Sr. Payroll Administrator

Kantar; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 69,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data and consulting company, Kantar, is seeking a Sr. Payroll Administrator. This role involves managing payroll for a large employee base, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maintaining strong communication with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have significant payroll experience and attention to detail while being part of a flexible and diverse work environment.

Benefits

Medical plans

401k with match

Tuition Reimbursement

Unlimited PTO

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll management and compliance.
• Ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in a Shared Service HR Department is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll for approximately 1,300 employees in the US.
• Ensure compliance with policies and legislation.
• Review and approve provider-prepared payroll.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Education

5 plus years of payroll experience

Tools

ADP EV5 or EV6

Excel

Outlook

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Job Details

Job Title: Sr. Payroll Administrator – USA

Job Location: Anywhere in USA

Continue to be part of Kantar the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

We now have a great new opportunity available as a Sr. Payroll Administrator for the US.

Job Details

The US payroll team manages payroll for approximately 1,300 employees in the US. The role is responsible for managing payroll, varying in size and complexity, with adherence to policy, compliance, and legislation. It requires strong communication skills to liaison with payroll providers, internal business partners, revenue authorities, and other third parties.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for Payroll administration in the US by ensuring internal controls and deadlines met.
• Calculate payable hours, commissions, bonuses, tax withholding and deductions.
• Understand our complex business needs and manage expectations.
• Prepare payroll inputs for timely processing.
• Review and approve provider prepared payroll against the approved payroll inputs.
• Ensure a high degree of regulatory compliance while continually monitoring and analysing the ever- changing regional regulatory landscape
• Ensure governance and audit compliance, identifying risks, ensuring appropriate and relevant controls are in place and attesting to these each month
• Work in partnership with all third-party providers, in providing optimal operational and service level expectations. Foster a relationship of collaboration and partnerships.
• Continually monitor operational performance. Quickly identifying process improvement opportunities, while reducing operational risk
• Ensure that all policies and procedures are always adhered to and all operational standards are met.
• Process queries by monitoring tickets (ServiceNow) ensuring SLA are met.
  
  

Experience And Skills

• 5 plus years of hands-on payroll experience in ADP EV5 or EV6.
• Strong Communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, multitask and meet tight deadlines.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Outlook and Excel.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• A good team worker with the ability to work effectively with staff at different levels of an organization.
• Strong understanding and respect for confidentiality
• Experience in a Shared Service HR Department would be an added advantage
• Experience of Workday and service now would be an added advantage
• Experience of payroll implementation
  
  

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services
• Health Savings Account/FSA
• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs
• Wellness Program
• 401k with match
• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits
• Unlimited PTO
  
  

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can

understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager

The salary range for this role in Chicago is USD 69,700 - 116,100. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Location

Chicago, N. Green StreetUnited States of America

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Market Research

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