Senior Global Payroll Specialist

Goodwin; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement & Savings Plan

Paid vacation, sick time off, andholid

Professional development opportunities

Employee recognition and reward

Employee wellness and assistance

Employee discounts and perks

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Goodwin is seeking a Senior Payroll Administrator to join the Global Operations Team. This hands-on role ensures timely, accurate, and compliant end-to-end processing of the firm's domestic and international payrolls, with opportunities to design process improvements and mitigate risk.

You will collaborate with management to deliver high-quality payroll services, stay current on wage and hour laws, and provide data for audits while supporting cross-training across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of payroll experience, including international payroll.
• Strong working knowledge of payroll and accounting systems.
• Experience in a law firm or professional services environment is preferred.
• Proactive, initiative-driven with ability to manage multiple assignments.

Responsibilities

• Process the firm’s biweekly, monthly, partner, and international payrolls.
• Maintain knowledge of payroll systems and wage-hour laws.
• Gather and prepare reports exported from Time Tracking System.
• Ensure payroll changes are properly documented and approved.
• Load imports from multiple departments related to payroll changes.
• Assist in reconciling quarterly and annual tax reports.
• Provide payroll data for audits and surveys using Workday, Expert, Dayforce, Excel, ADP.
• Respond promptly to payroll inquiries from employees.
• Stay current on all reporting functions of the payroll software.
• Enter monthly Moving Expenses, Tuition Forgiveness, and other taxable benefits.
• Assist finance with payroll account bank statements questions.
• Partner with peers to ensure tasks are covered through cross-training.

Skills

Payroll management

Attention to detail

Organization

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Expert

Dayforce

Excel

ADP

Job description

Goodwin is seeking a Senior Payroll Administrator to join the Global Operations Team. This hands-on role ensures timely, accurate, and compliant end-to-end processing of the firm's domestic and international payrolls, with opportunities to design process improvements and mitigate risk.

You will collaborate with management to deliver high-quality payroll services, stay current on wage and hour laws, and provide data for audits while supporting cross-training across departments.