Payroll Specialist Jobs

Our Company

IBISWorld is growing. Fast. And to keep up with our rapid growth, we’re looking to build on our biggest strength: our people.

IBISWorld is a global company with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Frankfurt and Melbourne. We are the world’s leading publisher of business research. Our success has created abundant opportunity and we’re looking for the best and brightest to join us as we continue to expand our operations.

Our mission is to be the premier provider of high value-added information to the largest and most influential enterprises in the nations where we operate. We do this while maintaining a culture where people are passionate about their work and are surrounded by like-minded, intelligent achievers.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, proactive and FUN Global Finance team as an experienced Payroll Specialist. We are looking for a curious, process driven, go-getter who can administrator and work within our US and Global Payroll functions. The ideal candidate will communicate effectively with internal teams and external partners and can work autonomously as well as with other members of our team.

Reporting to the Global VP of Finance, you will be responsible for:

• Filing and maintaining Payroll related records
• Reconciling payroll data prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports
• Working with team on global payroll reviews
• Other Duties as required
• Processing bi-weekly payrolls for multi-state employees (exempt and non-exempt), via ADP Workforce Now within the guidance of company policies and procedures
• Assisting with the development of payroll best practices, guidelines and procedures
• Reviewing and reconcile local and state taxes and manage state registrations, as needed
• Ensuring accurate and timely payroll components, including base pay, time entry and overtime calculations, leave of absence and sick leave, health and welfare, statutory and supplemental benefits, payroll taxes, imputed income, W2's, and more
• Collaborating with payroll system administrator, tax and compliance, as well as human resources and other key stakeholders to provide expertise and support in regard to payroll matters, solving issues and improving processes
• Working closely with both the accounting and human resources teams to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll, payroll taxes, deductions, and other related duties
• Working with Accounting Team to ensure all payroll related general ledger accounting is completed accurately and timely
• Processing benefit enrollments and terminations
• Preparing reports and other data necessary to assist with audit and other purposes

Key Qualifications

• Ability to effectively prioritize workload, multi-task and manage changes in direction
• Must possess strong analytical and accounting skills with an acute attention to detail
• Global Payroll experience is a huge plus
• Extensive payroll software experience; preferably ADP Workforce Now (US) or other Global Platforms
• Strong understanding of HR data elements and dependencies
• Ability to maintain sensitive/confidential information with professionalism and discretion
• Minimum 5 years of relevant multi-state payroll work experience
• Strong ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, with advanced knowledge of Excel
• Experience in labor and payroll tax laws and regulations
• Ability to import/export large data sets between systems (we use NetSuite as our accounting system)
• Experience in processing and auditing multi-state payroll
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)

Compensation: 80-90K

Equal Opportunity Employer

IBISWorld provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, IBISWorld complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.