Payroll Associate

Mumbai-Ventura, India - Human Resources - 34858 - Position Title Payroll Associate Function/Group Global Shared Services (GSS) Location Mumbai Shift Timing 3 pm to 12 am Role Reports to Payroll Team Lead Remote/Hybrid/in-Office Hybrid **ABOUT GENERAL MILLS** **We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents.**With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Häagen-Dazs, we’ve been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell. - How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people. - We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow. **JOB OVERVIEW** **Function Overview** Global Shared Services (GSS) enables General Mills to compete and win every day with a relentless focus on service excellence. Our Shared Services model leverages domain excellence to drive scaled cost-efficient delivery. We do that by delivering our services with a balance between cost and capability; increasing productivity through optimized processes and tools; and upholding company standards, policies, and practices. GSS touches virtually every aspect of the General Mills enterprise, including EmployeeServices, Business Services, Global Workforce Solutions, and Global Data Governance Services. For more details about General Mills please visit this Link **Purpose of the role** - Payroll Specialist role entails the following: - This is a specialized role (w.r.t. Time and Knowledge sensitivity) in the area of Payroll administration. - Timely collation of the Time and Attendance, Reimbursement, Incentive data from Plants - Accurately enter the data in the various Systems - Generate periodic reports - Manage Discrepancies and System corrections - Facilitate and Manage Incentive Payouts - Manage Administrative documentation - Provide troubleshooting support for immediate updates, processing payments, etc. - Provide support for time-sensitive ad-hoc tasks of the Plant - Responsible for all reporting and reconciliations of data - Responsible for effective and efficient delivery of Payroll Input process - deliver SLA’s (service level agreement’s), KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), metrics/measures Works in close collaboration with the US Payroll Team Lead and US Plant HR **KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES** - 40% of Time - Managing production Time and Labor processing - Weekly Reporting - Performs the day to day/weekly payroll processing activities Time & Attendance - ensuring that payroll inputs are accurate - Analyze and prioritizes incoming work to ensure data is processed by the cut-off date - Accountable for the transactional process work and data entry, ongoing HR process harmonization/improvement, and processing within the region/market - Review outputs, audit preliminary results and make edits by the sign-off date - Validation of input data, provide commitment to Stakeholders by the final processing date and approval of final payroll results - Work in close collaboration with the Supply Chain TL for timely and accurate data collation - Partnering with HR Tech and Solutions in resolving issues, testing etc. - Strictly Document and follow Plant Payroll policies and process - Capture KPIs in Payroll Tool - Closure of current pay cycle and processing of Time & Attendance inputs/outputs 30% of Time - Facilitate and Manage Incentive Payouts - Recognition programs - Safety shoes reimbursements - Fitness reimbursements - performance Days teams - Holiday exchange/"Banking" - Wage Leadership role - Performance Days process - Wage Bonus - Cashout options, etc. - Mitigating risks related to data privacy, security, visibility, other related Plant concerns 20% of Time - Administrative Documentation - Create GBS Payroll Input File - 10% of Time - Manager Adhoc Requests - Support HR Direct in resolution of Tasks/Queries - Progression Pay process - Fob Setup (New employees and lost) - Holiday Audit - Vacation coordinators Access process Set up - Documentation - ensure documentation is up to date for processes, regional documentation is maintained - Testing - provide support for Testing **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS** - Education - Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory - Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered) - Minimum years of related experience required: 2-3 years of handling US Payroll processes. Hands-on experience on Payroll systems - Workday, Infor, Krunos, etc. **Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed** - Experience working with global teams - Experience of working in Night Shifts - Excellent communicati