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Job type full-time
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Assistant manager - senior payroll specialist
Virtual req #439
Tuesday, march 2, 2021
Payroll specialist jersey city, nj
Overview:
The incumbent(s) have the full responsibility and ownership of assigned business units to administer payroll independently for approximately 700 employeesIncumbent is expected to have the overall knowledge of law related to processing payroll including understanding of wage and hour, flsa and administering the federal, state and local tax withholdingProvides “full service” in-house payroll (from withholding to gross ups) support to assigned business units, using analytical skills to research and solve issuesMust have the ability to work with minimum supervision and manage multiple tasks at once.
The candidate would be working from home due to covid-19, to start withAt some point it will be transitioned back from office, located in jersey city, nj.
Responsibilities:
Perform daily payroll department operations for the usa and canada.
Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed timely and accurately
Identify and improve payroll processes from sox and internal control perspectives
Review and reconcile payroll transmission to general ledger
Prepare, reconcile, and review payroll account balances
Understand proper taxation of employee and employer benefits and deductions
Review and process incentive payments
Communicate with hr to obtain the necessary information to process payroll
Respond to employees and internal teams when there are payroll inquiries
Manage ad hoc projects related to payroll and hr
Qualifications
7+ years of managing/processing multi-state payroll
2+ years of experience in canada and/or colombia payrolls
Experience with a company with 2000+ employees
Strong knowledge of federal and state payroll withholdings
Close attention to detail
Ability to meet tight deadlines, and prioritize competing workloads
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to respond to payroll inquiries with professionalism, kindness, and empathy.
Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proficient in ms office especially ms excel
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a business related concentration
Proven team player
Prior sox compliance experience would be preferred
Prior experience with ceridian dayforce would be a great plus.
Fluent in spanish a big plus
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