Sr. Specialist | Payroll Accounting | Record to Report  

Responsibilities

• Maintains payroll related balance sheet accounts on general ledger
• Analyze payroll reports provided by third party payroll provider to ensure that all transactions are reflected correctly on the company’s general ledger; approximately 5,500 U.S. employees
• Coordinate with third party payroll tax company to validate payroll tax filings and payments for the current month
• Review payroll balance sheet accounts for any unusual activity and contact appropriate party for more details
• Verify, allocate, and post all expatriate related expenses; including but not limited to housing expense, travel expense, and international tax accruals; approximately 50+ expatriates and $750k monthly expense
• Interact with various business units regarding budget vs. actual for expatriates.
• Refer to third party tax consultants regarding expatriate tax accruals and estimates for duration of their assignment
• Work on the benefits, fringe, deferred cash and non-cash awards calculations, accruals and recording and reporting
• Work with external auditors for any ad hoc requests
• Works on monthly closing duties supporting the Business Units and Global controllers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact and collaborate with internal (employees) and external customers (vendors) at all levels including third parties to achieve results.
• Strong ability to analyze and resolve issues timely and efficiently while ensuring SOX compliance is imperative.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people globally supporting not only internal employees but also our external customers globally to resolve issues.
• High degree of accuracy and management of workload; understanding of contributions to the overall end-to-end process; ability to meet deadlines is critical.
• Must be able to work independently, be accountable for processes/tasks performed, and understand when an issue should be escalated to management.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Motivated to achieve objectives; may be required to take a leading position for projects and initiatives.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of payroll and benefits accounting and reconciliation experience required
• College level accounting degree preferred/CPA preferred
• Experience with Oracle cloud and system maintenance preferred.
• Willingness to learn our new systems and legacy systems at a fast pace.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required; the ability to interact and collaborate with internal and external customers at all levels of management and staff globally.
• Skills in dealing with offshore partners and communication.
• High degree of accuracy and management of heavy workload; understanding of contributions to the overall end to end process; possess a global perspective of how functions impact the company as a whole.
• Knowledge of all Microsoft Office Products specifically Outlook, Excel, Access, and Word.
• Must be assertive to follow up on resolving issues; ability to multi-task in a fast paced and ever-changing environment.
• Must be able to work independently, be accountable for processes/tasks performed, and understand when an issue should be elevated to management.
• Flexible to work during the US working hours & Close schedule and render overtime when there is a strong business need