Payroll Representative

Role & responsibilities

Role Description

The main objective of the Payroll Representative role is to ensure that the employees are paid on time

and accurately, in compliance with the respective country tax-legislation, agreed labor conditions,

company policies and regulations. As a Payroll Representative, you will be responsible to perform and

coordinate administrative and control activities on behalf of the Dow Payroll department. In your work,

you demonstrate structure and process orientation, with an eye for detail.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering Payroll, Time & Absence, and Data Management in a productive and efficient manner.

• This includes pay processing for all employees (including retirees where applicable),

validating new hires with any pro-ration, terminations, cross referencing all deductions

(401k for US, medical, all other benefits, garnishments, tax, etc.)

• Processing one time/special payments, processing corrections to pay and time,

overpayments, collections of arrears, employee loans.

• Processing updates to earnings that come in from Aviation, Dow transportation,

customer, and business events, etc.

• Processing information with confidentiality and with a high level of accuracy.

• Ensuring accurate and timely payments to employees and local authorities.

• Perform activities according to the Dow internal control & compliance framework including

internal and external audits.

• Represent the Payroll team in projects, improvements and change initiatives.

• Serve as an escalation point to address employee queries/cases on payroll related matters.

Qualifications:

• You have a bachelors degree in HR, Finance, or related area.

• You bring a minimum of 2-3 years of payroll experience.

• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Workday, ServiceNow & SAP.

• Proficiency in any other European or Asian languages is an asset.

• Understand organizational interdependencies and experience working across functions and

cultures.

• Experience in high volume operational environments is required.

• Experience in internal controls through prior audit participation is preferred.

• Experience with Workday is an advantage.

• Good problem solving, critical thinking skills and managing competing priorities.

• By nature, this job requires a substantial amount of coordination with a variety of internal- and

external stakeholders where accountability and ownership of data and processes are key.