Payroll Analyst 3

Lam Research•Tualatin, OR

About The Position

The Global Finance Group drives financial strategies based on expert understanding of Lam's breakthrough technologies, the semiconductor market, and the global business environment. They manage our company's financials and relationships with our investor community to ensure we have the strong financial foundation to fuel innovation and growth. We are actively seeking candidates for a full-time exempt position. As a critical team member, the successful candidate will be part of the centralized Payroll Team providing strategic and analytical guidance to the general US employee, manager population and internal Payroll clients. In addition, this position will provide expertise on payroll regulations, including US Federal, State wage/hour regulations (FLSA) and best practices. The ideal candidate is committed to providing an excellent service delivery model, has a strong record of excellence in providing high quality customer advice, has well-honed independent judgment and critical thinking skills, and is self-motivated with values of ownership and accountability. The candidate can communicate with all levels in the organization, from line employees to CEO staff members, and has experience working in fast-moving environments where priorities can shift with little notice.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of Payroll experience with emphasis on payroll certification (CPP, FPC) preferred
Experience in processing for large population, 4000+ employees.
Strong knowledge of ADP Workforce Now is required, including ADP Reporting for custom report builds.
Strong knowledge of payroll Federal, State, and local taxation laws and calculations.
Experience and knowledge of employee stock programs, ESPP, RSU, NQs, and Stock Options.
Comfortable working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Strong comprehension, written and verbal communication skills.
Data analysis and Excel skills.
Project Management skills and ability to multitask.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, decision-making, and critical thinking skills required.
Ability to build, lead, mentor, and coach peers.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the full Payroll Life Cycle, including change requests from various cross-functional teams.
Facilitating timely payments to over 7500 regular Lam employees and ensuring payment processes are compliant with laws.
Process Offboarding (Termination) of regular Lam employees and managers, including supporting the numerous variables that arise in complex individual termination transactions.
Manage the Payroll helpdesk function, including the helpdesk case management system.
Compile Payroll metrics for use at the senior manager and executive level.
Drive business process improvements by identifying gaps/inefficiencies and providing required expertise to create processes and resources to address these areas.
Administers payroll programs and practices in a US-service payroll model.
Function as an escalation point for the payroll support team and provide next-level guidance/status to managers, administrators, employees on general payroll inquiries, manager queries, Employee Payroll Cycle Transactions, Data Processing, and/or Verification of Employment Letters.
Develop and present Payroll training sessions for internal team members and employees.
Creation and maintenance of processing SOPs.