Benefits and Payroll Administrator -Japanese Bilingual

Our client, a major Japanese Asset Management firm, is looking for a Benefit and Payroll Administrator in NY. Position Summary: This position is coordinating daily operations of group benefit programs and assisting payroll team withUS/global payroll processing. Essential Duties/Function: -Assist in the preparation for annual Open Enrollment and ensure all enrollment elections are properlyprocessed in a timely manner. - Conduct benefit orientations for on/off boarding expatriate staff. -Assist Human Resources in the coordination and implementation of benefits programs. -Update benefitand payroll systems to ensure all related payments, deductions, and/or changes are properly captured. -Complete all related transactions and calculate accruals for employee benefits. - Assist a payrollmanager with employee inquiries regarding payroll, accounting and benefits matters,administer and track leaves of absence, and update ADP System with employee time off requests. -Support payroll manager with plan vendors, the affiliate and third-party administrators; coordinatetransfer of data to external contacts for services, premiums, and plan administration; document andmaintain administrative procedures for assigned benefit processes. -Assist benefit audit activities and records to ensure they are updated. -Prepare payroll calculations and processing for local and expatriate employees; coordinate information toensure all related payments, deductions, and/or changes are properly captured. Prepare GL entries. -Assist individual tax filings for expatriate staff with payroll managers; collect required information, processand track tax payments. -Support expatriates/overseas support teams/vendors regarding Global Mobility payroll. -Conduct reconciliations on AMEX transactions using the Concur system and provide required reports toteam in a timely manner; collect receipts through the system, review submitted requests according to ourpolicy, identify/correct errors through collaboration with the team, follow up with relevant parties asneeded and meet deadlines. -Assist the Sr. Staff Accountant with accounting matters, as requested. -Language support for documents and emails exchanged in Japanese -Evaluate and document procedures to improve efficiency and suggest improvements. -Ad-hoc requests, as assigned. Experience/Qualifications: -Associates and/or Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Business or relatedfield required. -2 + years experience in US and global payroll (Gross-up) payroll. - Understanding benefitsand accounting, is a plus. -Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required. Working knowledge of ADP, MS -Dynamics and Concur is preferred. - Business level proficiency in English and Japanese is required. -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to compose correspondence. -Highly organized with strong attention to details. The ability to adapt to change in a businessenvironment is also critical. Ability to report on-site to the NYC office from Monday to Thursday is required #J-18808-Ljbffr