Sr Corporate Workday Payroll Manager

Skills
Form W-2Payroll AdministrationPayroll SoftwareWorkdayWorkday Payroll
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 4-year degree in Business Administration or related field or equivalent experience
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred
  • Thorough knowledge of payroll policies, practices, and systems
  • 3 years progressive experience in processing executive payroll and Ex-Pats required
  • 9+ years of payroll experience in heavy and fast paced environment required with 2+ years of managerial experience
  • Shared Service Center experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of Workday Payroll is required
  • Expert communication skills to navigate and coach on complex, time-sensitive, and highly confidential payroll issues
  • Ability to resolve problems independently while adhering to standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulations, or law
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize work with competing demands while focusing on accuracy and attention to detail

Day to day

  • Report to the Senior Director of Payroll Operations and act as a subject matter expert on executive payroll and Ex-Pats
  • Collaborate with Executive Compensation, Benefits, and Human Resources on processing all executive compensation payments ensuring proper withholding of various taxes and production of W2s
  • Compile summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, and nontaxable wages and maintain accurate payroll information by designing systems to collect, calculate and enter complex data into Workday Payroll Software
  • Act as payroll project lead on annual MIP bonus processing and restricted stock vesting ensuring timely and accurate processing
  • Communicate with business partners to enforce established deadlines for payroll processing and expedite resolution of required changes or discrepancies to guarantee timely payroll
  • Support an employee-oriented organizational culture emphasizing quality, continuous improvement, collaboration, and high performance
  • Analyze and review current payroll procedures and recommend and implement policies for efficiency
  • Manage confidential payroll information in accordance with policy to protect operations and employee confidence
  • Provide coaching on payroll issues to internal colleagues and employees while remaining accessible and visible