Responsibilities:
• Coordinate with the U.S. Payroll team and ADP to perform quarterly reconciliations, filings, amendments, and tax notices
• Review payroll adjustment requests to ensure proper authorization and compliance with payroll policies, federal, state, and local regulations. Advises team and management of appropriate corrective action when an error occurs.
• Prepare and/or monitor payroll tax activities and coordinate with Finance to reconcile identified discrepancies including processing/advising on appropriate accounting transactions to balance accounts
• Assist in performing daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing including quarterly and year-end tax activities
• Analyze existing policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations. Recommends and implements modifications of existing payroll processes to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Research and monitor regulatory and legislative changes to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations
• Respond to payroll inquiries to explain pay calculations, adjustments, and impact of policies, tax regulations, and related changes
• Coordinate with vendors and/or review payroll systems/applications to ensure changes submitted are correctly reflected on the payroll. May be responsible for system/application testing (e.g. WD new releases), as necessary
• Represent and lead payroll in meetings with internal teams and external vendors (e.g., responsible for direct interaction with committees, management, and internal/external auditors).
• Acquire knowledge of team members’ payroll activities to provide back up support
• Manage payroll projects/process improvement initiatives
• Conduct secondary quality reviews of payroll transactions and cross train team members
Skills/Qualifications:
• 7-10 years of payroll experience required, with a sound payroll tax background
• Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations
• Must be familiar with all aspects of payroll processing including payroll production, quarterly reconciliations, garnishments, year-end processing, tax filings, etc.
• Solid understanding of employment taxes and GL helpful
• Attention to detail, ability to work independently and collaboratively, strong organizational skills, and deadline driven
• Workday payroll technical/systems knowledge
• Proficient with MS office (i.e., Excel)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Able to multi-task in a high paced environment
• Knowledge of other cross functional areas (i.e., HR, Finance, etc.)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field