Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Supports the Regional Payroll Service transition planning and ensures quality delivery of multiple payroll processes, time & attendance, and related services for various countries in the region.   

• Manages the organizational effort for the Aerospace business during the transition, define immediate and future support needs and operational frameworks.  Supports the transitional team during interim transitional period.   

• Manages transitional payroll queries from vendor, transition team, employees, managers and HRMs in a timely, and professional manner. Correctly administers transitional payroll processes. Manages service delivery metrics in relation to outsourced payroll. 

• Drives the management transition of documentation and communication of regional payroll programs, policies, and procedures. 

• Supports the payroll transitional planning process in conjunction with third party providers including the calculation of wages, deductions, and payment of employees’ wages 

• Ensures appropriate definition of payroll schedules, reconciliations, special processing planning and documentation of business and local requirements. 

• Monitors regional markets for regulatory and local practice changes in labor law which may affect payroll processes. 

• Manages transitional planning for regional market employee records such as tax documents and employee files for transitional purposes. 

• Oversee and review preparation of reconciliation and reports for transitional purposes 

Qualifications / Requirements:

• This role requires basic experience in the Human Resources & Payroll and Benefits Service Delivery. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).  

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise with payroll systems 

• Workday payroll experience strongly preferred 

• Experience with time and attendance systems ideally in manufacturing environments 

• Skilled in project management 

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong oral and written communication skills 

• Ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. 

• Ability to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. 

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs 

• Established project management skills 

• Detail and numerical orientated with good analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Articulate, adaptable, with excellent inter-personal and cross-cultural skills 

• Eye for detail, confidence to challenge and ask questions 

• Logical, structured and process-orientated thinking 

• Good Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; quick adaptability to systems, tools, and processes 

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