Payroll Manager

Manager – Payroll

 

Job Summary:

The Payroll Manager is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate paycheck production and year-end Form W2 Wage and Tax Statements for over 12,000 L’Oreal employees.  This includes successfully managing staff to ensure timely & accurate processing of payroll as well as timely response to customer inquiries.

 

Job Guideline:

• Payroll Processing – Administer and manage all aspects of the end-to-end payroll process in an ADP Vantage Payroll environment.  This includes payroll data batch input, validation, calculation, preview processing and review, and final acceptance and processing.

• Time Administration - Manage the time collection process in an ADP Vantage and Dayforce time system environments.  This includes review of time cards for accuracy, validating manager approvals, and reconciliation and integration of time data into the payroll process.

• Deduction Administration - Manage garnishment, benefit and voluntary deduction set up and changes.

• Customer Service – Support individual L’Oreal employees and payroll partners including Human Resources, Salary Planning and Total Rewards with all forms of payroll service inquiries in a call center environment.

• Employment Wage & Tax Compliance – act as a subject matter expert for payroll and employment tax inquiries.

• Organizational effectiveness - Understand business objectives and implement organizational improvements.  Participate in special project activity as required.

• Staff engagement and management – As a leader in the payroll department assist with employee engagement and management.

 

Competencies Required:

Technical / Professional:

• Payroll acumen - In-depth knowledge and demonstrated experience in all aspects of payroll.  Certified Payroll Professional preferred.

• HR policies and programs – ability to interpret, apply and monitor HR policies to payroll and time administration.

• Strategic thinking - In-depth knowledge of Payroll best practices and trends (i.e. multi-state taxation, federal, state and local compliance, process automation, etc.).

• Compliance - In-depth knowledge of employment tax withholding and reporting requirements and wage and hour rules and regulations.

• Data management - Solid knowledge of employee data system and integration points.

• Data analysis - Evaluates data to assess business implications, and make sound recommendations.

• Sound organizational skills with attention to detail.

L’Oréal Competencies:

• Acts with Human Sensitivity - Demonstrates respect, develops and enriches team dynamics.
• Displays Sensitivity to Our “Métier” - Focuses on quality, builds knowledge of the beauty business and understands beauty. Stays close to customer.
• Demonstrates Entrepreneurship - Takes initiative, focuses on customers, improves performance and develops a vision.
• Innovates - Shows curiosity, imagines creative solutions and promotes team creativity. Brings daring proposals.
• Achieves Results with Integrity - Conveys energy, focuses on results and acts with integrity.
• Manages Complexity - Reasons from multiple perspectives and contributes to decisions. A good multi-tasker.
• Interacts Effectively - Listens and communicates effectively and actively networks. Demonstrated excellent communication skills.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• • Minimum of 5 years payroll management experience
• • Payroll acumen - In-depth knowledge and demonstrated experience in all aspects of payroll.  

• Certified Payroll Professional preferred. 
• Experience with Payroll Management Systems
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills and planning skills
• Strong Microsoft Office suite experience including presentation building skills
• Ability to handle and maintain highly confidential and sensitive date and information on a regular basis

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.