LANXESS

Sr. Payroll Specialist

LANXESS • $74K — $99K *
Shelton, WA 98584In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or related field preferred; equivalent payroll experience may be considered.
  • 5-10 years of advanced payroll experience, ideally in large, multi-state, multi-entity, union payroll environments.
  • Experience in payroll accounting, tax, retirement plan reconciliation, year-end processing, audit support, and payroll reporting is strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge in payroll liabilities, gross-to-net reconciliation, journal entries, and general ledger support; ability to provide backup payroll processing when needed.
  • Experience in U.S. and/or Canada year-end payroll processing and statutory reporting, including W-2, 941, 940, state unemployment, T4, and reconciliations is necessary.
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting complex payroll, tax, accounting, system, or vendor issues, as well as identifying control gaps and recommending process improvements.
  • Familiarity with union payroll accounting and collective bargaining agreement requirements is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Owning payroll accounting and reconciliation activities, including review of liabilities, initiation fees, and month-end support.
  • Managing Vanguard/401k and retirement plan payroll activities, focusing on processing, funding, and issue resolution.
  • Supporting payroll tax compliance activities for U.S. and/or Canada, ensuring accurate tax code setups and quarter-end review.
  • Coordinating year-end, quarter-end reporting, and audit activities, validating employee tax form data and documentation.
  • Maintaining payroll processing knowledge and providing backup processing support as required during peak periods or absences.
  • Enhancing systems, controls, and documentation; troubleshooting issues and recommending process improvements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance packages.
  • Retirement plans with employer contributions.
  • Flexible work arrangements and paid time off.
  • Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
  • Employee assistance and wellness programs.
Full Job Description
Job Highlights

  • Serve as primary owner for payroll accounting and reconciliation activities, including payroll liability reconciliations, union dues, initiation fees, union arrears, gross-to-net review, journal entry support, general ledger file review, payroll funding support, cash activity review, check request/wire transfer support, month-end/quarter-end/year-end close support, and investigation/resolution of reconciliation differences.
  • Serve as primary owner for Vanguard/401k and retirement plan payroll activity, including processing, funding, reconciliation, issue resolution, employee deductions, employer contributions, loan repayments, corrections, limits, reporting, vendor coordination, Benefits/Finance coordination, annual retirement plan support, audit requests, and process documentation.
  • Support payroll tax and statutory compliance activities for U.S. and/or Canada payroll operations, including tax code setup, tax IDs, SUI/SDI rates, provincial/local requirements, payroll tax configurations, quarter-end and year-end payroll tax review, W-2, W-2PR, 1099, 941, 940, state unemployment, T4 preparation/review, taxable benefit review, statutory deduction review, and related reporting/reconciliation as assigned.
  • Support and/or coordinate assigned year-end, quarter-end, annual reporting, and audit activities. Review and validate employee tax form data, QTD analysis, Q4/year-end packages, vendor reports, audit requests, documentation, and correction processes. Help ensure U.S. and/or Canada year-end deadlines are met.
  • Maintain payroll processing knowledge and provide backup payroll processing support as needed. Remain cross-trained on payroll procedures, pay groups, payroll calendars, payroll audits, exception resolution, off-cycle processing, and corrections. Support payroll processing during absences, leaves, turnover, peak periods, urgent deadlines, or business continuity events, and as needed.
  • Support systems, controls, documentation, cross-training, and process improvement. Validate data interfaces, troubleshoot system issues, identify control gaps, recommend improvements, maintain documentation/checklists, cross-train payroll team members, and serve as a technical resource for payroll accounting, Vanguard/401k, tax, year-end, audit, compliance, U.S. payroll, and/or Canada payroll processes


Experience / Skills

  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or related field preferred; equivalent payroll experience may be considered. CPP, FPC, PCP, or equivalent payroll certification preferred; advanced certification strongly preferred for technical scope.
  • 5-10 years of advanced payroll experience required, preferably in a large, multi-state, multi-entity, union, and/or North America payroll environment.
  • Experience with payroll accounting, payroll tax, retirement plan/401k reconciliation, year-end processing, audit support, and payroll reporting strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of payroll accounting, payroll liabilities, gross-to-net reconciliation, journal entries, and general ledger support. Ability to provide backup payroll processing support when needed.
  • Experience with U.S. and/or Canada year-end payroll processing and statutory reporting, including W-2, 941, 940, state unemployment, T4, and related reconciliations as applicable.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex payroll, tax, accounting, system, or vendor issues and to identify control gaps and recommend process improvements.
  • Experience with union payroll accounting, collective bargaining agreement requirements, union deductions, union arrears, retroactive adjustments, and related payroll liability reconciliations preferred.


Location Shelton
Employee Type Regular

About LANXESS

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 6.8 billion in 2019 and about 14,300 employees in 33 countries. The company is currently represented at 60+ production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics.
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14,886 employees
Industry
Business Services
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