Payroll Accounting Analyst - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

This position performs a variety of accounting related activities including monthly payroll account reconciliations for our US Payroll. Processes monthly payroll for Canada (including annual reporting), Spain and France.

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly payroll account reconciliations. Prepare journal entries when required. Liaison between payroll and finance.
• Play the lead role for payroll audits working with internal and external auditors.
• Responsible for daily posting validations between Workday and SAP.
• Responsible for the accurate preparation and documentation of the monthly Canada, Spain and France payroll
• Responsible for ADP daily wire confirmations, understand federal and state tax requirements and work within ADP Smart Compliance - Wage payments, Wage garnishments & Wisely Now.
• Social Security verifications.
• Weekly WOTC tax credits.
• Month end journal entries.
• Serve as a backup for the Payroll Tax Analyst preparing and timely filing and reconciliation of required tax filings and other reporting.
• Month end reporting.
• Provide Payroll information for Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting.
• Work closely with HR Analysts to ensure Workday is configured based on Finance requirements.
• Focus on continuous improvement, ongoing innovations, best practices, and standardization. Create / update payroll process and resource documents, test system enhancements and upgrades including regression testing if needed.

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Associate degree required; Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Level I Analyst: 1-3 years payroll/accounting experience
• Level II Analyst: 3+ years payroll/accounting experience
• Ability to process, interpret, and analyze a variety of figures.
• Critical thinking
• Attention to detail, high integrity and sound judgement required
• Workday, ADP Smart Compliance & SAP experience strongly preferred
• MS Office experience including Excel required
• Organization, interpersonal, writing skills required
• Team player with continuous improvement focus

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees a variety of perks, including:

Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment, if you do go into the office!

Location - Open to remote employees, or for those going into the office we are conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters! Take advantage of our onsite cafe, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.

Wellness - The Toro Company's HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.

Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

Summer Hours - Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.

Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing in a remote or hybrid environment. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and/or work from home, has promoted team-building and flexibility. #LI-Remote

Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you'll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.