Why StifelStifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
What You'll Be Doing:
The Sr Payroll Technician plays a crucial role in ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. This position is responsible for managing all payroll functions, from calculating employee paychecks and withholding taxes to maintaining accurate payroll records. As a mentor to the Payroll Technician, the Sr Payroll Technician also conducts research on variances and complex payroll issues, and completes necessary reporting.
What We're Looking For:
Lead salary, commission, and hourly payrolls on monthly and semi-monthly cycles using the UKG Pro system.
Maintain the UKG Timekeeping system by ensuring all associates are correctly set up.
Respond to payroll questions and requests from employees and business units promptly.
Run the interface weekly and upload it to UKG Pro for further processing.
Balance input to output, adjusting timesheets or PTO accruals as necessary.
Maintain employee payroll records, including earnings, deductions, garnishments, and tax documentation.
Researches and resolves monthly payroll variances with general accounting.
Balance multi-company payroll for quarterly and annual reporting.
Responsible for year-end closing and timely distribution of W-2 forms.
What You'll BringFamiliarity with financial planning and analysis, accounting, and reporting.
Ability to identify and affect appropriate risk and control mechanisms.
Understanding of economic, accounting, and payroll principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
General knowledge of laws and government regulations with the ability to research and verify that the company complies.
General knowledge and experience in filing federal, state, and local payroll tax returns.
Education & ExperienceMinimum Required: High School Diploma or a combination of work experience and education.
Minimum Required:
6+ years of experience processing multi-state payroll.
Systems & TechnologyProficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Experience with UKG and Kronos is preferred.
About StifelStifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
