Skills Required
- Organizational and leadership skills
- Minimum experience 4 to 5 years
- Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed and think and act independently while also being team oriented
- Good follow-up skills; the ability to understand; adaptability to process changes; and a strong sense of importance and ownership
Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform tasks to establish and maintain employee payroll records
- Input, review, and audit timekeeping and other payroll related records
- Enter new hires into the payroll system
- Post changes in pay, tax status, and other miscellaneous categories
- Compute wage, overtime, and other types of pay
- Calculate and record payroll deductions (voluntary and involuntary)
- Process advance, termination and other out-of-cycle payments
- Reconcile earnings and deduction totals
- Review output registers and reports and correct out-of-balance conditions
- Compile payroll data for management, auditors, and others
- Assure that all employees receive timely responses to inquiries, questions, etc.
- Independently coordinate and communicate with all internal groups, hiring managers, and external parties
- Manage smooth onboarding and Audit process as per defined guidelines
- Develop systems to process payroll account transactions (e.g. salaries, benefits, rewards, deductions, taxes and third party payments)
- Coordinate timekeeping and payroll systems
- Processing of payroll changes (e.g. new hires, terminations, raises) and system upgrades
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and internal policies
- Liaise with auditors and manage payroll tax audits
- Collaborate with Human Resources (HR) and accounting teams
- Maintain accurate records and prepare reports
- Resolve issues and answer payroll-related questions
Education & Training
- Any Commerce Graduate
Knowledge & Experience
- Proven experience as a Payroll or similar role
- Current knowledge of payroll procedures and related laws
- Excellent understanding of multi-location payroll and taxes
- Familiarity with payroll software/ HRIS and MS Office (especially Excel)
