Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tate & Lyle is a food and beverage ingredient company focused on transforming lives through the science of food. The Payroll Analyst, North America, processes and governs multiple US and Canada payrolls through an outsourced provider, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll operations. The role also supports audits, reporting, payroll account reconciliation, employee data requests, and continuous process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Builds and maintains working relationships with HR, Finance, and Plant administrators to ensure payroll requirements are fully communicated, understood and adhered to
- Prepares and maintains accurate records of payroll transactions & ensures data is transferred to 3rd party provider for processing within agreed timelines
- Checks 3rd party providers payroll output to ensure all data changes have been applied accurately
- Reviews and approves Payroll, disbursements & garnishments, in line with internal approval routes
- Analyze pre-payroll reports to identify variances, errors and/or anomalies
- Routinely checks payroll providers output to ensure it complies with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws
- Maintains and reviews payroll process guides to ensure all payroll related procedures are accurately documented
- Facilitates continuous improvement by working alongside key stakeholders (HR, finance, C&B) to ensure our systems, processes and procedures develop in line with company driven changes
- Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors & answering follow-up questions
- Prepares reports & compiles summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages for multiple stakeholders
- Assists the finance function to balance the payroll accounts by resolving queries relating to General Ledger reporting
- Responds to employee data requests within agreed SLA (Service Level Agreement) timelines
- Adheres to data protection laws at all times, keeping information confidential and sharing only where absolutely necessary
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
Skills
- Knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes
- Experience of processing payrolls using Workday preferred
- Experience of processing payroll via a 3rd party provider
- Must possess excellent organizational skills with the ability to plan a variety of tasks with conflicting demands whilst meeting strict deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must possess the ability to liaise across the organization and maintain effective working relationships
- Must be an advocate for identifying and delivering continuous improvement
- Must be comfortable working remotely as part of a global team
- Workday HR System experience preferred
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Certificate OR FPC (
- Three to five years of related experience required
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Benefits
- Option to be located in the Hoffman Estates, IL offices or Home-Based USA
- Medical, Dental, Vision coverages
- Paid time off package, including vacation and sick time
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401K with company match
- Company paid life insurance
- Lifestyle Spending Account at no cost to employee
- Identity Theft protection at no cost to employee
- Employee Assistance Program at no cost to employee
- Telemedicine at no cost to employee
- Multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that support various communities
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