Description

Introduction

At IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) and Other Functions, diverse teams such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more work together to keep IBM moving forward. These functions play a vital role in solving complex challenges, supporting our clients' success, and creating collaborative environments for IBMers worldwide. Working in CHQ and Other Functions means contributing your expertise to a global network that values teamwork, problem-solving, and innovation. You'll have opportunities to grow your career while helping IBM operate with excellence and scale its impact across industries. With a culture that emphasizes learning, inclusivity, and career development, IBM offers the platform to apply your skills where they matter most. At the heart of our business.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Payroll Professional, you will play a critical role in ensuring employees receive accurate and timely paychecks. Your attention to detail and organizational skills will be essential in meeting strict deadlines and maintaining accurate records. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Process Payroll Transactions: Using software, computation tools, or vendor services, ensure that time cards, attendance, and leave time are correctly processed, and applicable benefits, state and federal taxes, wage garnishments, or other deductions are accurately applied. • Maintain Accurate Records: Balance and reconcile any discrepancies found in payroll records, ensuring accuracy and compliance with state and federal regulations. • Meet Deadlines: Manage multiple deadlines, including pay dates and reporting periods mandated by the state and federal government, to ensure timely payment to employees. • Reconcile Discrepancies: Identify and resolve any discrepancies in payroll processing, ensuring accurate payment to employees and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Payroll Processing Experience: Exposure to processing payroll transactions, including time cards, attendance, and leave time, using software, computation tools, or vendor services. • Record Keeping Expertise: Experience working with payroll records, ensuring accuracy and compliance with state and federal regulations, and balancing and reconciling discrepancies. • Regulatory Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with state and federal regulations governing payroll, including tax laws and wage garnishment requirements. • Payroll Software Proficiency: Exposure to using payroll software specifically SAP or Workday, computation tools, or vendor services to process payroll transactions and manage payroll data. • Time Management Skills: Experience managing multiple deadlines, including pay dates and reporting periods, to ensure timely payment to employees.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Payroll Software Expertise: Exposure to using advanced payroll software features, including automation and reporting tools, to streamline payroll processing and improve efficiency. • Compliance and Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with changing state and federal regulations governing payroll, including updates to tax laws and wage garnishment requirements. • Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Experience applying analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve complex payroll discrepancies and issues.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) team represents a variety of functions such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more, all working together to solve some of the world's most complex problems, help our clients achieve success and build collaborative work environments for IBMers.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Payroll Professional

Date posted

10-Mar-2026

Job ID

100437

City / Township / Village

Armonk

State / Province

New York

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Enterprise Operations

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Position type

Professional

Travel required

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No



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