Senior Financial Payroll Specialist, Bilingual

Remote Work: Hybrid
Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer's and partner's needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You'll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

The Payroll Administrator Senior will ensure speed and accuracy of payroll processing with responsibility for all payroll related processing, including statutory tax filings and associated general ledger entries. This position will serve as liaison to employees, managers, Human Resources, Information Technology, and third party payroll vendors to ensure payroll is processed in accordance with company-specific pay polices (e.g. vacation, overtime, LOA, government regulations, withholding exemptions, etc.).

Responsibilities:

• Accurately process applicable payroll processes in compliance with country and location specific laws and meeting company deadlines
• Reconcile and analyze payments for payroll tax withholdings, retirement plan contributions, garnishments, and all other withholdings ensuring that statutory due dates are met
• Prepare payroll journal entries and provide support to Accounting on payroll account reconciliations
• Audit HRIS interface data from HR status updates for increases, new hires, terminations, leaves of absence, benefit changes, address changes, and title and department changes
• Maintain accurate and timely employee payroll data including attendance and vacation records
• Process all non-cash compensation transactions including stock options, employee awards, relocations and other programs
• Register and maintain tax agency accounts
• Prepare and process year end wage tax information
• Execute and maintain all court-ordered withholdings
• Create ad hoc reports upon request
• Document and update all payroll procedures as needed
• Maintain proper payroll records to support internal and external audits
• Keep current on all payroll-related laws, policies and regulations through on-line and written resources, and attending payroll seminars as needed
• Provide support participate in all payroll system upgrades and integration projects as needed
• Maintain strict confidentiality of payroll records
• Documents payroll processes and procedures; may train payroll department staff. May back up those who perform specialized tasks or activities such as stock option exercises, bonus payments, imputed income recording, government agency document filing, or sales commission payments
• Documents payroll processes and procedures; may train payroll department staff
• Special projects and duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma required
• Typically requires 2-4 years of related experience
• Solid knowledge of statutory payroll laws and payroll accounting practices to handle moderately difficult assignments
• Ability to work independently to meet all payroll and accounting deadlines
• Fluent level of English (written and verbal) as well as local language as applicable

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly organized, detail minded, and able to analyze complex payroll transactions
• Bachelor Degree - Accounting , finance
• Ability to communicate effectively both oral and written with a customer service approach
• Ability to work within a team environment and possess skills to support process change
• Ability to operate as escalation point for junior team members
• Competency in spreadsheet and word processing applications

Hybrid role: Bógota, Colombia
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