• Analyst, Payroll II

    AbbVie (North Chicago, IL)


    Company Description

    AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

    Job Description

    Purpose

     

    This Payroll Analyst will be responsible for processing and correcting payroll transactions for specific countries as assigned (generally smaller, less complex countries or assisting with larger, more complex countries), supporting pre-payroll activities, year-end payroll activities, reviewing and verifying files generated internally or by global payroll vendors (GPV), enforcing key payroll deadlines, as well as answering employee/manager queries.

    Responsibilities

    + Review and validate payroll files (eg. Payroll Reconciliation File, Bank File) and reports generated internally or by the GPV and approve for processing.

    + Support pre and post payroll activities and payroll audits (eg. finalize data entry, review master data file quality, and confirm time/payroll data completeness).

    + Quickly and proactively learn new software tools supporting data extraction, audit controls and data quality alerts

    + Navigate within the Workday environment and analyze data extracted from the platform

    + Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.

    + Operate under general or minimum supervision and perform duties with broad latitude for judgment

    + Generate reports from our information systems, analyze the data and identify collectibles

    + Assist in resolving input errors (and other errors) from the third-party vendors or internal AbbVie stakeholders performing root cause analysis

    + Support Year-End Payroll processing activities (eg. develop and provide payroll calendar, review year-end tax reports and notify AbbVie employees of availability of tax information).

    + Respond to internal AbbVie stakeholders (Tax, Treasury, Finance and BHR) questions or issues they have raised around payroll data and/or payroll reports and supporting 3rd party wire funding payments as needed.

    Qualifications

    + Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Finance / Accounting.

    + 1-3 Years Experience in Payroll Operation

    + Working knowledge of Workday Payroll and experience integrating with 3rd party applications.

    + Strong customer orientation and a work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations.

    + Strong written and oral communication skills, in English

    + Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, as well as to get results through collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external.

    + Good analytical and process diagnostic skills and the ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture. Strong spreadsheet and database skills.

    + Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and requests.

     

    Key Stakeholders

     

    BHR, HR COEs, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Accounting, HR Operations, Global Payroll Vendors, BTS

     

    Additional Information

     

    Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​​

     

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    + The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​​

    + We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​​

    + This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​​

     

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    Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

     

    AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

     

    US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

    US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

    https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

     

    Salary: $64,000 - $122,000