Payroll Specialist

Company Description

Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. Come join us, and let's make change together.

**Job Description**:
The Payroll Specialist will support the Global Payroll Manager and serve as Payroll system administrator and point of contact. This role will oversee the daily tasks, objectives and priorities of the US payroll and International Payrolls (as assigned) while ensuring that all aspects of the payroll cycle are processed accurately and transmitted in a timely manner for semimonthly and monthly payrolls/ exempt and non-exempt populations/ in a multi-company/ multi-state, environment for 700+ employees.

Job Duties:

- Oversees daily payroll tasks, objectives and priorities while ensuring accuracy and maintaining multiple deadlines.
- Manages workflows to ensure all payroll transactions, including employee changes, one-time payments, deductions changes, garnishments, compensation changes, new hires, terminations, inter-company transfers and final payments for terminations are processed accurately and timely.
- Completes payroll reconciliation and approves the final transmittal following a thorough review of payroll input and audit reports.
- Oversees the time and attendance system, making necessary updates to earnings/deduction codes, cost center mapping, validating hours and assisting employees/supervisors with timesheet corrections.
- Creates, schedules, and distributes Post-Payroll reports, ad-hoc reports, and compliance reports as needed for inter/external audits.
- Oversees the reporting and funding for third party benefit vendors i.e. Health Equity, WageWorks, Fidelity 401K.- Engages in special projects including payroll integrations, testing for system upgrades, annual merit and bonus processing, year-end and W-2 processing, company acquisitions, mergers and reductions in workforce.
- Works with state/national tax authorities to comply with all reporting requirements and ensures Payroll Taxes are paid and reported to the appropriate jurisdictions in a timely manner.
- Builds a strong and effective partnership with Accounting, FP&A and the People Teams to collaborate closely on any special or variable payments including but not limited to commissions, spot bonuses, retention payment, severance, bonuses, reimbursements and stipends.
- Document payroll processes and procedures with the ability identify gaps and to suggest best practices and improvements.

**Qualifications**:

- 3 years payroll processing experience, preferably in a large multinational company
- Proven experience of producing high level accurate reporting
- Strong knowledge of payroll, including gross-to-net calculation, regional and local pay practices, regulations, and tax regulations
- Handle sensitive data with integrity, confidentiality, and the utmost discretion
- Excellent excel skills
- Operational knowledge of multi-company payrolls
- Excellent communication and ability to work independently on payroll initiatives
- Willing to work in a fast growing, challenging environmen
- Knowledge of ADP payroll software (Workday/Bamboo HR/ADP Streamline/ADP Celergo)

Additional Information**
Our Mission** is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

**Our Values **underpin everything we do.
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Customer Centric**:

- We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
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Passion for Learning** - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
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Integrity** - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
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Action & Ownership** - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
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One Team** - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
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Global Mindset** - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

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