Global Payroll Administration Specialist

What you'll be doing:

The Payroll Administration Specialist is responsible for providing global or region-specific payroll operations support. They collect key data inputs from various teams (e. g. , Benefits, Compensation, Mobility) to administer the disbursement of pay. The Payroll Administration Specialist is the face of payroll to Hitachi employees, working with third party payroll suppliers, Total Rewards COE, and BU HR to answer and resolve queries. The Payroll Specialist ensures that Hitachi employees get paid in a timely fashion, and that Hitachi is disbursing pay in compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.

This role will be a mixture of remote working and based on Hitachi s office in Bangalore.

What you bring to the team:

We're looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. Some of the skills and experience we look for includes:

• Creates, updates, and maintains employee assignment and pay details
• Analyzes all off-cycle payroll requests and validates payroll inquiry/requests
• Processes regular and off-cycle payroll and distribute payments
• Processes payroll accounting and reconciliation
• Partners with third party payroll supplier as applicable
• Ensures Payroll Service Level Agreements are met with internal customers
• Monitor metrics/KPIs, gather customer feedback, and determine areas for improvement
• Partners with the Total Rewards COE to conduct quarter and year-end activities including preparation of interfaces and reports
• Provides support for Legal and regulatory reports
• Acts as a point of escalation for payroll inquiries, redirecting complex or unusual inquiries to Payroll Administration Lead, BU HR, and/or Total Rewards COE

Preferred Qualification

• Responsible for payroll processing and ensuring timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, taxes, and other deductions including timely FF of exits.
• Having excellent knowledge in US payroll, multistate payroll processing and statutory compliance.
• Good exposure in US year end process.
• Have experience in processing payroll in ADP WFN/Workday