Senior Payroll Job Description
Senior payroll
provides support to Payroll Manager in set up of any new state and local codes needed for processing payroll following required documentation by party service provider.
Senior Payroll Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective senior payroll job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included senior payroll job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Verify associates' federal and state withholding tax forms
Oversee and participate in the preparation of payroll records including timecards, payroll worksheets, warrant registers and other materials in accordance with government requirements and regulations
Collaborate with management, IT, external vendors and department personnel to define, test and implement payroll system modifications, reporting, new payroll products and/or enhancements
Collaborates with key personnel and management in UITS, HR, FSO units, Budget Office, and Workforce Systems to manage payroll communications and processes and to collectively improve the payroll system
Coordinates year-end payroll processing in conjunction with the systems and human resources departments
Process exempt and non-exempt payrolls by coordinating and completing all steps in the Payroll Processing Checklist
Validate all earnings and specific deductions on payroll process results
Collaborate with Corporate Payroll on inter-divisional transfers to ensure seamless transition and accurate payments
Track SUI changes and updates new rates in payroll system
Process daily equity payroll
Senior Payroll Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Payroll
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPP, FPC, HR, ISAE3402, HRP, CPA, CCP, CP, PMP, PCP
Education for Senior Payroll
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior payroll job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Education, Human Resources, Business/Administration, Associates, Management, Technical, Administration
Skills for Senior Payroll
Desired skills for senior payroll include:
Excel
Federal
State
Any other training activities using existing documentation
Processes and country specific information up to date by attending recurring courses
Payroll
Workday
SAP
Word
Payroll best practices
Desired experience for senior payroll includes:
Strong knowledge of Work Day and PeopleSoft payroll systems
Ability to work overtime and occasional weekends and holidays
Ability to constantly and consistently work under stress and meet demanding deadlines
CPP certification and familiarity with JD Edwards a plus
Ability to compare data against written policy guidelines and identify variations or exceptions
Meticulous, organized and able to work under tight deadline and with accuracy
Senior Payroll Examples
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Senior Payroll Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior payroll. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior payroll
- Participate actively as a member of an integrated Payroll team
- Assist in semi-monthly payroll processing, year-end activities
- Respond to routine calls and/or inquires relating to payroll issues
- Act as key contact with vendor on payroll tax issues
- Review, correct and audit payroll information
- Provide technical expertise to executive management regarding payroll operations and assist in developing new policies and procedures as required
- Audit comprehensive financial and statistical reports related to payroll, retirement leaves and unemployment insurance
- Lead the end of year payroll activities and ensure all tax related rules and regulations are setup correctly within Oracle
- Prepares and manages payroll budget
- Handle garnishment processing and payments for associated payroll
Qualifications for senior payroll
- Intermediate Excel skills (short cuts, vlookups, pivot tables, filtering )
- Work in partnership with other team members to ensure policy and procedures are followed
- Ensure all assigned Reporting is timely and accurately completed
- Answer employee questions regarding their personal pay
- Calculate short-term disability pay
- IPASS qualified essential
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a senior payroll. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior payroll
- Manage all functions of the payroll operations domestic and international functions by exemplifying a compliance and service-oriented approach with all payroll department team members external partners
- Review payroll reconciliations completed by outside service provider (Genpact)
- Support the payroll reconciliation improvement process
- Assist with research and clean-up of outstanding items for complex payroll reconciliations
- Prepare global payroll journal entries and ensure monthly journal entries prepared by Genpact are posted in a timely manner
- Assist with non-payroll monthly close functions as needed
- Maintain strict confidentiality of payroll data and communicates such data only to the employee, HR Manager or executive directors
- Process special payments and withholding orders, answer employee questions, research paycheck issues, audit payroll reports, and process time and attendance information
- Monitor payroll to ensure audit procedures exist to identify risk (both departmental and SOX)
- Lead and influence regarding business partner initiatives that impact payroll
Qualifications for senior payroll
- Make accurate and timely benefit deductions and remittances for such benefits as pension plans, wage loss replacement plans, medical and dental plans
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in payroll supervisory role for multiple locations – executive and staff
