Junior Payroll

**Our story**
At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to "Be Alight."
**Our Values**:
**Champion People **- be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
**Grow with purpose - **Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
**Be Alight - **act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team's expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
The role**:Junior Payroll (1 year fixed-term contract)**
As an **Associate, Payroll Service** your primary focus will be as part of the team responsible for the support and execution of payroll activities. It is expected, based on workload requirements and whilst maintaining a clear segregation of duties, that you will also gain valuable experience supporting **Data Management **in the **Data Service** team. The key responsibilities of the role include:
- Support the execution of routine transactional pre-payroll validation tasks as per the standard payroll service definition: _Payroll Calendar, Trusted source list maintenance, Configuration Completeness, Data input review and Data entry completeness_
- Support the execution of routine transactional payroll tasks as per the standard payroll service definition: _On-cycle process, Bank file creation, Tax and social ins. Reports, Payslip creation and GL creation_
- Produce basic standard and client specific payroll reports
- Maintain a broad knowledge of ALIGHT HR's services: _HR Administration, Talent Administration etc._
- Validation on the accuracy of data to resolve inconsistencies
- Answer basic day-to-day Payroll related questions and requests
- Identify any deviation to Payroll Calendar and discuss with Senior Associate, Payroll Service
- Provide input on updates to and/or maintain procedures and documentation about Payroll process as instructed by the Specialist, Payroll Service or Supervisor, Payroll Service
- Support the execution of SOC1 Controls related to payroll
- Support communication with client related to payroll outputs as instructed by the Specialist, Payroll Service or Supervisor, Payroll Service
- Validate impacts of changes made into the system for next payroll
**In addition, you will be encouraged to**:
- Contribute ideas on ways to resolve problems to better serve the customer and/or improve productivity
- Participate in activities designed to improve customer satisfaction and business performance
**Skills and Experience**
ALIGHT Human Resources offers you a unique chance to build a career in a vibrant, agile and growing organization, yet one with truly global client relationships and a wide range of opportunities.
At ALIGHT HR, we're dedicated to our clients, and we operate as a single, global team striving for excellence and innovation in everything we do. Talk to ALIGHT and discover what A World of Opportunity can mean for you.
**You have**:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- 1-2 years relevant experience administering Payroll or Health & Welfare/Benefits in an HR consulting, HR Outsourcing or Corporate environment.
- HRIS knowledge: _Workday, SAP, or PeopleSoft knowledge preferred_
- A good understanding of external, client and internal compliance requirements
- Good Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills
- A good understanding of how the available tools/systems enable the delivery of service excellence and the ability to use these tools and systems effectively and consistently
- The ability to follow ALIGHT HR Customer Service standards
- The ability to demonstrate excellent customer service/support skills
- The ability to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
Reasonably proficient in English language
**Flexible Working**
So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and "Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs" 5 years in a row.
**Benefits**
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it's important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.
**Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
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