Job Description
1) Accounting:
- Support Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and APAC regions on Payroll Accounting activities as part of the APAC Payroll team
- Manage the month-end close process, prepares assigned entries, reconciles assigned accounts, runs financial schedules, prepares variance analysis and follows up/researches questions as needed
- Manage the payroll account reconciliations
- Manage monthly payroll accruals
- Monitor payroll suspense accounts and proper clearance therefrom
- Work closely with Treasury for cash forecasting and other payment analyses
- Partner with Finance to forecast payroll costs
- Collaborate with payroll operations on pay code mapping to general ledger accounts
- Work with cross functional teams on finance projects
- Collaborate with M&A integration team
- Provides support to the accounting team as needed
- Provides support for payroll accounting audits and reviews
2) Payroll:
- Prepare monthly payroll instructions for payroll third party vendors
- Audit payroll results received from third party vendors to ensure accuracy
- Assist with the monthly journal entries and the balance sheet reconciliation queries for payroll accounts
- Manage weekly/monthly/quarterly cash forecasting reporting and other reports for management review and to meet statutory requirements
- Familiarity with and follow SOX controls for the international payroll process
- Assist with payroll and statutory audits as needed
- Prepare year-end documentation as required
- Track new hires, terminations, and employee changes and audit accuracy for respective country payroll results
- Ensure direct deposit and tax details are established for new employees
- Manage payroll tickets for employees
- Prepare and maintain payroll process documentation
