefine the fan experience through the lens of music, culture, and entertainment, while growing the game of golf for a new era of players and fans around the world. Headquartered in New York and London, the League holds events in cities across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Africa, with broadcasts reaching nearly 900 million households in more than 200 international markets and territories. LIV Golf was designed to expand the sport on a global level, bring new audiences to the game, create new value within the golfing ecosystem, and enhance the game’s societal impact far beyond the course through the League’s Impact & Sustainability efforts. In 2022, LIV Golf launched The International Series, which features 10 elevated events in world-class destinations. Sanctioned by the Asian Tour, these events offer a pathway for leading professional and amateur golfers from around the world into the LIV Golf League and the Majors. HISTORY Founded in 2021 and officially launched in 2022 with the eight-event LIV Golf Invitational Series, 2025 was our third 14-event season as the LIV Golf League. The format respects golf’s history and traditions with updates for modern-day sports fans; four days, 72 holes, no cut, shotgun start, and simultaneous Team and Individual competitions, offering a faster tournament that drives engaging storylines and offers an immersive fan experience. The League’s award-winning events, each wholly owned and operated by LIV Golf and broadcast to over 900 million homes across 200 international territories, showcase world-class competition happening at LIV Golf’s 14 global events. Music entertainment, food, live concerts, family-friendly activations and offer a festival-like atmosphere. A two-time winner of the World’s Best Golf Event from the World Golf Awards and a Sports Business Awards Finalist for Sports Event of the Year, our signature hospitality, inclusive atmosphere, quality food and beverage offerings, post-play concerts have helped LIV Golf have helped build record-breaking attendance at events worldwide. LIV Golf continues to expand its reach by bringing the League to new and returning markets featuring some of the most iconic venues in the world. It has also introduced free agency to professional golf, integrating end-of-season player promotion and relegation, team trades and off-season roster movement that drive year-round fan engagement, embraced by many of the world’s most popular sports. Away from the entertainment on the course, LIV Golf is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of the communities it visits through its ground-breaking social impact and sustainability strategy. Named a 2024 Most Impactful award winner by Front Office Sports for utilising its platform to make a positive impact on and off the course, in local communities around the globe, the League is committed to giving back and improving the world through golf.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), ideally HiBob and Applicant Tracking Systems, ideally Ashby.
Solid understanding of labor legislation and payroll process is preferred.
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret people and payroll data to inform decisions.
Advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, data validation), experience creating reports and dashboards, and comfort working with large datasets.
Positive and easy-going attitude, demonstrate strong work ethic and integrity, and demonstrate calmness and composure in times of uncertainty.

Responsibilities

The Specialist, People Operations will play a key role in ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and insight across payroll, benefits, and HR systems, leveraging people and payroll data to support informed business decision-making.
Own accurate processing and validation of multi-country payroll data, including reconciliation, variance analysis, and post-payroll reporting in partnership with Finance.
Support with the facilitation of onboarding and off boarding tasks partnering with the wider People & Culture team.
Support with the year-end responsibilities and reporting including but not limited to 1099 and W-2 obligations.
Use data analysis and reporting trends to identify inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities across payroll, benefits, and people operations processes.
Collaborate with the finance department, to ensure correct funding is available.
This role will stay up to date with local legislations, tax & labor laws surrounding payroll and benefits to ensure compliance.
To be the first line of support for employees with queries relating to their remuneration, benefits, or system needs.
Support with the implementation and maintenance of the compensation framework & philosophy
Support the management of all aspects of benefit administration, throughout onboarding, offboarding, and life events.
Focus on supporting the development of the company’s wellness program.
Own the data held within our HR systems, ensuring high standards of data quality, consistency, governance, and audit readiness across employee lifecycle data.
Provide recommendations on how to improve all system processes and workflows that will ultimately enhance the user experience.
Build, maintain, and enhance recurring and ad-hoc HRIS reports and dashboards, delivering actionable insights across headcount, payroll costs, benefits utilization, and workforce trends for weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting.
Support the Senior Manager, People Operations with the management of vendor relationships including payroll providers, benefit brokers, and employer of record.