adidas

Senior Specialist, GBS Payroll

adidas

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Portland • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provides support for bi-weekly payroll processing for North America employees
  • Performs key activities necessary in processing of bi-weekly payroll
  • Assist ensuring that all payroll requirements are met (banking requirements, workers comp, new hire, worksite, etc.)
  • Performs per pay period audits to ensure data accuracy
  • Administers imports of external pay files (time, deductions, incentives, etc.) into GV Payroll
  • Process daily SAP-hr to ADP-gv (pu-12) load files
  • Review pu-12 error log and make corrections/updates as required to keep both systems in sync
  • Reviews prior to processing all payroll-related associate data, including but not limited to new hires, terminations, leaves of absence, wage changes, transfers, and other changes
  • Reviews pre-production audit reports prior to release
  • Assist with processing cycle on release day
  • Performs post-production maintenance audit to prepare for next processing cycle
  • Audits payroll output within specific time frame for resolution of outstanding issues
  • Utilizes existing ad hoc and standard reports libraries to assist with internal auditing and creates custom reports as needed
  • Proactively works to analyse and resolve issues that create the need for manual checks
  • Issues and updates manual checks
  • Assist with the timely resolution of outstanding payroll and accounting issues
  • Processes payroll transactions that require a higher level of complexity
  • Responsible for balancing and controlling earnings and deductions totals
  • Review automated system input and output registers and standard reports
  • Determining and correcting out-of-balance conditions
  • Research and prepare special reports for management upon request
  • Calculating special pays, controlling special pay processing as requested
  • Monitors and responds to employee inquiries submitted to the Payroll Mailbox on a daily bases
  • Respond to inquiries from 3rd parties (ie: unemployment, insurance, gov’t agencies)
  • Performs garnishment reviews to include but not limited to: Interpretation & implementation of Garnishment Orders
  • Process Garnishment orders and associated processing fees in ADP-GV
  • Ability to calculate disposable earnings to confirm that garnishment deductions are calculated properly
  • Maintain withholding balance sheets & process in activations when necessary
  • End date terminated employee’s garnishment records in GV
  • Respond to both agency and employee inquiries
  • Keep all agencies informed of address changes and employee terminations
  • Timely resolution of outstanding garnishment issues

Requirements

  • 3 + years of automated multi-corporation, multi-state, payroll processing experience
  • Canadian payroll experience and timekeeping processing is a plus
  • SAP HR & ADP GlobalView payroll system experience
  • Knowledge and experience with time keeping systems (ie: Dayforce, Kronos, ADP eTime)
  • In-depth knowledge of wage and hour laws Processing high volume bi-weekly payrolls in multi states environment
  • Must possess the ability to effectively communicate both verbally and electronically with various levels of internal and external partners
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to analyze and resolve problems through effective customer service interface and communication
  • Must be flexible with work schedule and able to work under time constraints to ensure that deadlines are met
  • Ability to work in a fast pace – ever changing team environment
  • Prior experience working in a shared service environment preferred
Benefits
  • robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options
  • dental
  • vision
  • prescription drug coverage
  • adoption
  • surrogate and fertility support
  • short and long-term disability
  • basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage
  • 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
  • Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance
  • generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • annual bonus based on both company and personal performance
  • prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service
  • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Service Time Off during milestone years

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
payroll processingdata accuracy auditsgarnishment processingtimekeeping systemshigh volume payrollswage and hour lawsreport generationcomplex payroll transactionsbalancing earnings and deductionsdisposable earnings calculation
Soft skills
effective communicationproblem analysiscustomer serviceflexibilitytime managementadaptabilityteam collaborationattention to detailissue resolutioninterpersonal skills