Specialist, Payroll

The CHANEL Finance Division is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join the team. This role is an important partner in supporting accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across the organization. The Payroll Specialist will help ensure employee and payroll data is processed with precision, inquiries are addressed with care and responsiveness, and key payroll activities are completed in alignment with internal controls, established timelines, and CHANEL’s commitment to operational excellence.

• Daily review of incoming Workday integration data - Researching and applying corrective action as needed
• Providing excellent employee service – supporting/resolving all payroll related inquiries promptly
• Gathering incoming data for payroll preparation via US Payroll email inbox or Teams group channels

• Running integrations between timekeeping system and payroll processing system to transfer hours
• Reviewing Job, compensation and employee address changes for accuracy – working with HR partners for data validation

• Reviewing payroll pre-check report information for discrepancies – researching and providing resolution as needed
• Engaging between HRIS and payroll systems to maintain data integrity
• Preparation of SOPs related to daily, weekly or monthly tasks
• Garnishment set up
• Post payroll tasks including deferred comp funding, post close report validation etc.
• Support ad-hoc projects as requested

• Delivering accurate and timely payrolls
• Engaging and supporting employees’ inquiries
• Meeting tight deadlines
• Providing accurate payroll prep data, showcasing excellent attention to details
• Demonstrating organizational skills
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Supporting ad-hoc projects as needed

• →Experience in Ulti-Pro, Kronos and Workday
• →Basic understanding of Payroll processing
• →Knowledge of state and federal payroll and tax regulations
• →Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office expertise.
• →A technical mind: strong understanding of "input/output"
• →Comfort with analyzing data
• →AS/AA in Accounting or Related Finance field

• Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at our Piscataway, NJ office.

Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in:

• At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all.  We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients.
• We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support.

• CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities.
• Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations.

• CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
• Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives.

• We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent.  US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.

• We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills.

*Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.