Associate, People & Culture

The salary range for this position is $50,000 to $61,000 **ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW** As a strategic partner of the United Nations, the United Nations Foundation brings together fresh thinking and diverse voices around innovative ideas to drive progress and tackle problems. Sometimes we work behind-the-scenes, shaping negotiations and connecting experts, advocates and decision-makers. Other times we drive public awareness and involvement through communications, campaigns, and convenings. Over the years we’ve developed a diverse and dynamic portfolio of capabilities, tools, and platforms to help the UN build a better world for everyone, everywhere. **JOB SUMMARY** The Associate, People & Culture administers the Foundation’s payroll process on a semi-monthly basis. This individual is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and efficiency of processing payroll. This position may perform additional ad-hoc admin duties as needed for the People & Culture (P&C) team as a whole. This position reports at the direction of the HR Partner, Employee Engagement & Payroll, People & Culture. This position is based in Washington, DC (hybrid schedule). **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** - Assist in task responsible for efficient and timely processing of semi-monthly payroll for employees located domestically and internationally, to include, updating payroll checklist, reviewing and saving payroll documentation, payroll report monitoring and review, verifying voluntary deductions, employee changes and elections - Responsible for calculating and processing pending payroll items to include: vacation pay out’s, garnishments, bonuses, manual checks, and other payroll related items - Maintains record of semi-monthly payroll reports following each pay period - Assists in monitoring semi-monthly leave balances reports for accuracy in various systems - Processes multi-state SUI and tax reporting and monitoring email correspondence sent by states for monthly review - Establishes new tax accounts as needed - Research and resolve issues regarding payroll discrepancies and processing with - HRIS vendor (UltiPro) with guidance from supervisor - Answers questions regarding changes to employee record and payroll issues timely - Remit payment to all People & Culture vendors - Drafting and reviewing agreements and maintaining an understanding of all agreement terms and applicable flow-downs, consulting with UNF’s finance/contracts team as needed. (As applicable to the role - Maintain a strong knowledge of UNF’s Salesforce database to be able to process and track agreements, extract information and prepare reports. (As applicable to the role) - Assisting with orientations for new employees by arranging for speakers and organizing presentations - Preparing onboarding documents, distributing manuals, guidelines and passwords as needed to new hires - Maintaining personnel files and the organization of employee documents - Coordinate with colleagues on the People & Culture team, Operations team, and IT teams to ensure a seamless transition from candidate offer acceptance to onboarding and orientation - Provide administrative support to the Manager, Employee Engagement & Payroll - Perform timely entry and administration of new employees and interns into HRIS onboarding portal - Other duties as assigned **SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES** The Associate, People & Culture is not a supervisory role. **EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION and/or EXPERIENCE** *To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required*. - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business management, or related field required - Minimum 1-3 years of Human Resources experience and payroll processing experience with a multi-jurisdictional organization of 200 or more employees required - Knowledge of administering payroll in the United Kingdom preferred - Demo…