Senior Manager, People & Culture (Payroll, Benefits & HRIS)

Who We Are

Ennismore is one of the fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality companies in the world. We're bold, creative, and driven by a passion for doing things differently. We're not about suits and clones — we're about real people, brave ideas, and building something genuinely exciting together.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Manager of People & Culture to focus on optimizing our developing payroll, benefits, and people systems pilar.  This is an opportunity to join a high-performing, high-respected Americas People & Culture team and make a positive impact. This role is a critical and highly visible role within the P&C department.  This role is execution focused, best-practice driven position for someone who loves to get things right, running clean and compliant payroll operations, and continually finding smarter ways to deliver strong benefits and people systems to a growing, multi-property organization. 

You'll be the go-to expert on payroll, benefits, and HR technology.  You will help build our compensation and rewards program for a growing organization.  If you are someone who takes pride in zero payroll errors, knows benefits administration inside and out, and geeks out over HRIS optimization - this role is for you.

What you'll do...

• Own end-to-end payroll processing across all entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and full compliance at every pay cycle.
• Serve as the primary administrator of our HRIS platform and suite of people systems, maintaining data integrity, eliminating duplicates, and driving system efficiency.
• Manage benefits administration, including open enrollment, vendor coordination, and team member support throughout the year.
• Research, identify, and implement payroll and benefits best practices to continuously improve how we operate and how we attract, retain, support and reward our team.
• Looks for ways to bring something new and exciting to our benefits & rewards offer, ensuring we both take the best care of our team and attract the best talent in town.
• Ensure all payroll and benefits activities comply with federal, state, and local employment regulations.
• Prepare and maintain clean, audit-ready payroll, benefits, and people related records at all times.
• Generate people data reports and dashboards to support the VP of People & Culture and business leaders, data is power to our business.
• Lead and develop a team of payroll professionals who already set the bar high.
• Support people systems integration during M&A activity, planning is key (and so is back-up planning!).
• Be the go-to subject matter expert for all things payroll, benefits, and HRIS within the People & Culture team.
• Supporting the success of our teams and business by training and educating our managers at site level on the aspects of scheduling, payroll and labor management.
• Design, manage, and continuously improve payroll, benefits and rewards programs across our US portfolio.
• Lead and optimize our People Systems, ensuring data integrity, reporting capability, and a seamless team member experience.

What we're looking for...

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, with a strong focus on payroll, benefits, and/or HR systems
• Deep knowledge of US compensation, benefits legislation, and employment regulations
• Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms and tools, specific experience in ADP Workforce, SAP SuccessFactors, and Pigment are a bonus.
• You execute. You get things done.
• You can follow directions, juggle priorities, manage projects independently, and make smart judgment calls along the way.
• You are scarily organized.
• You maintain confidentiality.
• Nothing gets by you, you have a hold on all things detail and data.
• You are an excellent relationship builder (team members and vendors alike), confident in working with other teams and leaders; you’re passionate about what we can achieve together.
• You’re all about having a positive impact on the people you interact with, leaving them with a memorable experience.

What’s in it for you…

• The opportunity to embark on an exciting career in a company that is growing, thinking and progressing every day.
• Ennismore’s values and entrepreneurial spirit.
• The opportunity to be yourself and collaborate with other bright minds in a relaxed, innovative culture.
• Excellent discounts across the entire Ennismore and Accor family of brands
• Unlimited PTO and lots of benefits on offer – a $1 for $1 match on 401k, Lifestyle spending account, and more.
• Learning opportunities to broaden your skillset and lots of opportunities to progress.
• The opportunity to be yourself and collaborate with other bright minds in an open, innovative culture.
• The opportunity to challenge the norm and work in a rewarding environment, building global brands.
• Regular team get togethers – we know how to have a good time!
• A hybrid approach to work - time together in our Home Base in Brooklyn (think time to collaborate, share ideas, meet in real life, monthly team lunch & business updates) balanced with time in your own digs (time to think, stay in touch remotely, your own workspace), we like to make the best of both worlds.

Ennismore is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.

Base salary: $100,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

About Ennismore

Our purpose is to Inspire Discovery.  Ennismore is a global collective of entrepreneurial and founder-built brands with creativity & purpose at their heart. We are the largest & fastest-growing lifestyle & leisure hospitality company.

What we do

• We curate and manage unique properties and experiences in some of the most exciting destinations worldwide.

We create brands with meaning.

• Creating a brand with meaning gives us our core purpose and helps us break through the noise. We want to build long-lasting connections with our guests, creating brands and experiences that deeply resonate, through award-winning interior design and brand communications.

We make things happen

• We are agile and entrepreneurial, allowing us to adapt quickly to changes in the market, making things happen and staying ahead of the curve.

We innovate, deliver scale and growth

• We don't sit still; we are always evolving with new product innovations and destinations. Innovation and growth don't always go hand in hand. We want to make sure we're at that perfect intersection by staying close to consumers and ensuring we remain relevant with the help and feedback from our teams.

We care about the impact we leave

• We are about our team members, we care about the neighbourhoods we're in, and we care about the environment. We have initiatives in place that give back to our communities and reduce our environmental impact, but more are being put in place to help us achieve our goals.