With approximately 90,000 planted acres in California's San Joaquin Valley, Wonderful Orchards is the world's largest grower of almonds, pistachios and pomegranates. Our core focus is on farming, providing us with deep expertise in every aspect of growing these crops, including all cultural aspects, pest control, irrigation technologies and specialized equipment use, all tied together with sophisticated information systems.
Wonderful Orchards is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing, privately held $4 billion company, with 7,300 employees worldwide. We've made Wonderful Pistachios one of America's top-selling salty snacks. We've turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California's top-selling luxury Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world's largest flower delivery service.
The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $100 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, nearly $50 million in charitable giving and education initiatives in 2015 alone, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California's Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs.
Wonderful Orchards is looking for a Payroll Administrator to join its payroll team. The Payroll Administrator plays a key role in processing multiple payrolls for a 1,000+ employee base. The company has recently switched to ADP Vantage HCM for payroll processing. Previous experience with Vantage or other ADP software versions is strongly preferred.
Key qualifications include, but are not limited to the following:
- Minimum 4-6 years experience processing payroll, preferably with ADP software
- Working knowledge of payroll best practices
- Understanding of federal and state payroll taxes
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material
- Strong computer skills including proficiency in Excel
- Self-starter with ability to work independently and with minimum supervision
- Ability to multi-task while maintaining close attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus, but not required
Wonderful Orchards is an equal opportunity employer.
- Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for multiple pay groups
- Process frequent termination checks due to the seasonal nature of our business
- Process periodic bonus payrolls
- Process manual checks for out-of-cycle payments
- Import, audit, and correct data from time and attendance systems to ensure accuracy
- Enter and audit all tax levies, child support and garnishments
- Review, audit and balance all payroll-related input to ensure accurate and timely payment of salaries and benefits, compliant with federal & state regulations
- Process and fund 401(k) payments timely
- Reconcile payroll accounts to general ledger on a monthly basis
- Prepare payroll reports to ensure balancing tax filings and W-2s
- Respond to employees on all payroll-related inquiries
- Maintain electronic records of all payroll transactions in an organized manner
- Create and update payroll procedures
- Assist the Payroll Manager with additional tasks as assigned
