Payroll Specialist

Union City, CA, United States

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits Payroll Specialist Union City , California Apply Now Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with expected first year total earnings between $70,000 - $90,000 / year including incentives. This salary range is an average range for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Payroll Specialist is responsible to provide accurate and timely payroll processing, legal filings, and reporting. The role ensures compliance with payroll laws and regulations, prepares and processes payroll-related information and calculates earnings, adjustments, retroactive payments, etc., and establishes and manages all payroll-related work procedures.

Primary Responsibilities

Perform daily payroll department operations

Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely

Reconcile payroll before transmission and validate confirmed reports

Understand proper taxation of employer-paid benefits

Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance

Execute Kronos time and attendance processing and interface with payroll

Perform compliances for unclaimed property payroll checks

Process accurate and timely year-end reporting as necessary

Develop ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed

Process manual check and relocation metrics

Update and reconcile monthly bank statements from the ADP software system

Load import files received from Human Resources

Research and email appropriate audience of file issues

Process payroll. Collect, balance and verify information from divisions

Prepare required divisional payroll reports weekly to ensure balancing of gross to net. Ensures that this report is provided to the locations weekly by the established deadlines for review before payroll processing

Ensure all divisional payroll reconciliations are signed off by the Senior Payroll Administrator by the established deadlines

Research and resolve payroll issues relating to their assigned division(s)

Resolve internal and external customer issues by returning/acknowledging phone calls and emails promptly. Provide issue resolutions based on Service Level Agreements

Assist in the maintenance of the garnishment process for tax levies and child support

Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree and three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Physical Demands

Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine

Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping

May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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