Sr Payroll Specialist

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. We are a community of 50 million who think-and feel-differently about investing. Together, we're changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping investors achieve their goals has been our main reason for existence. At Client, we're built differently. Our client is investor-owned, meaning that we're owned by our funds, which are owned by our fund shareholder clients. Therefore, your success adds to ours, so you're surrounded by people who care about the same things. With no other parties to answer to, we make decisions-including keeping investing costs as low as possible-with your needs in mind. Because of our unique structure, your goals align with our goals.

Position: Sr Payroll Specialist

Location: Malvern, PA, 19355

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Hybrid (Tue Thur Office)

Job Description:

• To manage data compilation, analysis, auditing, and report creation required to execute bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly pay to all the members and administer the multi-state travel program as well as the global expatriate payroll, while maintaining compliance with applicable country specific and the client, State and Local payroll compliance regulations.

• Act as a consultant to Total Rewards CoE Teams globally and Tier 1 Total Rewards & Employee Data Management Transaction Center on the execution of global payroll implementation, administration and reporting.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages and supports the compilation of all relevant data provided through various sources, using Excel spreadsheets, Enterprise Interface Builder tools, Access databases, Third Party vendor tools and best practices while executing key controls for accurate loading of data to the payroll system. Interprets pay data results for accuracy, identifying, troubleshooting, and maintaining data to produce complete, accurate pay results, or providing recommendations for correction.

• Reconciles with external partners and makes appropriate updates.

• Manages and administers all base-pay and non-base pay components including sales bonus, partnership, corporate giving campaigns, and corporate recognition, while maintaining compliance with applicable country specific and payroll compliance regulations. Works with peers at third party vendors to ensure timely and accurate payments to crew.

• Maintains and shares comprehensive knowledge of the payroll system, system functionality, and calculation regulations in order to ensure appropriate application to crew payments.

• Provides consultative, ongoing support, guidance, and direction to management and peers, guiding toward self-provisioning as appropriate. Documents procedural deliverables, including process workflows, key controls, execution instructions, timing of deliverable, and key stakeholders for all assigned functions.

• Research, analyze and resolve complex payroll and compensation-related issues, inquiries or discrepancies escalated by the Contact Center and other business partners. Provides advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution after identifying issues/trends in reports or source systems and recommends enhancements to work-flows that will improve operational efficiency.

• Integrates new or existing technologies into work-flows, analyzes impact, prepares environment for change, communicates changes to all team members, and updates or creates new procedures or work-flows.

• Manages relationships with regional HR CoEs, Finance payroll vendors, funding banks and various tax jurisdiction offices, to ensure that crew payments are appropriately assigned.

• Provides consultative support to regional Support Center processors offering advice on handling complex transactions related to payroll and benefits.

• Performs testing for new requirements or enhancements of payroll systems; monitors and ensures data quality by using existing business knowledge to create test cases and reports that ensure data accuracy and completeness. Ensures change management to business partners and crew.

• Liaises with members of HR Payroll, Compensation Center of Expertise, Compliance, and external business partners and consultants to research problems thoroughly and identify root cause; provides or recommends action to be taken. Develops, produces and reviews processes to ensure that problems do not recur.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in a business related field of concentration or equivalent combination of training and experience. Advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., MBA, FPC, CPP) is a plus.

• Minimum of three years directly related finance or payroll experience. Previous payroll administration experience is preferred.

• Knowledge of all applicable government rules and regulations, i.e., FLSA preferred.

• Knowledge of payroll policies and programs.

• Basic knowledge of payroll program compliance and reporting requirements.

• Sensitivity in working with confidential information.

• Proven teamwork capabilities.

• Excellent project management skills, including planning and organizational skills.

• Attentive to details and deadlines; ability to manage multiple initiatives.

• Ability to effectively work independently and identify when to engage others.

• Experience with multi-state and global payroll processing preferred.

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• Payroll, Payroll, international experience plus,

• Preferred Workday, ADP, excel, PowerBI, CoPilot

• Bonus is client relationship management, white glove treatment

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.