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GE Vernova Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Middle East in Chennai, India
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Summary:
As a P&B Specialist , you will be participating in Payroll processes where you will be handling Employee / HR queries, reporting and reconciliation activities and being involved in projects of improving/simplifying your respective process responsibilities. You will work closely with respective HR business partners and accountants and cooperating with Senior experts / owners of Payroll processes and also partnering and supporting an external payroll vendor
Essential Responsibilities:
Execute Payroll & Benefits processes, ensuring high standards of accuracy and quality are maintained based on compliance with relevant legal and GE Vernova policy requirements.
Advise on questions/requests from employees, managers and the HR community concerning payments, allowances, and tax treatments in a professional, courteous & timely manner
Review payroll entries and the files to ensure they meet the necessary quality & compliance requirements
Understand payroll GL and payroll accounting
Prepare reports, reconciliations and associated statistics related to payroll and benefit activities such as pension, benefits, company shares.
Participate in internal & external payroll audits
Deal with operational issues and process failures, identifying and implementing appropriate solutions.
Develop action plan to mitigate operational risks or resolve escalated issues
Proactively seek customer feedback to identify areas for simplification, standardization and productivity within assigned process.
Build and share knowledge of area of expertise by continuously keeping up to date with internal and external updates and changes
Ensure that high standards of accuracy and quality are maintained with appropriate controls in place, taking accountability for compliance with relevant legal and GE Vernova policy requirements
Develop a strong working relationship with the GE HR community through proactive facilitation & improvement of HR processes, ensuring effective communication and early identification of requirements & any issues
Identify frequent customers / process issues and be able to suggest process, procedure and training improvement opportunities
Cooperate with payroll provider to have an efficient process
Create respective documents that support the regulations of the country-specific legal environment
Be proactive in handling process gaps and find a solutions and participate in process improvements (we are keen advocate of Lean methodology when changing our processes for the better)
Qualifications/ Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related Business degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent experience/ knowledge
Minimum 2 years of relevant professional work experience with demonstrated achievement in Service-oriented environment.
Strong computer skills, highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
Comprehensive understanding of and ability to assimilate regulatory and compliance.
Ability to work in a complex and rapidly changing work environment across multiple stakeholder groups, with comfort and efficiency
Ability to communicate effective through written and verbal communication and consistently deliver high quality customer service in a professional manner
Demonstrated effectiveness to prioritize between tasks with different deadlines, complexity
Desired Characteristics:
Strong problem-solving skills to quickly identify and present the creative/collaborative solutions
Ability to make decisions and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-task and highly matrixed environment, and connect effectively with employees
Previous experience working with payroll / finance
Proficiency in Payroll & Benefits systems (ex. Workday) and technologies
Cultural awareness & sensitivity: ability to flex style to suit differing cultural norms
Ability to anticipate and resolve challenges
Ability to drive process improvements
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)