Payroll Administrator (PRP26408)

TMEIC Corporation Americas•Brookshire, TX

88d

About The Position

Administer payrolls in a multi-currency, multi-entity environment. This role involves ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of gross and individual payrolls, managing employee benefit information, coordinating with external payroll providers, auditing payroll data, preparing variance analysis reports, and reconciling balance sheet accounts. The Payroll Administrator will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with IRS and state regulations, researching tax and reporting issues, processing payroll for foreign legal entities, providing data for audits and tax filings, documenting payroll processes, identifying internal controls, and maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Additionally, the role includes testing and implementing 3rd party payroll changes.

Requirements

High school diploma
4 years’ experience in a multi-currency payroll environment
Demonstrated understanding of general ledger and impact of journal entries
Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
Proficiency in MS Office programs
Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 5%, sometimes with limited notice

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree in accounting or finance
Demonstrated proficiency in Oracle
Advanced Excel skills
Experience with Payroll Service providers such as ADP

Responsibilities

Ensure gross and individual payrolls are accurate and timely, in coordination with US and foreign external payroll providers.
Ensure accurate employee benefit information is recorded and updated as necessary in payroll.
Ensure the accuracy of information submitted to, and received from, service providers.
Audit overtime and special pay as scheduled.
Prepare variance analysis reports prior to finalization of each payroll.
Manually record foreign payrolls to general ledger as necessary.
Ensure IRS and state regulations are applied correctly to the payroll in coordination with the external payroll provider.
Research and resolve federal and multi-state tax and reporting issues for payroll and benefits.
Prepare and process payroll for all foreign legal entities where necessary.
Reconcile key balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
Provide requested data for year-end external audits and tax filings.
Document payroll related processes through flow charts and other approved methods and update them periodically with changes.
Identify and recommend internal controls in payroll related areas.
Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive payroll information.
Test and implement 3rd party payroll changes and update work instructions accordingly.
Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager.
Give manager best advice.
Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified.
Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager.
Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment.
Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws.
Recommend viable improvements proactively.
Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes.