Payroll Specialist II

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

- Serve as liaison between Payroll Operations and local HR by interacting with HR, Employees, other departments, and external vendors to understand their requirements and needs.

- Track resolution of issues and risks critical to production and processes to achieve customer service goals

- Create adjustments needed to correct balances, hours, earning, etc., all types of balance adjustments

- Provide primary support to users and resolve questions in all areas of HCM specifically Payroll and employee self-service

- Provide support for employee transfers across Emerson businesses

- Identify and report unknown/unresolved errors that impact productivity and/or the employee experience

- Perform regression testing for recurring patches/updates to the HCM and Payroll system functionality based on assigned test scripts

- Ensure accurate and timely payroll payments to employees on the payroll

- Complete basic payroll functions including balance adjustments, mass salary updates, emergency payments, and periodic processing as required

- Attend periodic training to maintain levels of proficiency

- Maintain good knowledge in the software tools that are used to manage and maintain accurate data processing

- Update employee records and interact with third parties for payments and information relating to expats and international commuters

- Provide timely documentation and responses to questions that arrive through the department mailbox, e- mail, and phone requests

- Research and investigate laws and regulation as needed

- Following up with customers and team members on requests timely and accurately

- Back-up coverage to department admin for mail processing, garnishment uploads, tax notice ticket creation, etc.

- Other duties as assigned by management

Who You Are:

- High level of integrity and ethics

- Self-motivated, with excellent attention to details

- Ability to cope with job pressure and handle conflicts proactively

- Good team player

For This Role, You Will Need:

- Bachelors Degree in a Human Resources, Payroll, Business, or Share service center, or equivalent experience.

- 5+ years of related work experience, preferably in a multi-division, multi-state environment.

- Must be able to use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word

- Ability to work in a team environment with minimum supervision

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with multi-disciplines from the clerical level to senior management

- Ability to understand tax laws and social security

- Ability to show promptness and urgency in recognizing priority of tasks

- Ability and willingness to accept change

- Ability to function effectively in a rapid-paced environment

- Must be able to think logically and creatively to resolve problems and prevent them from reoccurring

- Must be detail-oriented and conscious of data confidentiality requirements

- Ability to understand processes without every detail needing to be defined

- Must be able to multi-task

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

- Experience with Oracle applications would be preferred.

- English as working language would be preferred.

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

- At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives — because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our dedication to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe inclusive teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

- We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family ’ s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.