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American Sugar Refining, Inc. · 9 hours ago

Payroll Assistant

Arabi, LA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

American Sugar Refining, Inc. is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The Payroll Assistant will manage a variety of payroll and administrative tasks, ensuring accurate payroll processing and compliance while providing excellent support to employees.

AgricultureFood and Beverage

Responsibilities

Serve as the go-to expert for all payroll-related inquiries, maintaining a warm and friendly demeanor while delivering exceptional service to our team members. Help employees to update Federal and State tax forms, W-4s, and set up Direct Deposit. Assists employees with ADP IPay system

Partners with our Corporate payroll partners to ensure payroll runs smoothly and is compliant. Coordinates wage garnishments, unemployment claims, employment verifications, and other legal obligations

Performs routine audits to ensure data integrity in maintaining vacation balances, sick leave, and other time-keeping practices

Administers unionized hourly and salaried employee payroll via UKG with exceptional accuracy. Adds and manages pay codes in UKG time and attendance system relating to Paid Leaves, Short Term Disability, FMLA, etc. Administers rate increases, shift differentials, premium pay, holiday bonus payments, etc

Supports ad hoc requests for vacation payouts, employee equipment allowances, and other out-of-pocket employee purchases, as well as payroll reporting

Assist Human Resources with the administration of various programs

Performs UKG timekeeping system upgrades, performs testing, and ensures all upgrades are implemented accurately and smoothly

Perform other administrative duties as needed

Qualification

UKG modulesPayroll processingMicrosoft ExcelADPSAPCustomer OrientationEffective CommunicationProblem-SolvingTeamwork & Collaboration

Required

High School Diploma or GED equivalent with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a payroll administrative support OR Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 1 year of professional experience

Experience with UKG modules

Solid experience and understanding of payroll processing and payroll legal requirements

Advanced experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams