Clerk

Position Details:

Client

Financial Services

Job Title

Payroll Clerk

Duration

6 Months (Possible Extension or Conversion)

Location

Phoenix, AZ 85054

Job Description:

• Seeking an experienced service-minded professional to join the Global Colleague Services Organization within Colleague Experience Group as a Payroll Specialist.
• The Payroll Specialist role will play a critical factor in driving efficiencies, effectiveness and consistent delivery of high quality payroll initiatives.
• Colleague will be part of a team that manages complex issues end to end, driving resolution by coordinating and collaborating with internal Business Partners and Third Party Vendor.

Responsibilities:

• Support US Payroll in ensuring the integrity of the payroll transactions
• Ability to explain and communicate intricate payroll procedures in nonprofessional terms
• Established working knowledge of every area of payroll processing
• Lead, manage and support ad-hoc US Payroll projects
• Ensures all employee and payroll information is kept confidential and trusted with sensitive information
• Compile and perform data analysis and provide proactive solutions
• 3rd Party Vendor relationship
• Daily File Maintenance
• Payroll System misc. entries
• HR Import template maintenance
• System release testing and validation

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Payroll experience preferred
• Knowledge of MyInfo and Dayforce a plus
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll (FPC) certification a plus
• Understanding of payroll tax laws, processes and policies
• Knowledge and/or ability to quickly learn US Payroll Platforms
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects and effectively drive results
• Will require flexibility to work with global teams across various time-zones
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast moving and rapidly changing matrix environment
• Proficiency in MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to lead and conduct presentations with internal and external business partners
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, work independently at times and handle stress effectively despite short time constrains while displaying a “can do” attitude
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving and project management skills desired
• Excellent communications skills in order to effectively communicate project situations and to deal with and solve problems that affect project success
• Experience/knowledge of Cloud/API highly desired
• Data mining experience