Payroll Supervisor
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Qualifications
- Requirements, Core Professional & Leadership Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience working with payroll systems such as Oracle and third-party payroll providers.
- Extensive experience supervising complex, multi-jurisdictional payrolls.
- Proven strength in compliance, audits, reconciliations, and system-based payroll environments.
- Ability to balance hands-on payroll execution with governance, controls, and stakeholder leadership.
- Comfortable acting as both an operational expert and supervisory escalation point.
- Advanced Excel and payroll analytics capabilities.
- Strong time management, project management, and prioritization skills.
- Demonstrated people leadership, coaching, and knowledge-sharing ability within payroll operations.
- Experience leading or mentoring payroll staff.
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Responsibilities
- Compliance, Governance, Oversight & Controls (≈36%)
- Lead and oversee payroll compliance activities across the Americas, ensuring adherence to local legislation, tax regulations, SOX requirements, and internal controls.
- Own and maintain Payroll SOPs for the Americas, aligning them with global standards, KPIs, and governance frameworks.
- Review, approve, and sign-off on year-end processes, statutory filings, quarterly controls, audits, and payroll reconciliations.
- Ensure accurate tax calculation, reporting, and statutory payments, including equity-related payroll transactions.
- Maintain data security, integrity, and access controls in accordance with Finance and corporate standards.
- Oversee payroll forecasting, KPI ownership, GL alignment, and subledger-to-ledger reconciliations.
- Act as a key contributor during internal and external payroll audits, including platform/process walkthroughs.
- Payroll Processing Oversight (≈20%)
- Supervise end-to-end payroll processing activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to SOPs.
- Approve off-cycle payments, special payments (bonuses, severance, commissions, STI), garnishments, and non-payroll payments.
- Oversee payroll reconciliations, flux analysis, change reports, and bank statement agreements.
- Ensure correct setup and validation of new hires, terminations, salary changes, equity transactions, and time reporting.
- Provide peer review and final validation of payrolls prior to release.
- Expertise Emphasis: Execution oversight and complex payroll validation.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management (≈18%)
- Serve as the escalation point for high level payroll inquiries, complex employee issues, and sensitive payroll matters.
- Manage payroll communications, change announcements, and employee-facing updates.
- Collaborate closely with HR, Accounting, GL, Finance, and external payroll vendors to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Oversee payroll ticket queues, ServiceNow workflows, and vendor service requests to ensure SLA adherence.
- Expertise Emphasis: Stakeholder leadership and issue resolution.
- Payroll Systems & Technology (≈18%)
- Own payroll system configuration and integrity, including Oracle and vendor platform integrations.
- Ensure accurate data flow between HR, time & labor, and payroll systems.
- Lead system testing, updates, and legislative changes to ensure payroll readiness.
- Oversee timecard design, absence functionality, and system enhancements impacting payroll processing.
- Expertise Emphasis: Ensure system accuracy, testing, and configuration accountability.
- Third-Party Payments (≈8%)
- Review, approve, and reconcile third-party payroll-related payments.
- Ensure supporting documentation, PO/REQ compliance, and audit readiness for all external payments.
- Expertise Emphasis: Manage 3 rd party payments and maintain financial accountability.
About Verisk Analytics
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