Associate Americas Payroll

Your Key Responsibilities

Responsible for administration of assigned Americas payrolls ensuring that all payroll input is correctly communicated to our external payroll service providers in Mexico and Brazil and in house processing for Canada and US.
Ensure that payroll data including new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, special payments, tax allocations, work location changes, Overtime, garnishments, address changes and employee deductions are processed for Americas Payrolls.
Process all bonuses, relocation, commissions, dividends, 13th month payment, savings fund, savings bank, Mexico food coupons, RRSP and equity transactions.
Audit, analyze and reconcile payroll.
Ensure compliance with all payroll tax laws and company policy.
Process reporting data for Legal entity controlling team timely.
Handle processing and calculations of NY 14 day rule.
Handle the Payroll tax related correspondences.
Research and resolve any payroll related employee inquiries.
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external departments.
Support any adhoc payroll projects assigned to the team.
Process T-4’s and W-2’s

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

1-5+ years’ professional experience, preferably within a similar payroll or payroll accounting role
Experience of working within an international and multi-cultural environment
Strong technical ability in MS Excel and other computer desktop applications
Highly motivated and proactive individual, eager to take personal ownership for the administration of payrolls and accounting
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong team-playing attitude
Detail-focused approach to ensure that all payroll is performed to the highest level of accuracy and to ensure that all control steps within the payroll process are rigorously adhered to
Ability to work independently, demonstrating a logical thought process and an ability to assimilate new information and tasks quickly
Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and to re-align priorities when required at short notice
Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting is preferred
Fluency in written and spoken English and desired Spanish
Payroll qualifications and diplomas are an advantage