Sr. Supervisor - Payroll

Johnson & Johnson•Bogota, NJ

32d

About The Position

This role will be part of the Global Services Finance team in the Enterprise & Employees Financial Services process area. The Global Services Finance organization provides best-in-class, cost-effective financial services, and compliance-in a J&J way-to our Operating Companies around the world. Position Summary The position will be part of the Bogotá Capability Center organization. The Supervisor (or Payroll Lead) role should have strong HR or Finance operation experience focused on timeliness, accuracy, and compliance of Payroll and/or Time Management operations. The Sr. Supervisor - Integrations leads the payroll data integration and interface management efforts. You'll ensure accurate, timely migration of payroll data from source systems (primarily Workday) into the payroll processing system, oversee interface reconciliation, and drive SOX/MDA compliance for data interfaces. You will partner across functions to resolve data issues, manage incidents and changes, and lead continuous improvement initiatives and system upgrades to support accurate payroll for the Americas region. You will also facilitate and have tactical responsibilities in the areas of Incident and Change management, Continuous Improvement initiatives, digital capabilities project deliverables and system upgrades. You will follow J&J Global Services tools, procedures, and guidelines in discharge of your day-to-day duties. Strong collaboration, adaptability and time-management are critical for this role.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.
A minimum of 6 years of prior experience in Payroll or HR is required. (Americas Region)
A minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role is required.
Strong Knowledge of payroll US processing (processes, regulations, vendor landscape, etc.).
Advanced English language verbal and written communication skills is required.
Workday (preferred), SAP, middleware/integration tools, SQL/advanced Excel, data quality tools.
Payroll certification is preferred (e.g. CPP, FPC)
Research and problem-solving skills required.
Ability to think strategically, make recommendations to leadership, and in some cases, serve as the decision-maker for payroll administration topics
Cultural awareness and an ability to work with a multitude of people across multiple markets assigned.
Prior experience with payroll processes as well as month end, quarter end or year-end payroll returns or remittances, procedures, controls, regulations, and compliance is required.
Knowledge and/or experience with the Leading Third-Party Payroll Providers (ADP, NGA, SDWorx, etc.
Prior experience in a multi-national company, and/or experience in Finance/HR Shared Services preferred.
Knowledge and/or experience with Knowledge Management artifacts such as Desktop Procedures (DTPs) and proficiency with Compliance requirements (SOX and Business Controls) is required.

Responsibilities

Ensure payroll-related data from Company internal applications interfaces into the payroll system before payroll deadline.
Manage process of accounting, payments, Time & Attendance, Long Term incentives, as part of Payroll.
Perform stakeholder management, promote and sustain strong partnerships. Interact with the different areas of business to identify needs and turn into solutions. Being a key partner and advisor.
Leading process reviews, continuously looking - and turning into actions - improvements opportunities to leverage overall efficiency, effectiveness and employee experience.
Serve as a Payroll lead for the different phases of the project like testing, data management, process documentation etc.
Provide expertise on payroll calculation process with third-party payroll provider.
Manage cross-areas and cross-countries payroll to have an effective operational model in compliance with company policies as well as statutory and legal requirements.
Ability to perform reporting and remittances such as month end, quarter end and year end payroll returns.
Ability to perform reporting and reconciliation.
Executes, in accordance with globally established standards, processes for SOX compliance, internal controls, and required regulatory/statutory requirements (including payroll record data maintenance).
Maintains a high degree of confidentiality, data protection assurance, conformity with J&J policies, procedures, external regulations, and agencies.
Review payroll process and administration documentation.
Identifies and raises continuous improvement and automation opportunities.
Supports cross-functional projects with payroll dependency.
Serve as the owner for audits (both internal and external).
Coach and mentor payroll staff level resources in the cluster.
Supports and resolves payroll related inquiries.
Own end-to-end payroll data integration processes and ensure timely delivery of accurate data from source systems into the payroll system before payroll deadlines.
Manage design, testing, and reconciliation of payroll interfaces; coordinate with IT, vendors, and business partners to resolve data issues.
Lead incident and change management for data interfaces; drive remediation, documentation, and communication of actions taken.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support digital capability projects and system upgrades impacting data integration.
Validate data mappings, master data quality, and perform pre-payroll data validations; sign off on data readiness.
Ensure SOX compliance and related controls for data interfaces; support audits with evidence and control documentation (including MDA where applicable).
Collaborate with cross-country teams to ensure regulatory and policy alignment across markets.
Provide regular reporting on data integrity metrics and interface performance to leadership.
Coach and develop team members; balance workload and resources; participate in recruitment as needed.
Support cross-functional data migration projects and other payroll-related initiatives.