Payroll Specialist

Title: Payroll Specialist

               

Location: Eagle, ID

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

We are seeking a highly skilled and detailed-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in handling payroll processes. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal stakeholders across different regions. This role is responsible for supporting the administration of the day-to-day payroll operations and accuracy of the payroll system data to deliver the companies payrolls.

Job Description

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance with country, federal, state, and local regulations.
• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for assigned location, ensuring accuracy and compliance with specific regulations using payroll provider.
• Stay updated on changes to tax laws, labor regulations, and other payroll-related legislation to ensure compliance.
• Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and other departments to ensure accurate processing of employee data and seamless integration with other systems.
• Prepare termination and/or off cycle checks.
• Manage payroll cases and email in a timely manner.
• Maintain employee master data in the payroll system and audit it against Workday data to ensure they are the same.
• Process garnishments, tax levies, other non-voluntary attachments as required by law.
• Participate in payroll projects and opportunities as assigned.
• Compile, analyze, and document issues on payroll and related fiscal activities to identify systemic issues or problems.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• 1-5 years’ experience of processing payrolls
• In-depth knowledge of country, federal, state, and local payroll regulations, and tax laws.
• Multi-state, union payroll experience preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll software and systems.
• Proficient in MS Excel including advanced formulas functions (VLOOKUP’s, Pivot tables, IF statements).
• Strong analytical, high attention to detail, excellent troubleshooting skills, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed and think and act independently while also being team oriented.
• Good follow-up skills: the ability to understand; adaptability to process changes; and strong sense of importance of ownership.
• Ability to maintain the highest standards of accuracy, precision, discretion, and confidentiality with strong ethical values.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health