U.S. Payroll Specialist

Key responsibilities:

• Prepares and sends inputs to the payroll vendors for compensation calculation.

• Performs computations and other duties necessary to prepare payroll information for computer input, adjust computer output, and process exception items or those requiring special handling. Creates and maintains employee master data along with other payroll data to produce and distribute payroll system reports.

• Ensures accurate payment of wages and benefits.

• Owns payroll support, resolves payroll issues, responds to payroll employee inquiries and documents new payroll processes or updates documentation as required.

• Conducts regularly scheduled audits of payroll records to ensure continued accuracy.

• Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.

• Provides Finance with timely and accurate general ledger interfaces, journal entries, and various month end reports necessary to correctly allocate earnings to the relevant departments.

• Monitors, escalates, and addresses any excursion that occurs consistent with the value of being defect free.

• Reports to management any identified process improvement recommendations, efficiencies, procedure gaps or areas of concern, specific to payroll and time collection procedures. Champions lean methodologies, business process management, development, and deployment of cost competitive solutions to maintain or improve performance and user experience.

• Ensures compliance with both internal payroll policies and external government requirements. Collaborates with other disciplines (e.g., Finance, Legal, Tax, etc.) on payroll specific change management communications.

Minimum qualifications:- Must be an active advanced student at a university level or must possess a university degree in business administration, finance, human resources, industrial engineering, or related field.- 1+ years of experience in Shared Service Center operations.- Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Excel and SharePoint.- Advanced English level.- Must have permanent-unrestricted right to work in Costa Rica.

Preferred qualifications:- Intermediate-high knowledge in Workday payroll processes' execution and/or support.- Basic-intermediate knowledge in HR general processes and policies.- Lean Six Sigma knowledge