Payroll Specialist

Are you passionate about payroll management and compliance? Join GSK as a Payroll Specialist, where you will play a pivotal role in managing end-to-end payroll processes for our Central American markets. This position provides an exciting opportunity to ensure accurate and timely payroll operations while driving continuous improvement and maintaining high standards of compliance.

This role gives YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, including:

• Process and review employee payroll, ensuring timely and accurate payments, maintaining precise records, and ensuring compliance with local tax laws.

• Prepare and submit essential payroll reports, including tax filings and year-end documentation, while safeguarding payroll data and adhering to retention policies.

• Reconcile payroll accounts, resolve discrepancies, and provide timely responses to employee inquiries regarding payroll matters.

• Stay informed of evolving laws and regulations, ensuring compliance, supporting external audits, and participating in process improvement initiatives.

• Run payroll system interfaces with ERP systems and generate manual journal entries and accruals related to payroll.

We are looking for professionals with the following characteristics to help us achieve our goals:

• Bachelor's degree or advanced student in Accounting or Finance.

• 2-4 years of experience in payroll processing and payroll tax accounting.

• Expertise in payroll processes and tax regulations across Central American countries, Knowledge of IFRS standards is preferred.

• Proficiency in payroll systems and ERP platforms such as SAP.

• Intermediate to advanced English language skills.

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills for data analysis, forecasting, and reconciliation.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

If you require any adjustments or accommodation during the selection process to better showcase your abilities, please let our team know as soon as we contact you. We're here to support you.

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