Payroll Coordinator

Brickworks North America is seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Coordinator to manage and support payroll operations across its U.S. locations. This role involves processing payroll, maintaining employee records, ensuring compliance with tax and benefit regulations, and assisting with system implementations and acquisitions. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to a growing organization with deep roots in the building products industry.Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited (“The Group”) is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding $2.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia, recently acquiring Glen-Gery Corporation to add operations in the USA.Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation’s largest brick manufacturers and operates eight brick manufacturing facilities. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply/retail locations and 3 design studios.DUTIES:All aspects of processing the weekly salaried and hourly payroll using Ulti Pro Software, including generating payroll cycles, processing of timesheets, downloading and proofing punches from Kronos Time and Attendance system, manual vacation pay entries and deduction processingEntering new employee data, terminations, and other changes to current employee data to maintain payroll recordsSending and funding weekly 401k fileAssist in implementation of new sites and employees during times of acquisitionsAssist with implementation of new HR software productsProcessing supplemental payroll cycles, i.e. separate bonus and vacation cyclesVerifying federal and state tax payments made against quarterly reports for accuracyPreparing employment verification requestsFile and maintain electronic personnel filesState new hire reportingPreparing Query reports as requestedPreparing reports and payments weekly and monthly for union dues and other disbursementsResearching and answering employee payroll related inquiries and inquiries from field payroll clerksAssist with year end processing, including reconciling W-2 totals with year end reports and 1095 form creationREQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES:Excellent organizational, analytical, and PC skillsKnowledge of payroll regulations and compliance issuesKnowledge of Microsoft Office applicationsKnowledge of multi-state tax laws and regulationsKnowledge of Kronos or Ultimate Software payroll systems a plusQualificationsHigh School Diploma with 3 – 5 years payroll processing experience, preferably in multi-location corporate environmentThis job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as needed.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER