Senior Manager Americas Payroll (Contract)

Transferwise

Contract Position

Summary

This job is for a Senior Manager Americas Payroll on a fixed-term contract lasting 6 months. The role is based in Austin, Texas and requires leading a group of Payroll Specialists to support employees across the Americas.

What you'll do

Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems
Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions
Ensure compliance with payroll laws and best practices
Assist with company audits
Identify and recommend updates to payroll systems and procedures
Collaborate with the Finance team
Manage and provide guidance to the Payroll Specialist team
Process payroll for assigned locations
Ensure timely and accurate submission of payroll reports and tax reports
Generate payroll tax file and verify returns and remittances
Reconcile and generate GL accounting entries
Troubleshoot and analyze payroll system functions
Ensure compliance with payroll laws
Administer reporting and payment processes
Work closely with the Reward Team on annual enrollment process
Represent the payroll function in meetings and calls
Lead and manage a global payroll team
Make data-based decisions
Provide outstanding customer service
Foster personal and professional development of team members
Payroll certification is desirable
Be detail-focused
Be adaptable
Challenge the status quo

Requirements

Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
Ensure compliance with federal, state/provincial, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
Assist the company’s audits by providing records and documentation as needed.
Identify and recommend updates to payroll processing systems and procedures.
Work with the Finance team to ensure payroll entries are properly recorded and reconciled to the general ledger.
Collaborate closely with the wider People and Finance Teams.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Ensure that the Americas payroll process is handled biweekly (US, Mexico) / monthly (Brazil) and is timely and accurate for all employees.
Manage and provide guidance to the Payroll Specialist team.
Process payroll for assigned locations and assign locations to the team according to guidelines stipulated including coordination of the daily payroll operations, clock in and clock out (Workday), and validating data prior to transmission.
Ensure the timely and accurate submission of the following: payroll reports, tax reports, labor reports, garnishments, and 401(k) reports, and any other EBSA requirements.
Responsible for reporting accurate processing of federal and state wage attachments, garnishments, and child support orders as required.
Generate the payroll tax file and verify mandated returns and remittances for all employees and the employer payroll taxes.
Accurate reporting of Company payroll tax files.
Reconcile and generate the GL accounting entries to accurately record the results of the payroll process with Accounting Team
Troubleshoot and analyze payroll system functions to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Ensure that the Company’s payroll is in compliance with all Federal, State, and Local laws regarding minimum wage, taxes, etc.
Administer the reporting and payment processes required to reimburse or set up the receivables from employees.
Work closely with The Reward Team on the annual enrollment process and other special related projects as assigned.
Attend various meetings, phone calls to represent the payroll function on behalf of the Company and The People Team as requested.
You’re a payroll expert across NORTHAM & LATAM - you’ve had accountability and experience in all forms of preparing, processing, correcting, and auditing in all aspects of payroll.
You’ve led people in a high growth, product or service lead company - you know how to deal with ambiguity, shifting priorities and come up with innovative solutions .
Influenced & led a global payroll team - you’re able to grow, develop, lead and manage a team across multiple locations.
Desirable: professional payroll certification to demonstrate your expertise and commitment within the field of payroll.
Data-based, facts-centric decision making experience - you’ll base decisions on data and have clear KPIs for all your plans.
Passion for payroll, people, and customer service - You’re not just going through the motions at work, you really love what you do.
Leadership - You relish the opportunity to lead others and foster their personal and professional development, while striving for outstanding customer service. Always.
Detail focused - you’ll have an eye for the details and an appreciation of data and analytics, using these two skills to drive your decisions.
Adaptable - you will be as comfortable working with ambiguity as you are with certainly. We need someone who can be agile enough to respond to changing priorities, but be able to hold clear on the long term path ahead.
Challenge status quo - we’re not a traditional business and we don’t believe in doing things the same way everyone else does; neither do you. This comes to how we approach setting policies that don't make sense or introducing processes.

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Location

Austin

Contract Length

6 months

Compensation

$129,600 - $157,200 (per year)

Keywords

workday ebsa payroll processing systems

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