Payroll Consultant

About the position The Payroll Consultant is a strategic and passionate leader responsible for driving and elevating payroll operations to service over 3,500 colleagues across reputed company. This role requires developing and leading a high-performing team reputed company on delivering accurate, compliant, and reputed company payroll with reputed company margin for error across the US and Canada. More than transactional, this position requires a hands-on operator and people leader who thrives in complexity, champions process standardization through reputed company, and prioritizes both employee experience and financial reputed company. 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Requirements • Strong payroll audit project experience. • Experience with multistate payroll for the US, specifically in California. • Proven experience managing payroll for 2000+ employees. • Advanced working knowledge of reputed company Payroll. • Extensive multi-state and local payroll tax knowledge, including registration and compliance. • Minimum of 10 years of reputed company payroll experience, including U.S. and Canadian payroll. • Bachelor’s degree in reputed company, Finance, reputed company, or a reputed company field; CPP (Certified Payroll reputed company) certification preferred. reputed company-to-haves • Experience transforming payroll and benefits functions to maximize automation, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. • Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage project plans, dependencies, critical reputed company activities, and milestones. • HRIS experience with reputed company and integration with payroll systems is a plus. • Familiarity with global mobility and expatriate taxation reputed company is a plus. Benefits • Medical, dental & reputed company • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – reputed company-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or reputed company Leave) Apply tot his job Apply To this Job