Senior Payroll Analyst

Johnson & Johnson; Bogotá; Presencial; COP 120.000.000 - 180.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Johnson & Johnson Bogota Capability Center seeks a Senior Analyst with strong HR/Finance operations focus to ensure timely, accurate payroll for the Americas region. You will review results, manage incidents and changes, and drive continuous improvement and system upgrades using J&J Global Services tools.

Collaborating across markets, you will support multi-country payroll, maintain confidentiality, and provide payroll data analytics.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.
• Minimum 4 years of payroll or HR operations experience (Americas region).
• Strong knowledge of US payroll processing (rules, vendors, etc.).
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills.
• Prior SME or team lead experience preferred.
• Payroll certification (CPP, FPC) preferred.
• Research and problem-solving skills required.
• Ability to execute tactically and adapt with minimal supervision.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work across markets.
• Prior experience with deployment or implementation projects preferred.
• Experience with leading payroll providers (ADP, NGA, SDWorx) preferred.
• Experience in multi-national companies or Finance/HR Shared Services preferred.
• Experience with e-Time, Kronos, SAP, Workday preferred.
• Knowledge of DTPs and compliance (SOX) required.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure payroll data interfaces from internal apps into the payroll system before deadline.
• Support accounting, payments, Time & Attendance, and Long Term incentives as part of Payroll.
• Perform checks, variance analysis and reconciliations during pre-payroll and finalization.
• Serve as payroll support for testing, data management and process docs.
• Provide expertise on payroll calculation with third-party providers.
• Support multi-country payroll for compliance with policies and laws.
• Produce month/quarter/year-end payroll reports and remittances.
• Perform reporting and reconciliation tasks.
• Execute processes for SOX, internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality and compliance with policies and external regs.
• Update payroll process and admin documentation.
• Identify continuous improvement and automation opportunities.
• Support cross-functional payroll-dependent projects.
• Address payroll inquiries and provide timely resolutions.
• Demonstrate understanding of AI concepts and responsible practices; generate effective prompts.

Conocimientos

English communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Cultural awareness

Time management

Attention to detail

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Payroll certification (CPP, FPC) preferred

Herramientas

SAP

Workday

Kronos

e-Time

Salesforce Service Cloud

ADP

NGA

SDWorx

Descripción del empleo

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function

Finance

Job Sub Function

Payroll

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description

The position will be part of the Bogota Capability Center organization. The Senior Analyst role should have strong HR or Finance operation experience focused of timeliness, accuracy, and compliance. As a Senior Analyst, you are responsible for consistently delivering assigned tasks and responsibilities for the Americas region. This role will also be responsible for review, validation and analysis of results and reports. You will also facilitate and have tactical responsibilities in the areas of Incident and Change management, Continuous Improvement initiatives, digital capabilities project deliverables and system upgrades. You will follow J&J Global Services tools, procedures, and guidelines in discharge of your day-to-day duties. Strong collaboration, adaptability and time-management are critical for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure payroll-related data from Company internal applications interfaces into the payroll system before payroll deadline.
• Support process of accounting, payments, Time & Attendance, Long Term incentives, as part of Payroll.
• Perform checks, controls, variance analysis and reconciliations during pre-payroll processing and before payroll is finalized.
• Serve as a Payroll support for the different phases of the project like testing, data management, process documentation etc.
• Provide expertise on payroll calculation process with third-party payroll provider.
• Supports multi-country payroll to have an effective operational model in compliance with company policies as well as statutory and legal requirements.
• Ability to perform reporting and remittances such as month end, quarter end and year end payroll returns.
• Ability to perform reporting and reconciliation.
• Executes, in accordance with globally established standards, processes for SOX compliance, internal controls, and required regulatory/statutory requirements (including payroll record data maintenance).
• Maintains a high degree of confidentiality, data protection assurance, conformity with J&J policies, procedures, external regulations, and agencies.
• Updates and maintains payroll process and administration documentation.
• Identifies and raises continuous improvement and automation opportunities.
• Supports cross-functional projects with payroll dependency.
• Supports and resolves payroll related inquiries.
• Demonstrates an understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices, and has experience generating effective prompts to boost efficiency and productivity.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of prior experience in Payroll or HR operation is required. (Americas Region)
• Strong Knowledge of payroll US processing (processes, regulations, vendor landscape, etc.).
• Strong English language verbal and written communication skills is required.
• Prior experience leading a team as an SME or team lead and demonstrable ability to motivate and manage a team is preferred.
• Payroll certification is preferred (e.g. CPP, FPC)
• Research and problem-solving skills required.
• Ability to execute tactically, quickly adapt to situations, and address day-to-day operational challenges with minimal supervision.
• Cultural awareness and an ability to work with a multitude of people across multiple markets assigned.
• Prior experience with deployment or implementation projects is preferred.
• Knowledge and/or experience with the Leading Third-Party Payroll Providers (ADP, NGA, SDWorx, etc.
• Prior experience in a multi-national company, and/or experience in Finance/HR Shared Services preferred.
• Prior experience in e-Time, Kronos, Salesforce Service Cloud, SAP, Workday is preferred.
• Knowledge and/or experience with Knowledge Management artifacts such as Desktop Procedures (DTPs) and proficiency with Compliance requirements (SOX and Business Controls) is required.

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Preferred Skills

Business Behavior, Coaching, Communication, Data Capturing, Data Reporting, Detail-Oriented, Financial Analysis, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Internal Controls, Payroll Processing, Payroll Reporting, Payroll Software, Payroll Taxes, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Professional Ethics, Regulatory Compliance, Service Excellence, Time Management