Payroll Analyst

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Job Summary: The REMOTE Payroll Analyst will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll activities, maintaining compliance with relevant regulations, and providing support for various payroll-related inquiries and initiatives. This role requires a strong understanding of payroll processes, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders. 

 
Essential Responsibilities 

• Perform a variety of complex payroll duties and analysis in the application of best practice payroll processes. 

• Analyze, review and audit payroll to ensure accuracy. 

• Ensure accuracy of payroll tax through regular audits and reconciliations. 

• Work with third party vendor regarding accuracy of periodic, monthly, and quarterly tax filings and year-end W-2 data. 

• Apply knowledge of Federal, State, Local and ER tax regulations in reconciling payroll tax liabilities, tax audits, reporting and final pay requirements. 

• Manage, maintain, and audit local tax jurisdiction set-up and withholding requirements. 

• Monitor and confirm statutory tax regulation updates and update tax rate changes. 

• Manage garnishment outsourcing reconciling and auditing process through 3rd party vendor. 

• Complete data driven payroll projects. 

• Perform semi-annual review and testing of Workday updates and functionality in addition to periodic review and testing tenant config changes in Workday. 

• Provides high-quality customer service to both internal and external groups. 

• Integrates and prepares payroll data from incoming documents relating to Compensation, HR, Benefits and Taxation. 

• Verify and reconcile all payroll entries prior to completion. 

• Ensures all documentation is properly authorized and supported according to Company policies, procedures, regulatory practices and legal requirements. 

• Performs reconciliations and detailed audit analyses to ensure accurate processing. 

• Reviews, loads, monitors, and reconciles 3rd-party wage garnishment processing. 

• Reviews, processes, and reconciles stale dated checks and ACH returns and replacements. 

• Solves day-to-day operational problems of varied scope and complexity. 

• Complete all required training modules and certifications prior to the due date. 

• Ensures all safety policies and procedures are followed to ensure a safe work environment for all. 

• Communicates professionally with all internal and external contacts. 

• Follows all Company policies and execute Company standards on appearance and functionality as well as appropriate brand representation. 

• Communicates any concerns or issues to leadership to ensure proper efficiency of department and company operations. 

Non-Essential Responsibilities 

• Analyzes and explains all components of Payroll. 

• Maintains knowledge of organizational and departmental policies and procedures. 

• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities. 

• Contributes ideas on ways to optimize or improve the team, the department, and the Company 

• Executes Company initiatives and other activities requested by supervisor 

Education 

• High School diploma or equivalent required 

• Bachelor's Degree Business, Human Resources, related field and/or equivalent experience preferred 

Professional Experience 

• 5+ Years Payroll processing, preferably in a large organization or shared services environment: Preferred 

• 5+ Years Utilizing payroll software and systems: Preferred 

• 3+ Years Hands-on experience with Workday and Workday payroll processing: Preferred 

Skills List 

• Analytical: Ability to collect, gather, visualize and analyze information in details. 

• Conflict Management: Effectively manages and resolves conflict in a positive way. 

• Organizational Management: Skilled in initiating, structuring, and carrying out steps to complete projects and tasks. 

• Information and Data Management: Skillful in compiling, organizing, and using data to enhance planning and effectiveness. 

• Ability to Work Under Pressure: Ability to be objective and flexible in adapting to changes in priorities, work assignments and other interactions that may impact pre-established courses of action for completing projects and assignments. 

• Interpersonal: Upholds a high level of confidentiality. 

• Active Listening: Mindfully hearing and attempting to comprehend the meaning of words spoken by another person. 

 
Competencies & Knowledge 

• Payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance requirements: High 

• Strong analytics and data reporting capability: High 

• Microsoft Office Products with advanced Excel skills: High 

• Employment and labor laws: High 

• Workday HRIS System: High 

Licenses & Certifications 

• CPP - Certified Payroll Professional Upon Hire required 

 
Scope 

• Works is accomplished with moderate supervision. Follows established and detailed directions. Work is reviewed for accuracy and overall adequacy. 

• Under general supervision, proceeds alone on regular duties, referring questionable cases to supervisor. 

• Failure to achieve results or erroneous judgments may require the allocation of additional resources to correct and / or achieve goals. 

• Contacts are primarily within the department or function with occasional cross-functional interfaces. Some limited external customer contact on routine matters. 

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