HR Specialist - Payroll

What We Offer

Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.

• Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik:
• https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/
• Employees’ Data Maintenance:
• Payroll Preparation:
• Compensation
• Responsible for the coordination of the corporate id for the new hires/contingent workers and their respective badges.
• Responsible of the employee data maintenance in Workday, for the following scenarios new hires, exits and internal changes.
• Responsible to maintain updated the employee´s master file on required scenarios.
• Responsible to update the organizational chart and monthly reporting.
• Responsible for creating the personnel action forms for the new hires and deleting the employees that no longer works for the company. Responsible for the required documentation under the work scope and assure compliance on documentation.
• Maintain updated the physical record of the employee´s file. Move to new position.
• Responsible for managing the payroll feed from the managers, supervisors and team leads and working with the payroll vendor, which involves adding new hires, delete exits and administrating the vacations. Responsible for the vacation’s app, and monthly reporting to managers.
• Understanding and knowledge on how payroll and salaries are properly calculated, as well as various deductions including benefits and taxes which result in a correct and timely net pay for all levels of employees.
• Compliance: Ensuring payroll complies with Costa Rican labor and tax law(s); submitting required reports to authorities like social security and tax jurisdictions.
• Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate payroll and employee records, including wage garnishments and assures compliance with garnishments hierarchy.
• Facilitates special payments such as bonus, Christmas bonus, merit increase changes and expat salaries when applicable.  
• Employee Support: Addressing employee payroll questions, such as, but not limited to, salary queries and salary certifications.
• Reporting: Creating payroll reports including the WD global payroll report of employee data which is used for local payroll reporting purposes.
• Partner with third-party payroll vendor to ensure an accurate and timely payroll is delivered to employees on a semi-monthly, or as necessary basis. Reconcile payrolls both prior to and following processing. 
• Administer payrolls in accordance with company policies and legal requirements
• Provides inputs on salary information for analysis and decision making.
• Mobility Process:       
• Employee Services:
• Works together with the global mobility team on local required actions.
• Responsible for the mobility process of expats and short-term assignments, together with the regional and global mobility contact.
• Involved in the expats monthly reporting.
• Manages the expat manual reports for taxes objectives.
•  Responsible for the administration of benefits, letters, documents, travel insurance.

Requirements

• Education:
• Work experience:
• Requires education in Accounting, Business Administration, or HR or Psychology field
• Strong proficiency in English is essential (100%), with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Microsoft Office Advanced Knowledge (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook).
• Required: At least 2-3 years of relevant payroll, tax, Costa Rica labor law experience
• Desirable: Workday and experience working with third party payroll vendor(s)
• Education:
• Requires education in Accounting, Business Administration, or HR or Psychology field
• Strong proficiency in English is essential (100%), with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Microsoft Office Advanced Knowledge (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook).
• Skills:
• Work experience:
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Advance spreadsheet knowledge/skills
• Experience dealing with customers and use of empathy skills.
• Must be able to handle confidential and sensitive information, as well as demonstrate strong integrity and ethical behaviors including adhering to strict data privacy standards.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to bring about continuous improvement on a daily basis; exceptional customer service, communication, organizational skills, superior attention to detail and ability to prioritize work
• Must have the ability to collect, analyze and interpret data.
• Required: At least 2-3 years of relevant payroll, tax, Costa Rica labor law experience
• Desirable: Workday and experience working with third party payroll vendor(s)

Workspace- and Working Conditions

• Office workplace. Screen work constitutes approximately 90% of total working time.
• Ability to travel internationally to the US if needed.

Workspace- and Working Conditions

• Office workplace. Screen work constitutes approximately 90% of total working time.
• Ability to travel internationally to the US if needed.

Your Application

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com. 

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

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