Bayer posted a job you might be interested in January 31, 2015 at 05:49PM

Bayer



Payroll Operations Leader

Greater Pittsburgh Area, US - Biotechnology

Bayer Corporation’s HR Services Department has an exciting, new career opportunity available at our Pittsburgh, PA. The Payroll Operations Leader will report to the Vice President, Shared Services - US and will provide strategic oversight, tactical and operational leadership for the development and sustainment of systems, processes, and resources for payroll and time management. The incumbent will ensure the accurate and timely delivery of all services, drive best practices and create a culture of continuous improvement. The incumbent will proactively identify issues and effectively communicate issues by priority of importance to internal customers and senior leadership. The incumbent will serve as the liaison between Bayer global process owners and other payroll operations around the Bayer enterprise.



The incumbent will:

• Provide strategic oversight, tactical and operational leadership for

the development and sustainment of systems, processes, and

resources for payroll and time management processes for all Bayer

US;

• Critically review and analyze current payroll and time management

processes and procedures in order to recommend and implement

changes leading to best-practice operations, including system

enhancements, outsourcing, and continuous improvement;

• Coordinate with global process owners implementation of new global

programs and ensure compliance with global procedures;

• Review and approve disbursements and funding by Treasury and

Accounts Payable to employees, third party vendors, and payroll

suppliers such as ADP;

• Serve as point person and resident expert regarding legal

requirements, government reporting regulations, and process design

effecting payroll and time management; Ensures Bayer’s compliance

with these regulations (tax, attendance management, payroll, etc.);

• Ensure all transactions are properly classified and in compliance

with general accounting principles, union contracts and internal

control requirements;

• Define expectations and manage suppliers including service levels,

requirements, and auditing of services;

• Communicate changes in policies and procedures and insure proper

compliance, and lead audit and compliance activities for all areas;

• Proactively conducts high-level investigations that may expose the

organization to possible risk;

• Annually review and make recommendations to senior management

for improvement and/or creation of corporate policies, procedures,

and practices for payroll and time management, in relation to

business strategic goals and values;

• Be responsible for engaging line of businesses regarding

requirements gathering for policy and/or process changes,

deployment of changes and interacting on current policy/process

concerns;

• Identify critical gaps in existing strategies and identify innovative

strategies and actions to address them;

• Actively participate and assist in defining global process for payroll

and time management process and clarify/document differences for

implementation within the US;

• Participate in due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures and

define policies/processes for implementation in alignment with

business goals;

• Develop and maintain departmental policies and procedures;

• Be responsible for developing and following policies in reference to

the departmental budget;

• Actively supervise direct reports, guide and mentor team in resolving

issues and achieving goals;

• Promote the company culture by encouraging open communication,

teamwork and living of the Bayer values;

• Establish and foster a work culture at all levels within the operation

that is positive, collaborative, respectful, innovative, dynamic, with

high integrity, and capable of supporting change over sustained

periods of time;

• Manage team training programs and ensure team is well crossed

trained and well-motivated to achieve;

• Champion development and management approaches built on

performance objectives and team;

• Manage customer problem resolution and escalation;

• Complete root cause analysis of defects and implement controls to

mitigate repetitive issues; and

• Liaison with multiple departments to ensure alignment to company

strategy.





Salary,Short & Long Term Bonus, Benefits



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