Senior Payroll Specialist

About the role

The Senior Payroll Specialist plays a pivotal role in the payroll operations at Philip Morris International (PMI), a company dedicated to transforming its business towards a smoke-free future. This role involves leading and executing payroll operations, serving as a subject matter expert, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the processing of regular and off-cycle payrolls, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with established payroll procedures.
• Serve as a primary payroll subject matter expert and provide day-to-day guidance to payroll team members.
• Review payroll data for completeness and accuracy, including earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, time data, and employee changes.
• Manage payroll transactions in ADP, including employee updates, payroll balancing, audit reporting, and issue resolution.
• Support payroll-related activities associated with hires, terminations, transfers, leave of absence, bonuses, and other employee lifecycle events.
• Research, resolve, and respond to payroll discrepancies, employee inquiries, and complex payroll issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Afford support for payroll tax filings, reconciliations, year-end activities, and audit requirements.
• Prepare and review payroll reports, reconciliations, and analysis to identify trends, variances, or processing issues.
• Collaborate with HRIS, HR, Finance, and Benefits teams to ensure accurate integration of employee and compensation data.
• Participate in payroll system testing, upgrades, implementations, and process improvements.
• Help develop, document, and maintain payroll procedures, internal controls, and standard operating practices.
• Support internal and external audits by gathering documentation and responding to payroll-related requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll efficiency, accuracy, and compliance through automation and process standardization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, human resources, business administration, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of payroll experience, including experience processing multi-state payroll.
• Hands-on experience with ADP is required.
• Strong understanding of payroll principles, wage and hour regulations, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Experience reviewing payroll data, reconciling payroll results, and resolving complex payroll discrepancies.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and payroll reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications include experience with SAP SuccessFactors or other HRIS platforms, experience with payroll tax processing, tax reconciliation, tax notices, and multi-state tax compliance, prior experience in a lead, senior, or informal supervisory payroll role, the designation of the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation, and experience supporting audits, process improvement initiatives, or payroll system projects.

Benefits

Annual Base Salary Range: $88,000 - $110,000. Additional benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with a generous company match, wellness benefits, commuter benefits, pet insurance, generous paid time off, and much more!

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range: $88,000 - $110,000

Schedule

Hybrid schedule