- B.A/B.S degree in Accounting or equivalent and with a minimum of 4-6 years of hands-on payroll experience
- Excellent working knowledge of payroll systems such as ADP and integrated systems like SAP Business One, R&D Logic or similar
- Excellent in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel)
- Provide backup and support to Sr
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior payroll. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior payroll
- Research and resolve payroll tax issues from employees, auditors, and federal/state/local agencies
- Point of Contact for all internal and external Payroll audits related to payroll taxes and payroll GL accounts
- Ensure accuracy of monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliations, including amendments, for payroll tax returns prepared manually or by third-party payroll tax service provider
- Reconcile all related payroll GL accounts, including payroll DDA account
- Assist Payroll Manager with any special projects as needed
- Back up to other Payroll team members
- Maintain accurate tax jurisdictions and rate tables in the payroll system
- Assist in managing responsibilities of third-party payroll tax service provider and applicable tax files
- Assist in developing, implementing, and administering payroll Tax & GL policies and procedures in coordination with the organization’s overall direction
- Maintain relevant Country payroll knowledge
Qualifications for senior payroll
- Minimum of 5 years’ payroll processing experience with an in-house payroll system highly preferred
- Possess knowledge of current compensation rules and regulations such as Federal, FICA, State and Local withholdings
- Detail-minded and numerical sensitive person
- Very good computer literacy and experience with Microsoft Office software
- Intermediate level of Microsoft Excel required
- Minimum 4 years of experience with month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and payroll accounting
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of senior payroll. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior payroll
- Maintain a customer service center providing payroll tax support and SAP system expertise to Payroll Resource Team
- Participation in the implementation of new systems related to payroll area (online pay slip access, online access to payroll related reports and systems)
- Cooperation with the payroll contacts in payroll provider company
- Preparing annual financial reports for Corporate Accounting and Tax related to state tax reporting, annual audit reconciliations, international office audits, bonus tax liability estimates
- Prepare and distribute requested payroll reports regarding employee records
- Assist Corporate payroll tax with ATEP employee tax matters
- File timely certified payroll reports required for multiple jurisdictions
- Recommend and implement process improvements and best practices for payroll and time / labor management across the entire organization
- Aid in the preparation of all required quarterly and annual returns including the preparation and dispatch of W-2’s, W-2c’s, 941’s, 940’s, and State and Local Reconciliations
- Research unusual employee situations involving complex payroll tax issues
Qualifications for senior payroll
- Knowledge of how to create journal entries required
- Candidates must have experience using Microsoft applications
- Significant experience with US payroll tax administration and compliance
- Working knowledge of business banking procedures and practices relating to funds transfers, wire remittances, and bank account reconciliations
- Practical experience with -large scale ERP or Payroll software systems
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related Business discipline (or equivalent years of relevant experience)
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Our growing company is looking for a senior payroll. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior payroll
- Fixed payroll amounts
- Payroll input and output processing via ADP Streamline system in accordance with agreed deadlines
- Responsibility for payroll-related accounts, including posting of ERP interfaces and manual journals, reconciliations of these accounts
- Posting manual journals with payroll details from bank statements
- Advice for Accenture (Accounting Centre) to help and identify the correct accounts for payroll payments, especially the unusual ones
- Tracking any labor changes which may affect payroll
- Work with remote locations to gather timecard entries and process related data into automated payroll system
- Audit payroll records, research and resolve imbalances, and run adjustments as needed
- Maintain payroll operations and ensure SOX compliance by following policies and procedures
- Support the Payroll Manager by gathering reports and documentation for SOX reporting
Qualifications for senior payroll
- Demonstrated progress towards a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field or extensive experience in the Accounting/Finance/Payroll profession is required
- At least two (2) years of progressively more responsible Finance or Payroll experience is required to qualify
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills the ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner are essential in this role
- Strong communication, facilitation, presentation and interpersonal skills to successfully engage with stakeholders across McAfee, with outside parties and vendors
- 2 or more years work experience in payroll department
- Payroll experience with union and/or bargaining units highly desired