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Sr. Payroll Administrator
Company | Goodwin |
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Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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Salary | $59700 – $106800 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- 5+ years of related payroll and international payroll experience, including thorough knowledge of payroll and accounting systems.
- Excellent organizational skills, detail oriented.
- Ability to be a team player and partner effectively with all levels of management and staff.
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing business needs/priorities.
- Ability to respect, protect and maintain highly confidential information.
- Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with staff and management.
- Excellent computer skills, including advanced Excel spreadsheets and querying or report writing tools. Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- General ledger and accounting skills.
Responsibilities
- Accurately process the Firm’s biweekly, monthly, partner and/or international payrolls.
- Maintains knowledge of payroll systems and accounting, and Federal/State wage & hour laws.
- Gather and Prepare reports exported from Time Tracking System.
- Ensure payroll changes are properly documented and approved.
- Load imports from multiple departments as related to payroll changes.
- Assist Payroll Managers in collecting and reconciling quarterly and annual tax reports.
- Provide relevant payroll data as requested using Workday, Expert, Ceridian, Excel, Celergo and other PC applications, for use in audits and surveys.
- Responds promptly and courteously to all payroll inquiries from employees.
- Stay current on all reporting functions of the above-mentioned payroll software.
- Conduct New Hire Orientation meeting.
- Enter monthly Moving Expenses, Tuition Forgiveness and other taxable Fringe Benefits received from the financial analyst.
- Assist the finance department with questions on the payroll account bank statement.
- Collaborate with peers to ensure managing tasks effectively which includes cross training for coverage purposes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Law firm or professional service firm experience a plus