Payroll Specialist

About TaskUs: TaskUs is a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to fast-growing technology companies helping its clients represent protect and grow their brands. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure TaskUs serves clients in the fastest-growing sectors including social media e-commerce gaming streaming media food delivery ride-sharing HiTech FinTech and HealthTech.

The People First culture at TaskUs has enabled the company to expand its workforce to approximately 45000 employees globally. Presently we have a presence in twenty-three locations across twelve countries which include the Philippines India and the United States.

It started with one ridiculously good idea to create a different breed of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO)! We at TaskUs understand that achieving growth for our partners requires a culture of constant motion exploring new technologies being ready to handle any challenge at a moments notice and mastering consistency in an ever-changing world.

What We Offer: At TaskUs we prioritize our employees well-being by offering competitive industry salaries and comprehensive benefits packages. Our commitment to a People First culture is reflected in the various departments we have established including Total Rewards Wellness HR and Diversity. We take pride in our inclusive environment and positive impact on the community. Moreover we actively encourage internal mobility and professional growth at all stages of an employees career within TaskUs. Join our team today and experience firsthand our dedication to supporting People First.

As a Payroll Specialist you will be responsible for the day-to-day and monthly activities under Financial Reporting which includes the following: preparing monthly accruals including reclass and adjusting entries you will prepare monthly depreciation and amortization and you will review and analyze the P&L accounts and provide an explanation of the variance. You will also do the preparation of balance sheet schedules and reconciliation and ensure action items are addressed. You will also do the preparation of Bank Reconciliations for all bank accounts as well as the preparation of reports requested by different Stakeholders. You will assist in the external and internal audits. You will also prepare the summary of payroll disputes every pay period and monitor the same up to its resolution.

Will be responsible for:

• Generate and send reports to Operations for exceptions and items to be corrected for payroll transmission.

• Review and process payroll discrepancies and complete entries in the payroll system accordingly.

• Coordinate with agencies for tax and social insurance reporting and payments.

• Coordinate issue resolution with payroll vendor regarding payroll processing changes and or inquiries.

• Maintain payroll records current with relevant pay period data for auditing and reference purposes in compliance with local regulation requirements for record retention and handling of private and sensitive data.

• Participate in gathering Payroll information for the different businesses.

• Validate payroll data in Payroll Register matches information submitted to the vendor or what was entered in the payroll system as applicable.

• Complete multiple validation reports to ensure Gross to Net is calculated properly for each payroll run.

• Prepare funding forecast for payroll funds.

• Process termination payments.

• Process off cycle payments.

• Participate in payroll orientation for new hires.

• Process year end and annual tax reconciliation and preparation of employee and employer tax returns.

• Identify root cause and assist in proposing solutions to payroll impacting issues.

• Reconcile and verify timely and accurate payroll tax and contribution payments are done.

• Communicate and contribute to providing data to key business owners such as Human Resources Finance Operations and other approved contacts.

• Assist in distributing paychecks.

• Reconciling payroll registers vs bank account transactions and live checks cashed and pending to be cashed.

Required Qualifications:

• Outstanding customer service

• Excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to communicate with all levels across the various departments.

• Able to work in fast paced and high volume process environment

• Diligent in following through to guarantee full completion of task or issue.

• Should be able to work independently to ensure day to day functions and projects are completed and should be able to work as a team for collaboration projects or achievement of team and company goals.

• Use all resources available to resolve issues and escalate as needed to manage.

• Be able to respond assertively regarding payroll matters.

• Must have a good sense of urgency.

Education / Certifications:

• High school diploma required

• Bachelors Degree with emphasis on business or accounting preferred

• Experience with computerized payroll processing

• Experience with ADP ORACLE HR/Payroll systems a plus

• Microsoft Excel and Word

• Must be detailed oriented

• Able to meet deadlines

• Colombia Payroll processing experience MANDATORY

• Multi-state payroll processing

Work Location / Work Schedule / Travel:

• Office Based - Medellin or Cali

• Occasional travel may be required for meetings conferences or client engagements as per business needs.

How We Partner To Protect You: TaskUs will neither solicit money from you during your application process nor require any form of payment in order to proceed with your application. Kindly ensure that you are always in communication with only authorized recruiters of TaskUs.

DEI: In TaskUs we believe that innovation and higher performance are brought by people from all walks of life. We welcome applicants of different backgrounds demographics and circumstances. Inclusive and equitable practices are our responsibility as a business. TaskUs is committed to providing equal access to opportunities. If you need reasonable accommodations in any part of the hiring process please let us know.

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