Global PeopleSoft Project Manager (Payroll Systems)

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Responsibilities

• Build relationships and collaborate with internal partners (Payroll, Engineering, HR, benefits, etc.) to ensure that payroll systems provide accurate payments to employees and support compliant reporting.
• Coordinate the global payroll process with third-party vendors, internal team members, and business partners; manage payroll system setup including annual schedule, calendar/register creation, element setup for all global payrolls, and validation of exchange rates.
• Maintain setup tables for earnings and deduction elements for all global payrolls.
• Support monthly and annual expat processing.
• Load, reconcile, and audit data feeds from the HRIS system (Workday) to the payroll system (PeopleSoft) and manage the monthly transmission of payroll data to vendor systems. Identify and resolve data or transmission issues with the appropriate partners.
• Prepare proofs, audits, and reconciliations of data; maintain monthly tracking worksheet to ensure tasks are successfully completed.
• Produce, balance, troubleshoot, and develop general ledger processing in conjunction with accounting and HR technical teams, both US and globally.
• Assist in coordination of year-end processing, including incentive compensation process, relocation expenses, salary increases, global taxation of transferred employees, etc.
• Liaise with payroll teams and engineering to coordinate and support deployment and testing tax bulletins for US & Canada; provide backup for UK tax bulletin testing and UK.

PeopleSoft processing issues

• Assist in the development and maintenance of departmental documentation; provide training to global teams on process changes.
• Coordinate projects with internal stakeholders including Benefits, HR Technology, and Engineering.
• Build system specifications and test plan strategies for payroll system change requests for the payroll team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relative payroll experience with a large company.
• Excellent knowledge of PeopleSoft US taxation, PeopleSoft Query, and US payroll processing.
• Strong multi-state payroll experience.
• Payroll accounting and controls experience.
• Exposure to and working knowledge of international payroll practices, auditing, and procedures.
• Advanced Excel skills, especially V-lookup and Pivot tables.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong focus and drive to complete tasks within designated timelines.
• Ability to interface with Engineering and other technical teams.
• Ability to research and resolve complex inquiries, seeking solutions and following through to resolution.
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail; ability to work on multiple projects and quickly shift priorities.

We'd love to see

• Project management experience and the ability to drive process.
• Global experience.