Description:
The Payroll Specialist will have responsibility for processing a full inhouse payroll in a dynamic environment.
The role is part of a country wide team responsible for ensuring all payrolls delivered are timely, accurate and aligned with Company policies and regulatory requirements.
Principal responsibilities:
Processing of payroll for all Johnson & Johnson employees using Megapay payroll software ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all payroll cycles.
- Execute processes to support the preparation of payroll processing including the simulation of payroll runs and audit reports and validations.
- Maintain payroll Master Data in accordance with operational procedures and payroll policies.
- Support the management of mass uploads files and reconciliations.
- Carry out interface processing controls and timely handling of Interface and processing errors.
- Provide direct customer service to employees with high quality, professional and timely responses to queries via salesforce ticketing/ shared service calls.
- Ensuring month and year-end payroll returns are complete, accurate and timely.
- Maintain all payroll records as required by revenue and J&J Data Retention Records in line with GDPR.
- Engaging with internal and external customers to meet service delivery requirements.
- Processing Ex-Pat assignments setting up deductions according to contract, coordinating the calculation of hypo-tax etc.
- Manage and Process Shared Based Compensation.
- Collaboration with HR Admin and other functions/vendors/partners to ensure consistent accurate flow of information and received within payroll deadlines for processing.
- Support T&A function as required.
- Actively challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement, by participating in process improvement projects to create efficiencies & automation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Compliance
- Support the execution of the SOX Program (404).
- Support internal audits, external audits (PwC), Pension audits and government audits.
- Ensure culture of compliance is reinforced continuously within the team.
Qualifications
Knowledge skill and ability requirements:
Required
IPASS Payroll Technician/Payroll Diploma
or
Finance/Accounting Degree/ CPA, CIMA, ACCA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent