Job Title Manager  - Payroll (Accounting, Tax & Support)

Division: Corporate Payroll 

Location: Tampa Fl 

Reports To: AVP, Payroll 

Who We Are:  

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.  

L’Oreal USA is excited to announce the establishment of a People Services function, based in Tampa, Florida. The People Services function will take on and centralize critical, operational Human Resources work with a goal of increasing collaboration, leveraging shared knowledge, and creating a more consistent employee experience. Come join our dynamic team and help us elevate the employee journey!

What You Will Do: 

Direct the activities of the Corporate Payroll Accounting, Tax and Support Unit.  This unit has three primary responsibilities.  First, ensure all payroll transactions are accurately booked to our general ledger in a timely manner including P&L and balance sheet account reconciliations.  Second, ensure employment tax compliance including management of our vendor for accurate and timely completion of tax payments and returns.  Third, provide payroll processing support.  This includes payroll funding, benefits, expatriate, and relocation administration. 

• Respond to internal and external requests in accounting and employment tax matters 

• Serve as primary contact to the finance and accounting community for all payroll expense related inquiries  

• Ensure timely and accurate monthly posting of regular payroll expense including fringe (employer payroll expense) and accrual journals to general ledger 

• Manage completion of balance sheet account reconciliations for all payroll activity including the payroll cash account 

• Track departmental operational and project expenses including providing detailed variance explanations to department head.   

• Management of departmental POs 

• Ensure timely and accurate funding of employment taxes to our vendor 

• Manage all tax “exception” activity including refunds, tax notices and amended return processing 

• Serve as point person for employment tax compliance and reporting requirements 

• Provide net cash projections and actual information to Treasury 

• Manage the relocation process for payroll activity  

• Communication with Corporate Tax on all employment tax issues and audits 

• Complete tax research and provide process recommendations for employment tax issues 

• Fringe benefit processing including company car taxability calculations 

• Creation and distribution of payroll accrual calendar  

What We Are Looking For: 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree coupled with 6-8 plus years’ related experience 

• Prior management history 

• Multi-state large employer experience 

• Extensive accounting & employment tax knowledge 

• Proficient in MS Office applications specifically excel  

• Physical in-office presence 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced complex deadline-oriented environment 

• You  may be expected to travel to Berkeley Heights, NJ up to 20% of your time during the first year of your employment at L'Oreal USA 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree 

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) and/or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) 

• ADP SmartCompliance & Vantage Payroll Platform experience 

What’s In It For You: 

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan) 

• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home) 

• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!) 

• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance) 

• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!) 

• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads) 

• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs  

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and 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. 

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