Lead Manager Global Payroll

Senior Level: Junior Level
Function: Human Resources
Location: Winston-Salem, NC, USA

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Internal – Payroll, Tax, Compensation

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Responsible for overseeing and managing end-to-end international payroll operations across multiple countries with primary focus on ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing, maintaining payroll data integrity, and coordinating with internal teams (Global Mobility) and external vendors (Ernst & Young).

Prepare end-to-end monthly US payroll for International Assignees and semi-monthly Canadian payroll. Review and validate data imports for expected pay components that align with individual arrangements. Follow up and resolve discrepancies timely.

Strong understanding of global payroll regulations, tax laws and compliance requirements and the aptitude to stay up to date with new and modified rules. Ability to navigate complex payroll scenarios and develop best solutions. Focus on ensuring accurate treatment of taxation between the home and host country.

Collaborate with local and end market payroll teams, external payroll service providers, and HR teams to ensure seamless payroll delivery. Review assignee statements and guarantee proper payroll entries including accurate pay components, gross up calculations, non-cash payment imputations, shadow payroll entries, etc. Partner with Compensation team to guarantee proper tax treatment of equity transactions for current and former expatriates/inpatriates.

Ability to clearly communicate with international employees regarding pay statement inquiries and gross to net calculations.

Lead recurring meetings with Ernst & Young to ensure compliance and best practices are understood and followed. Research and respond to questions/inquiry in a timely fashion and provide supporting documentation.

Coordinate year-end payroll processes, including W-2 reconciliations, amendments, issue W-2cs. Investigate and respond to tax jurisdiction notifications.

Track, communicate, and update International Assignee tracker for payments due to employee, TEQ payments due from employee and refunds/assessments from tax agencies. Make corresponding entries/adjustments in payroll as needed.

Continually look for opportunities to drive efficiencies, data accuracy, and employee satisfaction. Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, tax, and deduction laws.

Conduct periodic payroll audits to ensure data accuracy, identify discrepancies, and resolve any payroll-related issues.

Do you have recent experience with employee tax administration for inbound/outbound International Assignees?

Do you have knowledge of federal, state, and local tax laws?

Are you proficient with common excel functionality including VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, pivot tables, etc?

• 3-5 years in corporate Global payroll environment with multi-countries
• Proficient in the use of office technologies (MS Excel for Data Analysis and Reporting, Outlook, and Word)
• Experience with SAP Payroll (Employee Central (EC) Payroll) preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member
• Strong interpersonal skills – will be working with outside accounting firm and employees
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience;
  Payroll certification desirable (FPC or CPP)
• Consistent record of continuous process improvement

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