The Payroll Supervisor oversees the accurate and timely processing of payroll across multiple U.S. manufacturing sites using Workday Payroll. This role leads a centralized payroll team responsible for payroll operations, data integrity, compliance, and exceptional service delivery to internal partners. The Payroll Supervisor serves as a Workday subject matter expert, ensuring consistent application of payroll policies, driving process efficiencies, and supporting ongoing system improvements. Subject鈥憁atter expert, ensuring consistent application of payroll policies, driving process efficiencies, and supporting ongoing system improvements.
Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule (3x per week) based out of Deerfield, IL. Fortune Brands has transitioned to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus offers vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.
RESPONSIBLIITIES:
What you will be doing
- Provide oversight for the execution of all Workday payroll processing activities to ensure accurate and timely delivery of payroll services.
- Oversee the full payroll reconciliation process, from local HR sign鈥憃ff on hours through the final Workday payroll calculations.
- Actively participates in the day-to-day payroll activities and payroll processing cycle with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Review and approve all hourly and salary payrolls processed by the payroll team, and work close with the site HR/Operations teams to ensure payroll data is loaded timely.
- Directly supervise, coach and develop payroll team members.
- Ensure payroll controls and SOPs are properly established, documented, and followed, and partner with the audit team to test control effectiveness.
- Work with the Payroll Director to drive strategic HR policy and system鈥慽ntegration initiatives and continuously look for ways to add value
- Monitor and utilize the helpdesk ticketing system to identify issues/trends and share critical information with the payroll team.
- Responsible for reviewing and approving supplemental, off-cycle payroll activities; including stock, expat, T&E, and bonus/commission processing.
- Partner with the treasury and accounting teams to ensure that all post payroll activities are completed timely and accurately. This includes payroll funding, and General Ledger posting.
- Maintain and participate in the development of departmental policies and procedures (SOP鈥檚).
- Collaborate with HR, Benefits, People Services, and other functional partners on payroll issues and cross鈥慺unctional projects