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Payroll Administrator

CF Industries
Northbrook, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Sept 2025
💰 $72,300/yr($54,800/yr$72,300/yr)

About the role

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas.  You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.  Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

Function:

Human Resources

Job Summary:

The Payroll Administrator will be responsible for processing and submitting payroll within Workday for 2000+ employees in the US; reconcile bi-weekly and weekly payroll reports in accordance to internal controls and audit processes; effectively prioritize assigned job duties and unplanned off-cycle events in order to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Job Description:

Core Duties & Responsibilities

  • Ensure valid and timely transmission of full time bi-weekly and hourly-union payroll for US employee populations (Salary-Exempt, Salary-Nonexempt, Hourly union shift workers and Hourly-Nonexempt)
  • Manage employee payroll data and processes, including entry of employee tax withholdings, deductions, review and reconcile timesheet data, prepare vendor payments and process wage garnishments, retro adjustments and imputed income/ gross up payments
  • Audit system generated transaction reports for accuracy and for compliance with policy and standard operating procedures
  • Audit and reconcile the payroll in accordance to established SOX and internal controls
  • Manage expat payroll entries for both home and host countries
  • Stock, Dividend, and Non-qualified retirement payments (and knowledge of relating tax filing/payment requirements)
  • Accurate and timely payments of all federal, state, and local withholding and unemployment taxes.
  • Quarterly duties which include Multiple Worksite reporting, remitting payroll taxes for locals and states, and balancing quarterly filings
  • Reconcile employee annual W-2 Forms
  • Process taxable fringe benefits, taxable and non-taxable relocation expenses
  • Review, audit and troubleshoot challenges as it relates to the garnishment process (internal entry, submissions to agencies and third parties)
  • Research and resolve employee payroll inquiries and advise HR and business management of required escalations
  • Provide customer support to outsourced vendor and employees
  • Act as liaison between payroll department and various departments to ensure understanding of payroll system requirements for certain implementation and trouble-shooting initiatives
  • Maintain working knowledge of organizational policies and procedures and stay current on federal, state, and local payroll regulations/guidelines to ensure compliance
  • Participate in team/HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Special projects as needed
  • Provide a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers, timely and accurate responses to inquiries, and meeting recurring deadlines.<

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