The Payroll Supervisor will be responsible for the ongoing administration of the company’s payroll processes including processing payroll actions on time and per schedule established with our external payroll partners and adhering to all necessary SOX controls. The Senior Payroll Specialist will also serve as an escalation point and provide timely resolution to employee inquiries.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Process US payroll in coordination with third party payroll vendors

• Responsible for year-end tax preparation for the US in coordination with third party payroll provider

• Develop and implement periodic review of tax setup including ensuring employees have correct state and local taxes being withheld

• Create documentation that enables employees to understand tax implications (i.e. when living and working in separate states)

• Identify opportunities to improve processes and data quality

• Respond to and resolve employee inquiries in coordination with the Help Desk with high quality customer service and in a timely manner

• Promote manager and employee self-service 

• Understand and translate business process changes into payroll impact analysis

• Participate in testing efforts for system updates and make recommendations to improve system and process efficiency

• Maintain adequate documentation for payroll processing and system changes

• Support other corporate functions such as IT, accounting and legal to ensure GAAP and SOX compliance

• Support other corporate functions such as accounting & finance and benefits in reconciling payroll data to outgoing disbursements

• Work with internal IT partners and external integration partners and vendors to resolve system related issues

• Resolve escalated system issues with high quality customer service

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Basic Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing payroll systems and procedures

• Minimum 5 years’ experience processing multi-state payrolls

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Payroll accounting experience desired

• Advanced knowledge of financial concepts; propensity and comfort working with large data sets typically within Microsoft Excel

• Strong skills in reporting and analytics, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects at once

• Verbal, written and interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

• Demonstrated business/process ownership