Manager Payroll

About the role

We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. Our Shared Services Team accompanies and enables others within the EssilorLuxottica collective to achieve their targets. We are seeking a Payroll Manager to oversee the payroll processing activities for North America.

Responsibilities

• Leads the execution and accuracy of US, Puerto Rico and Canada disbursements of multi-state payroll, including garnishments, benefits and taxes consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws
• Manages and develops payroll processing team
• Maintains and updates payroll SOPs
• Ensures the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely
• Collaborates continuously with leadership regarding team assignment delegation, team performance overview and ongoing payroll matters
• Collaborates on a frequent basis with various departments (Benefits, Compensation, HRBP, Legal, Compliance, Store Operations, Accounting and IT) and with external vendors
• Appropriately maintains and secures confidential records and inquiries
• Follows and maintains knowledge of all payroll and HR policies and procedures including a comprehensive understanding of various PTO, Sick, and Holiday plans to ensure accuracy of accruals and payments
• Adheres to applicable state, local and federal laws, rules, and regulations
• Supports Leadership with ongoing audits and adhoc requests from business
• Leads the continuous review of employee payroll data information
• Oversees resolution of pay errors to ensure corrections are performed timely and accurately based on compliance with state regulations
• Oversees ticket resolution timeliness with the processing team to ensure ticket responsiveness and resolution is timely per SLAs
• Supports the setup of standard reports to run automatically for distribution, and creates Ad hoc reports as needed for legal, compliance, tax and other business partners

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ year’s payroll experience, specifically with reporting, data analysis, payroll processing and auditing
• In-depth knowledge of payroll processes, workflow, and procedures in a fast paced shared services, multi-EIN, multi-state environment
• Advanced proficiency using Microsoft Excel and Word
• Leadership, initiative, analytic, investigative and attention to detail skills
• Trustworthiness with confidential information
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communications
• Must be comfortable with engaging in a variety of different communicative modes and being attuned to others through strong active listening skills
• Excellent teamwork, verbal and written communication skills are essential
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management, staff, customers, and vendors
• Strong organization skills including the ability to delegate and prioritize

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADP Globalview, ADP Vantage, ADP DataBridge, SAP HCM, Workday, and Kronos Workforce a plus
• CPP certification
• Ability to interpret union contracts
• Business Objects reporting experience

Benefits

Benefits may include health care, retirement savings, paid time off/vacation, and various employee discounts. Employee pay is determined by multiple factors, including geography, experience, qualifications, skills and local minimum wage requirements. In addition, you may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.