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Kaiser Permanente KP Medical Foundation Senior Payroll Administrator - Washington in Renton, Washington

Job Summary:

Processes and supports the distribution of employee payments and exercises judgment issuing or reissuing replacement checks and payment reclamation orders. Creates routine and nonroutine data uploads independently. Addresses employee inquiries and internal reporting efforts by reissuing information requests for missing or incomplete information, and escalating unanswered messages to a senior team member. Contributes to adherence to best practices, tax regulations, union contracts, and regulation authorities to ensure compliance across payroll through reviewing regulations.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Pursues effective relationships across teams and/or the organization to obtain and share resources, information, and advice with coworkers and members. Listens to, addresses, and seeks performance feedback; acts as a mentor for less experienced team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; reviews others work to help them learn. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in work; helps others adapt to non-routine situations. Identifies and responds to the needs of others to support the execution of varied work processes.

  • Works within established procedures and practices to complete routine work assignments autonomously; follows instructions to complete novel or varied tasks. Collaborates with others to identify and implement appropriate solutions for routine and non-routine issues; escalates high-priority issues or risks; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet established priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities within and across teams.

  • Processes employee payments by: supporting the distribution of employee payments (e.g., compensation, State Disability Insurance), in routine situations independently while also processing garnishment orders as requested; and exercising judgement issuing or reissuing replacement checks and payment reclamation orders when appropriate for standard and nonstandard payments.

  • Supports or leverages payroll data processing by: entering routine and complex employee data (e.g., timesheets, employee hourly rates, earned time off) into the appropriate systems; entering routine and nonroutine data adjustments independently; creating routine and nonroutine data uploads independently; verifying adjustments and requests related to employee data; and reconciling routine, nonroutine, and complex discrepancies between payroll and other accounts.

  • Addresses employee inquires and internal reporting efforts by: reissuing information requests for missing or incomplete information, and escalating unanswered messages to a senior team member; supporting the responses to routine, nonroutine, and complex inquiries regarding pay discrepancies, earned time off, basic tax analysis, and others raised by employees and supervisors and resolving concerns; working with other departments such as HR and benefits, under the direction of others, to obtain information through inquiries and process it; and preparing existing routine, nonroutine, and complex reports as requested.

  • Contributes to adherence of best practices, tax regulations, union contracts, and regulation authorities to ensure compliance by: reviewing regulations to maintain familiarity to be able to contribute to adherence and interpret regulations; and preparing and submitting routine information to regulating authorities, such as application information and employment status changes.

    Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum two (2) years of experience in payroll, or a directly related field.

  • High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent AND minimum three (3) years of experience working in a corporate or business office environment OR Minimum four (4) years of experience working in a corporate or business office environment.

    Additional Requirements:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Data Entry; Data Quality; Regulatory Reporting; Reporting Tools; Trend Analysis; Financial Acumen; Financial Analysis; Financial Reporting; Financial Software

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: KP Medical Foundation Senior Payroll Administrator - Washington

LOCATION: Renton, Washington

REQNUMBER: 1257382

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

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