Senior Payroll Accountant

About the role

Korn Ferry is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Accountant to join our Payroll team. This position plays a key role in the accurate and timely processing of a complex, high-volume, multistate payroll environment. The ideal candidate will have strong payroll knowledge, hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now, advanced Excel skills, and a solid understanding of payroll accounting, reconciliations, internal controls, and federal and state payroll requirements. This individual should be highly organized, analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. The Senior Payroll Accountant will work closely with Payroll, Accounting, Human Resources, Benefits, Compensation, and other internal teams to ensure payroll transactions are processed accurately, and payroll-related issues are researched and resolved timely. This is a fully remote position. Candidates located in the Pacific Time Zone are preferred to support the team’s operating hours and payroll processing schedule.

Responsibilities

• Support the accurate and timely processing of high-volume, semi-monthly, multi-state payrolls.
• Review and process payroll transactions, including new hires, terminations, leaves of absence, salary changes, bonuses, commissions, incentive payments, severance, garnishments, benefit deductions, 401(k) contributions, stock-related compensation, and other payroll adjustments.
• Review payroll data and preliminary payroll reports for accuracy and completeness and research and resolve discrepancies prior to payroll submission.
• Perform payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure payroll transactions are complete, accurate, properly supported, and appropriately recorded.
• Prepare and review payroll-related account reconciliations and assist with the reconciliation of payroll registers and general ledger accounts.
• Process and review manual and off-cycle payroll payments, including final wage payments, in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements.
• Research and resolve complex payroll issues, including employee pay discrepancies, taxation questions, deductions, earnings, and system-related issues.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll and wage-and hour requirements and assist in ensuring payroll processes remain compliant.
• Maintain appropriate payroll documentation and support internal control requirements, including documentation related to payroll reviews, approvals, and reconciliations.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests and provide supporting payroll documentation as needed.
• Partner with HR, Compensation, Benefits, Accounting, Finance, and other internal teams to research and resolve payroll-related matters.
• Provide support and guidance to other members of the Payroll team and serve as a resource for complex payroll matters.
• Assist with special projects and other payroll and accounting responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• 4+ years of progressive payroll experience, preferably within a complex, high-volume, multi-state pay