Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Israel

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:

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

Fully professional Hebrew and English language knowledge both verbal and written

Minimum 2 years of relevant professional work experience with demonstrated achievement in Service-oriented environment.

Significant prior professional work experience with demonstrated achievement in Service-oriented environment.

Strong computer skills, highly proficient in Microsoft Excel

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 Workday