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Position Purpose

This role ensures accurate and timely delivery of the payroll services compliant with the organization and legal requirements; manage vendor relationships; respond to the payroll operations queries. The Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) HR Service Delivery Model is a Shared Service outsourced model, and this role will interface with business partners in HR Shared Services, Global Expatriate Services, Executive Compensation, Savings Plan & Benefits, Financial Shared Services General Accounting, as well as our outsourced providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement processes related to payroll delivery

• Collaborate with other teams to identify process improvement

• Provide Tier 2 (detailed) support to inquiries related to payroll

• Collaborate with Savings Plan & Benefits team to understand the savings and benefits calculations and the impact on payroll calculation.

• Coordinate with Outsourced Service Provider regarding all policies, programs and processes related to payroll.

• Work with the BMS HR Service Delivery Team to ensure service provider is achieving Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Assess the delivery impact of any HR Management Policy changes, regulatory or compliance changes may have on the service provider and BMS Payroll operations

• Analyze data to perform master data entry into the payroll system

• Communicate effectively with the payroll provider to complete payroll activities and resolve situations timely.

• Interface with Total Rewards Center of Expertise (COE) to identify and address any administrative needs related to global compensation and benefit programs. Leverage expertise to produce solutions that enable global consistency and standardization and facilitate exceptional performance

• Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and best practices

• Interface with payroll and benefits vendors, as needed, to ensure compliance with established procedures

Desired Education & Experience

• Understanding of compliance regulations and labor standards.

• Excellent Excel skills including v-look up and pivot table knowledge.

• Experience processing payrolls for populations of 10,000 minimum in multi-state work environment

• 4-year college degree or equivalent relevant experience

• Minimum of 3 years Payroll relevant business experience including experience with time and attendance.

• Experience working in a Shared Services environment and with a third-party service provider.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Payroll, Payroll Tax, and Payroll Accounting and related end to end processes.

• Preferably strong SAP Payroll technical expertise including integration points with Organizational Management and Personnel Administration. ADP GlobalView experience is a plus

• Experience with automated time and attendance systems preferably Kronos and Workday Time.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) is preferred.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have: 

Bilingual English/Spanish

Knowledge in SAP GlobalView

Intermediate skills in Excel (v-looks up, PIVOT tables)

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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