Sr Payroll Specialist

About this role:
This position operates in a fast-paced environment and is responsible for the following:

What you’ll do

• Prepare, review and approve monthly payrolls for multiple countries.

• Prepare off-cycle manual payments as needed with required calculations and system entries.

• Process all special payment requests such as commissions, bonuses, severance, and overtime.

• Analyze processes to drive efficiencies and best practices

• Serve as a liaison between associates and local country payroll contacts.

• Resolve problems and respond to inquiries related to payroll earnings, deductions and tax withholding.

• Coordinate with HR on employee data changes and benefits as recorded in the HR system.

• Coordinate with the Payroll Service Provider Account Manager.

• Review payroll system audits and address issues.

• Prepare and input journal entries for all payroll activity, and reconcile accounts monthly.

• Prepare reports and analyses for management as requested.

• Obtain working knowledge of eTime (leave management) solution

• Provide support and integration of new payroll acquisitions.

• Partner with the global payroll analyst on all project management initiatives

• Mentor and train new hires

What you’ll need:

• Accounting or Finance degree preferred.

• Minimum of 3 years prior payroll experience and CPP designation preferred.

• 5+ years work experience preferably in a corporate environment.

• ADP or Oracle knowledge preferred

• Proven ability to work cross functionally within a team

• Project management skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion regarding sensitive personnel data

• Ability to communicate with a diverse audience at various levels within an organization

• Effective influencing and listening skills

• World class internal/external customer service skills

• Strong initiative and drive

• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure environment

• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines

• Exceptional analytical skills

• Proactive problem solving skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to drive results

What You Will Get

In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including:

• An upbeat, positive culture

• Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results and a no-limits mindset are central to our values

• Limitless growth. We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company

• Encouragement to be innovative and challenge the status quo

• Exposure to industry-leading training and development

• Performance-based recognition and rewards

• Ability to work from home flexibly in our virtual-first setup

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Who are we? 

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? 

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer? 

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. 

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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