Payroll Advisor

Payroll Advisor

The Opportunity

The Payroll Advisor is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of payroll for assigned employee populations while ensuring compliance with company policies and payroll regulations. This role performs end-to-end payroll activities, including biweekly payroll processing, payroll data validation, employee system configuration, and issue resolution. The Payroll Advisor acts as a subject matter resource for employees and business partners, providing guidance on payroll-related matters and ensuring payroll transactions are completed accurately and within established deadlines.

What You’ll Do

• Process biweekly payroll for assigned employee groups, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery.
• Review and validate payroll inputs, audits, and exception reports to identify and resolve discrepancies prior to payroll completion.
• Configure and maintain employee payroll system data, including time and attendance settings, direct deposit/banking information, tax withholding elections, and earnings and deduction setup.
• Research, investigate, and resolve payroll issues, inquiries, and discrepancies raised by employees, managers, HR, or third-party providers.
• Process payroll-related transactions such as new hires, terminations, leaves of absence, compensation changes, and other employee lifecycle events.
• Ensure compliance with applicable payroll legislation, tax requirements, company policies, and internal controls.
• Partner with HR, Benefits, Finance, and other stakeholders to support payroll operations and maintain data accuracy.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations, audits, reporting, quarter-end and year-end activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to process documentation and knowledge-sharing activities.

The Skills you will bring to the team

• Postsecondary education in Business, Accounting, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in payroll administration, payroll processing, or a related operational role.
• Knowledge of payroll processes, time and attendance systems, and payroll legislation.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience working with payroll and HRIS systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Strong customer service, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.

Where and how you will work  

The opportunity will be based remotely.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles; the compensation range for this role is $31-38/hour. This range may not be applicable to other locations and targeted compensation is midpoint of range. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. Glanbia has a unique portfolio of better nutrition brands and ingredients, addressing growing consumer demand in major health and nutrition categories. We play into the growing market trends of active lifestyles and, health and wellness.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

Nearest Major Market: Chicago

Postsecondary education in Business, Accounting, HR or related field; experience in payroll administration; knowledge of payroll processes and legislation; proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• processing payroll
• validating data
• resolving issues

Skills & Tools

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel

Job Details

• Category: Finance and Accounting
• Seniority: Entry Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — United States
• Salary: USD 64,480 – 79,040 / year
• Languages: English

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Generous parental leave

About Glanbia

A global nutrition company offering better nutrition brands and ingredients. — Industry: Manufacturing