JSW Steel USA is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join our HR team!
The selected person will be overseeing, administrating, and managing payroll functions to best facilitate accuracy, timely completion and compliance with corporate payroll policies, procedures and federal/state regulations.
Essential Accountabilities
- Interact productively and collaboratively with all levels of the organization; production team members, peers, engineering, quality, sales, administration, and senior leadership
- Understand, display, and champion the CORE Values of JSW Steel USA, “Better Every Day” is our motto, work each day today for a better tomorrow.
- Enter and review the bi-weekly payroll time data, tax information, direct deposit, new hire, and terminated employee processing.
- Review and import hours from the time and attendance system, entering tax and direct deposit information, administering regulatory requirements, e.g., garnishments, tax levies, support orders, and other adjustments to pay as necessary.
- Implement and maintain payroll best practices to improve efficiency and consult with human resources team to improve payroll and HRIS processes.
- Audit payroll data entry, employee status changes to ensure accuracy prior to payroll execution.
- Manage Benefits, to include orientation, timely enrollment/termination, and auditing/approving monthly invoices.
- Coordinate with Department Supervisors/Managers to ensure timely and accurate reporting of hours to be paid via the Time & Attendance System.
- Ensure timely and accurate administration of employee garnishments, ensuring proper withholding and remittance to appropriate agencies.
- Prepare required monthly, quarterly and annual reports
- Write and run reports as required using UKG system reporting.
- Strong understanding of Federal and State laws as they relate to both income tax withholding and regulations.
- Administer all employee benefit programs including enrollments and terminations.
- Coordinates and conducts the new employee on-boarding process and presents benefits presentations to ensure employees gain an understanding of benefit plans and enrollment provisions.
- Fulfills all governmental regulatory mandates and ensures filings are performed as required.
- Assists in the planning and administration of the annual open enrollment period. This includes preparation, revision and distribution of materials, conducting meetings to communicate changes to employees, arranging for on-site representation by providers, and processing changes within deadlines.
- Plans, conducts and reports results of audits to ensure all enrollments are accurate and that dependent information is correct for each employee and works closely with Accounting for quarterly and year end audits (payroll, benefits, 401k, etc.).
- Addresses benefit inquiries to ensure timely and accurate resolutions. Maintains contact with employees and beneficiaries to facilitate proper and complete utilization of benefits for all employees.
- Resolves discrepancies between carriers and payroll.
Key Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in accounting or business, related field, or equivalent experience in payroll and benefits department preferred
- 2 - 5 years of related multi-state payroll experience.
- Experience using UKG.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills.
- Understanding the need for and the ability to provide excellent customer service is a must.
- Ability to respect, protect, and maintain highly confidential information.
- Bi-lingual English/Spanish is a plus.
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