What are the responsibilities and job description for the Workday Payroll Administrator position at Harman?
About the Role
As the Payroll Administrator, you will actively participate in ensuring a timely and efficient payment of all US employees. Performs reconciliations, audits payroll and HR data as needed. Provides Workday reports for other departments as needed.
Your Team
You will work with a team of approximately 4 located in the Northridge office
What You Will Do
What You Need
What is Nice to Have
What Makes You Eligible
What We Offer
To protect our employees, customers, and communities, HARMAN requires all U.S. employees to disclose their vaccination status and share a copy of their vaccination card. This confidential data will be collected by a trusted third-party vendor via a secure portal upon your start at HARMAN.
HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or Protected Veterans status.
As the Payroll Administrator, you will actively participate in ensuring a timely and efficient payment of all US employees. Performs reconciliations, audits payroll and HR data as needed. Provides Workday reports for other departments as needed.
Your Team
You will work with a team of approximately 4 located in the Northridge office
What You Will Do
- Process and maintain payroll information as required with an outsourced payroll environment using Workday software.
- Responsible for payroll data entry and analysis including but not limited to:
- Bank rejections
- LOA benefit repayments
- Payment’s load
- Expat hypo
- Expat tax changes
- Tax setups
- Ensures accuracy and integrity of payroll by conducting Pre and Post Payroll Audits including but not limited to:
- New hire and re-hire employee lists
- Missing direct deposit payment elections
- Over 10,000 and zero pay employees
- Communicates effectively and builds strong relationships with other departments, demonstrates critical thinking to take appropriate risk, and makes sound and timely decisions, and capable of handling multiple projects.
- Clearing Workday, HR Connect and Outlook inboxes by answering questions pertaining to payroll or re-directing messages to the appropriate Payroll Administrator as required in a timely fashion.
- Garnishments: submit orders to ADP, review load errors and verify new additions.
- Review timecards for OT or DT hours, unapproved timecards
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
- Experience in Payroll
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
- Team player with proven customer service skills
- Must be organized, detailed oriented, and have the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to effectively manage confidential information and work independently as necessary
What is Nice to Have
- APA Certified Payroll Professional, PHR, SPHR certification desired
- International payroll experience a plus
- Quality assurance experience (problem solving, reviewing and upgrading existing procedures, KPI knowledge, etc.)
- Workday is a plus
What Makes You Eligible
- No travel needed
- Be willing to work in an office in Northridge, CA /Hybrid
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
What We Offer
- Access to employee discounts on world class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG etc.)
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies
- Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global environment
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
To protect our employees, customers, and communities, HARMAN requires all U.S. employees to disclose their vaccination status and share a copy of their vaccination card. This confidential data will be collected by a trusted third-party vendor via a secure portal upon your start at HARMAN.
HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or Protected Veterans status.