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Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we’re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen is seeking a Lead Payroll Partner to our growing team. The Lead Payroll Partner will serve as a subject matter expert in payroll processes, state tax filings, and audits. This role will lead and manage a team of two payroll partners, providing guidance, support, and expertise to ensure the accurate and timely processing of payroll for all employees in the United States. The primary focus of this position is to optimize payroll operations, enhance compliance with federal and state regulations, and improve overall efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Counsels employees on company policies and procedures as it relates to Payroll.

• May recruit, interview, hire, and train staff, evaluate employee performance, and recommend or initiate promotions, transfers, and disciplinary action for the US Payroll Team.

• Performs all activities necessary to process one or more full cycle multi-state payrolls, including maintaining related records , filing tax reports and voluntary deduction reports, processing involuntary deductions such as levies and garnishments, preparing accounting transactions and documents, documenting, and updating procedures, and preparing special reports for management.

• Accountable for the accurate transmission of data from time and attendance system into payroll system, balancing all batches and making any adjustments or corrections, as necessary.

• Ensures mapping and interfaces maintained in Workday Payroll, Time and Absence Management. Implements process improvements, test system changes, and lead special projects within the payroll department.

• Responsible for the verification of change reports in Workday. Verification relates to new hire employees and all change notifications from Human Resources such as new rates of pay, cost center changes, voluntary deduction changes, etc., where applicable.

• Completes, verifies and ensures accuracy of special payroll runs (i.e. Bonus) throughout the year.

• Oversees the transmission of payroll data and maintains related reports and records.

• Ensures all Fidelity updates to contributions and loans are current and documented.

• After the completion of each payroll run, processes the savings plan, pension and non-qualified funding for all U.S. employees.

• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of various accounting reports, schedules, and analyses for Finance, HR and Benefits.

• Develops and maintains more complex reports to meet our Business Partner’s needs.

• Ensures third-party deposits are processed timely and accurately.

• Works with Federal and state agencies, as well as third party tax administrator, to ensure proper registration with agencies and compliance with applicable tax laws.

• Responsible for agency notices and resolution.

• Responsible for US General Ledger – configuration, reporting and requested maintenance.

• Leads US Payroll compliance adhering to policies and Workday.

• Ensures timeliness and accuracy of year end processing, including reconciliation and prior quarter adjustments.

• Coordination with third party service providers to fulfill local statutory reporting requirements.

• Liaise with auditors and manage payroll tax audits .

• Works closely with other Human Resources functions to maintain data integrity and ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness.

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with both external and internal partners.

• Performs other duties as deemed necessary by circumstances.

  Qualifications:

• Work experience with processing payroll is required. Maintaining meticulous records is crucial for audit purposes.

• Payroll processing and troubleshooting in Workday is mandatory.

• Proficiency manipulating Excel spreadsheets.

• Proficiency with federal and multi-state payroll tax laws and regulations.

• Exceptional data entry skills with emphasis on data integrity and speed.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to relate to various groups of internal and external customers.

• The ability to exercise judgment and discretion and seek supervisor input as appropriate.

• Experience with One Source Virtual – OSV.

• Ability to scale at a global level.

• The ability to maintain strict confidentiality.

If you are interested in being part of a world class HR and Payroll function here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.

Salary Range: $80,000-$90,000 Annually

Alkegen is a specialty materials leader serving mission-critical systems that the world is focused on for the future, including: battery technologies, electric vehicles, filtration media, and specialty insulation materials that enable customers to reduce fossil fuel consumption, save energy, and live greener.

We help people breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

Our experience speaks for itself. We are a vertically integrated manufacturer with the global reach and talent to solve your most demanding applications.

With 60 manufacturing facilities and 9,000+ highly skilled employees located around the world, we can solve any challenge.

Dedicated to sustainability and human health, we are uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.