What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist position at Saint-Gobain North America?
What’s the job?
As a member of the payroll team, this position is responsible for the accurate processing and timely distribution of payments for hourly and salaried payroll cycles in a multi-employer/multi-state organization across U.S. and Canada for over 18,000 employees in thirty companies. The Payroll Specialist must meet multiple tight deadlines associated with weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly payroll schedules while ensuring compliance with U.S. Federal, State, Local and Canadian provincial taxes.
This position is a customer service supporting role which provides guidance and resources to business unit customers as it relates to payroll calendar schedules, system navigation, technology tools, and reports. Serves as a liaison between SSC Payroll and HR Business Partners, HRIS, Regional Benefit teams, Relocation, Accounting, and IT.
What will you do?
- Utilize in-house payroll system performing gross-to-net calculations ensuring the correct taxes and deductions are withheld from these payments for U.S and Canada.
- Process payroll cycles that are comprised of all or a combination of weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly pay frequencies with varying pay periods and check dates across over thirty companies.
- Ensure that the preparation and distribution of payrolls meet established schedules, company policies, and government regulations.
- Determine when garnishments, deductions, 401k loans and union dues are withheld from employees’ pay.
- Perform the payment and distribution of off-cycle requests from customers daily. Ensures that off-cycle checks are processed timely in accordance with company policy, union agreements and bank regulations.
- Responsible for performing reversal adjustments in the payroll system, a complex process, to correct a previous pay(s) processed in error. Validates that HR updates employee master data to prevent errors to the employee’s future pay.
- Research, analyze, and resolve complex matters by providing root cause analysis and identifying corrective action. Requires comprehensive knowledge of payroll policies, procedures, systems, and federal/state/local regulations with little supervision.
- Interpret pay data results for accuracy, identifying, troubleshooting, and maintaining data to produce complete, accurate pay results, or providing recommendations for correction. Reconciles with external partners and recommends appropriate updates.
What do you bring?
- Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years progressive experience in a payroll and customer service role or 5 years of progressive experience in payroll and customer service required
- Comprehensive knowledge of Workday Payroll is preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of federal, multi-state and local tax laws (for example, termination state restrictions, 401k benefit limits, supplemental tax eligible wages)
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
What are our perks?
Saint-Gobain is committed to helping you and your family be well in all aspects of your life. Be Well. Be You brings together inclusive programs and meaningful resources to support all aspects of your physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. Employees have the flexibility to choose the benefits that best fit their individual needs.
- Health and Well-being – Supporting your wellbeing, to thrive in life and work.
- Medical, Prescription Drug, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Healthcare Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account options
- LiveWell Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement and Protection - Helping to make the future life you want a reality.
- 401(k) with Company Match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP) Cash Balance Pension Plan
- Company-provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness and
- Accident Insurance
- Additional Benefits – Helping shape the experience and impact you want
- Commuter Benefits
- Group Legal
- Identity Theft Protection
- Auto and Home Insurance
- Pet Insurance and Discounts
- Back-up Child and Elder Care
- PerkSpot Employee Discount Program
- Volunteer Day
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
