Payroll Associate

1. About Our Client:

The organization operates in the retail industry, focusing on personalized shopping by integrating human creativity with advanced data science and Generative AI. It addresses challenges in retail personalization and scale by leveraging technology to enhance the shopping experience for its customers.

2. About the Opportunity:

The Payroll Associate is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely biweekly payroll processing for over 4,000 employees in a complex, multi-state environment. This role plays a critical part in maintaining payroll accuracy, compliance, and controls, and serves as a resource for payroll-related issues while collaborating with HR, Benefits, and Finance teams.

3. Responsibilities:

• Manage significant portions of the biweekly payroll cycle including audits, time validation, exception management, payroll validations, employee changes, and payroll close activities.

• Independently resolve complex payroll issues such as retroactive adjustments, multi-state taxation, timekeeping exceptions, and benefit deduction discrepancies.

• Perform detailed payroll reconciliations, variance analyses, and support general ledger tie-outs.

• Collaborate with HR, Benefits, Finance, and other stakeholders to identify root causes of payroll issues and implement process improvements.

• Maintain standard operating procedures, mentor junior payroll team members, and utilize payroll technology, Excel, and AI tools to improve efficiency and accuracy.

4. Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience in a high-volume, multi-state environment.

• Strong knowledge of gross-to-net payroll concepts, timekeeping impacts, and multi-state compliance.

• Proficient in Excel including pivot tables, lookup functions, and data validation.

• Experience with payroll and HRIS systems; familiarity with ADP Vantage, Workforce, and Workday preferred.

• Analytical, detail-oriented with ability to resolve complex payroll cases independently.

• Effective communicator with commitment to confidentiality, accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Comfortable adopting new technologies and AI-enabled tools while maintaining controls.

5. Pay Range and Compensation Package:

• Salary range for US-based employees is $25.96 to $43.27 USD per hour, adjusted based on background, experience, location, and performance.

• Eligible for medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

6. Benefits & Perks:

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.

Note:

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