Assistant Manager - US Payroll

Preferred candidate profile

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the preparation of all payroll activities including payroll payments, reports, and tax returns.
• Comply with all the payroll financial and legal requirements, responsibilities, and obligations, including statutory obligations.
• Ensure teams following accounting procedures and systems used for payroll by the organization.
• Reconcile general ledger regarding payroll transactions.
• Maintain and document all payroll records.
• Responsibility for allocation and use of the payroll budget
• Assist your line manager Payroll Lead to assess the long-term payroll trends.
• Prepare and Review reports for Payroll.
• Responsibility for the payroll team direction, development, performance and maintenance within the organization
• Internal Audit for all statutory obligations.
• Detect and process issues related to uncollected payroll
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll issues or concerns
• Supervise team in managing month end close, Payroll accounting
• Drive efficiency, accuracy and value- added initiatives
• Adheres to all SOX/Control requirements
• Handling audit queries and resolution in a timely manner.
• Contributing to periodic meetings, liaising with stakeholders for quick resolution.

Qualification, Experience/Competencies

• Chartered Accountant (CA), MBA Finance, Post Graduate with relevant experience
• 5-8 years of relevant experience with a US and Canada based company and working as a payroll supervisor.
• Exceptional people management skills
• Communication with external payroll vendors such as ADP
• Process orientated, committed to achieving process excellence, Client Management
• Understanding of KPI/SLAs in RTR domain
• Knowledge of automation, Quality improvements
• Ready to work as individual contributor as and when required
• Good Knowledge of US GAAP
• Working in US shift

Team Management

• Experience in team leading is must
• Assist and support the training and development of team members to meet the expected skills required to perform at role level
• Ensure team stability and great team synergy

Technology/ERP

• Knowledge of D365 will be an added advantage.
• Hands-on experience with payroll ERPs like Oracle or workday and payroll software such as ADP.
• Understanding of latest tools and technology Workflow, Digital Dashboards
• Expert working knowledge of MS office with advance excel
• Experience working on ADP reporting (ADPR)

Other Skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with employees, superiors, and other stakeholders

• Strong analytical, Time Management and Good Presentation skills
• Organized with keen attention to detail