Kyndryl US | Senior Lead - US Payroll and Executive Payroll

Responsibilities

• As an HR Payroll Professional at Kyndryl, you'll be the payroll guru, ensuring that the entire process runs like a well-oiled machine.
• But it's not just about numbers; you'll be the bridge between our incredible employees and third-party payroll vendors, ensuring that our unique pay policies are seamlessly integrated into the system.
• But that's not all; you'll have the exciting opportunity to spearhead the coordination of third-party payroll system implementations and upgrades.
• You'll be the interpreter of a payroll symphony, ensuring that vacation days, leaves of absence, disability, workers' compensation, and union contracts are harmoniously calculated and applied to the various accounts.
• And here's the exciting part – you won't just be a payroll expert; you'll also be a compliance champion.
• As part of our Kyndryl team, you'll also be involved in the offboarding process.
• You'll work closely with former employees, labor unions, and internal teams to ensure a smooth transition and seamless handling of all offboarding tasks.
• Audits & Reporting: Internal & external compliance as per approval & governance model.
• Record-Keeping & Data Security: Compliance with laws & organizational guidelines.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure seamless project execution.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and optimize payroll operations.
• Analyze data to mitigate risks, identify trends and inform future project planning.
• Communication & Enablement: Ensure team operating rhythms & procedures awareness.
• Performance Enhancement: Use data and dashboards for metrics, SLAs, analytics to track & enhance efficiency.
• Interpreting pay policies may sound like a mundane task, but not for you!
• Staying up-to-date with ever-changing federal and state payroll requirements is no small feat, but you'll rise to the challenge.
• Drive payroll standardization to global SOPs while ensuring local compliance.
• Educate teams on new payroll processes and technologies to ensure adoption.
• Implement internal controls and audits to mitigate compliance risks.
• Implement forensic payroll audits to identify fraud risks.
• Manage payroll vendors to ensure global workforce compliance.

Requirements

• You’re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it.
• Technical Expertise of Payroll: Hands-on working knowledge and achievement of outcomes that include end-to-end payroll operations.
• A change agent: Adopting and implementing strategies to improve adherence to global processes including having knowledge of industry best practices.
• Communication & Training: Excellent written and verbal communication to effectively interact with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Payroll Accuracy & KPIs: Track cost per payroll, accuracy, efficiency, cycle times, employee experience and compliance.
• Experience Focus: Improve payroll satisfaction scores by enhancing accuracy and timeliness.
• Optimize payroll expenses without impacting compliance or employee experience.
• We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more.

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.

Kyndryl was formed in November 2021 when IBM separated off its infrastructure services business, which had been the bulk of IBM Global Technology Services. It is headquartered in New York and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KD. The company designs, builds, manages and modernises the IT infrastructure that large enterprises depend on, and it also offers data and analytics, artificial intelligence and business advisory services.

• Industry: IT infrastructure services: designing, building, managing and modernising enterprise IT infrastructure, with data, AI and advisory services
• Headquarters: New York, United States (listed on the NYSE as KD)