HR Payroll Associate at PJT Partners in New York, NY

Job description

PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers, including private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds. From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients. To learn more about PJT Partners, please visit our website at www.pjtpartners.com . Firm Profile: PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers focused on strategies including private equity, real estate, alternative credit and hedge funds. From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients. To learn more about PJT Partners, please visit our website at www.pjtpartners.com . Responsibilities: The HR Payroll Associate will work closely with the Global HR Operations team, including the team member responsible for processing payroll, to ensure PJT meets its compliance obligations and that pay is delivered accurately and on time. This role focuses on the areas that support and validate payroll output, including reconciliations, general ledger entries, tax coordination, audit response, and benefits deductions. Responsibilities will include: > Coordination with third party payroll providers and our internal payroll processor to ensure accurate and timely semi-monthly and monthly payroll output; > Responsible for reviewing data in ADP WFN; > Reconcile payroll output to supporting documentation to ensure all domestic payrolls are correct and obtain proper internal authorization; > Coordination with International Payroll team to ensure accuracy of shadow payroll; > Coordination with Compensation and Equity teams to ensure accurate payroll processing of RSUs, dividends, year end bonus; > Coordination with Tax team to ensure accurate compensation reporting on Form K-1s; > Review and reconcile payroll journal entries to ensure payroll is properly recorded to the general ledger; > Support payroll amendments for repayments by preparing and recording the related general ledger (GL) journal entries, and tracking amounts owed to/from tax authorities resulting from those amendments; > Review ADP wire confirmations and invoices, reconciling them to payrolls and amendments processed; > Review notices received from tax authorities, investigating and reconciling as needed; > Review and reconcile cash entries with the Finance te