Position: Payroll Consultant II
Location: Madison, WI or Austin, TX (Onsite)
Duration: 3-6+ Months Contract with Extension
Responsibilities:
- Perform a variety of payroll functions in preparation, distribution, and reporting of payroll. Ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Ensure the accurate and timely end to end processing of payroll across multiple countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
- Provide prompt, friendly, and efficient customer service to employees who have questions regarding their pay, deductions, or the payroll process
- Experience with Canada's complex annual and ad hoc calculations as it relates to PTO payout
- Experience with Canadian ROE submissions, RRSP, QPP, CPP, etc.
- Experience with U.S. federal, state, local tax withholding laws and reporting
- Monitor tax notices, wage orders, and governmental correspondences; record tax payments and perform quarterly tax reconciliations in a timely manner
- Assist with all payroll related audits & SOX compliance by adhering to internal control requirements, maintaining updated documentation for all payroll related processes and providing recommendations as appropriate.
- Document payroll processes and procedures with the ability to suggest best practices and opportunities.
- Process and complete all year-end activities for US and Canada ensuring compliance with regard to filing reports, remittances and returns with appropriate tax authorities.
- Participate in system upgrades and perform user testing for all payroll related enhancements.
- Participate in special projects as assigned, such as documenting workflows, improving processes and procedures, and periodic updates to payroll related forms.
- Assist with internal and external audits and data gathering.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications
- Requires a minimum of 3 years' experience with full-cycle multi-state and multi-provinces payroll
- Current experience of payroll systems and reporting functions, ADP, CloudPay and Workday experience is a plus.
- Payroll qualification/certification preferred.
- Ability to provide excellent customer service and work well in teams to establish and maintain effective working relationships.