US Regional Payroll Controller -4067.2

 

Work Location:

Remote candidates residing and working in the following states will be considered for this position:

  

Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

 

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

 

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

 

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

 

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

 

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

 

 

About The Role:

The Regional Payroll Controller is a part of a wider global team, reporting to Global Payroll Lead and is responsible for the accounting, and oversight of transactions processing for the Regional Payroll function, utilizing a team of payroll administrators. This includes managing the processing of payments and maintenance of records for all RWS operating Countries within the Region, ensuring adherence to statutory compliance and the consistency of the standardized payroll policies & procedures, as defined by Global operating model, and applying/supporting the requisite accounting controls and processes, develop and provide analyses and reports.

 

The purpose of this role is to ensure accurate and timely processing of biweekly payroll for the USA and Canada collate and validate data received from various sources and upload it on Payroll system, analyze data, respond to the payroll operations queries, and ensure full compliance with all statutory obligations.

 

 

Responsibilities:

• To ensure that disbursement of all payroll remittances, payroll taxes and employee benefits, are delivered accurately and on time, confirming that adequate checks have been conducted.
• Supervise and improve payroll operations.
• Manages a team of Payroll administrators, provide feedback, coach and conduct continuous performance assessment.
• Review and audit payroll prepared by staff and third-party providers to ensure compliance with corporate policies, tax requirements, statutory regulations.
• Coordinate with Tax, Legal, Human Resources, and Managed Service Providers.
• Partner with HR Business Partners to deliver an excellent Employee Experience.
• Ensure a timely response to employee queries.
• Liaise with the relevant statutory taxation authorities.
• Lead and initiate purposeful relationships across functions and teams to encourage partnership working.

 

Team Focus

• Prioritization of own workload on a day to day basis
• Participation in team meetings
• Submitting any relevant information that can be discussed at team briefs.
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
• Team player who demonstrates commitment through clear and timely communication

 

 

Requirements:

• 8-10 years’ experience in US Payroll knowledge required.
• Previous experience working as a Payroll Manager.
• Previous Team Management
• Experience working with Business Process Outsourcing Service Providers.
• Experience of continuous improvement.
• Significant Work Experience and Technical Competency primarily with Excel, Workforce Now -desirable.
• Confident in processing of payroll from start to finish.
• Proven numeric skills, a background in payroll is essential.
• Good numeric competency in data entry, data conversion and analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel including the utilisation of V lookups and pivot tables.
• Must be able to manipulate and upload large amount of data on excel received from various sources with high accuracy.
• Ability to communicate complex numerical information effectively at all levels.
• Problem solving skills.
• Hands-on, strong functional knowledge and a minimum of 10 years payroll operation experience.
• Strong vendor management and project management skills.
• Clear and logical thinking under pressure and the ability to work independently and deliver strong results.
• Strong influence and stakeholder management skills.
• A strong emphasis on accuracy and quality.
• Highly organised.
• Pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Competent oral and written communication skills, with ability to evaluate queries and advise in a timely and professional manner.
• A high level of personal drive and self-motivation with an ability to work under own initiative.
• A willingness to learn new tasks and be flexible.
• Customer-focused with a service-orientated approach
• Ability to build relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Flexible and adaptable to work demands within the company.
• Ability to balance priorities to achieve results.
• A confident team player.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

Benefits: Amazing benefits! (Seriously!)

• Strong medical, dental, and vision coverages, with generous employer contribution to healthcare spending accounts, and access to FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care accounts.
• Generous paid time off package, starting at 25 days per year, plus company holidays, birthday day off, paid volunteer time, and 100% paid parental leave.
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match.
• Company-wide agile work policy with flexible work arrangements.
• Opportunities for training, professional development, and personal growth.
• Smart, engaged co-workers and a global culture of diversity, innovation, and opportunity.
• The rare opportunity to impact how organizations communicate globally. There’s a reason we work with 90 of the top 100 brands.

 

Base Pay:

$95,000 - $105,000 / year

FLSA Status: Exempt

 

Actual rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to: position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. Total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other perks, as outlined in any formal offer made.

 

Covid Vaccination:

All RWS employees hired for positions that require working on-site at RWS offices, customer offices, travel on behalf of RWS, and/or in-person meetings will be required to comply with the RWS USA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Policy. RWS complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

 

Life at RWS - We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch.

 

RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

RWS is an Affirmative Action Employer.

For more information about EEO/AAP legislation please visit: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

 

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.