Payroll Officer

OVERVIEW:

KPMG Jamaica has a delivery center named “Jamaica Extended Support Services (JESS)” operating from Kingston, which is contracted to provide back office support to its member firm KPMG United States (“the Client”). The Clients’ Finance and Accounting is expanding operations at JESS to support the Payroll process area. Team members within the delivery center work with Client’s stakeholders under a team extension model to support Client’s back office operations.

The Clients’ Payroll process area performs tasks related to HR Audit reviews- tax updates, calculations of final wages for terminated employees, calculation of overpayments and processing off cycle payments.

JOB SUMMARY:

The JESS Payroll resources are responsible for performing various tasks in accordance with standard operating procedures provided by the Clients’ Payroll team including, but not limited to: processing payments, processing adjustments, setting up deductions, preparation and distribution of overpayment notices and recovery and issuing payments to terminated employees as specified by each state .

The JESS Payroll Officer reports primarily to the JESS Payroll Team Lead but will also take direction from other Payroll Client team members who are accountable for supported work.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Service Delivery

• Review HR Audit report and determine required action
• Monitor e-mailbox, responding to a wide variety of requests within a specified time — Calculate off-cycle checks as needed
• Calculate over/underpayments dependent upon effective dated transactions in the payroll system
• Update employees tax records based on State and Federal tax forms
• Process deduction set up and refunds
• Process tax balance adjustments
• Review requests from the applicable website and process “one-off” transactions when pay lines are open.
• Prioritize work assignments in order to meet strict daily deadlines
• Process W-2C adjustments
• Issuing payments to terminated employees as specified by each state
• Interact with other departments within JESS to ensure that assigned tasks are completed accurately and timely
• Review and recommend changes to the Standard Operating Procedures

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting or Equivalent Professional Accreditation
• At least two years relevant work experience within Payroll environment or a similar process

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Our team is using a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between working from home in Jamaica and being in the office. Expected to spend a minimum of five days each month in the office, though this number may increase depending on business needs.
• Expected to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Will be working primarily in a paperless environment and expected to be using information systems for the entire workday to access data or perform activities.
• May be required to work extended hours periodically or on public holidays.

We thank all interested applicants however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Learn more about K-JESS here: K-JESS Homepage

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