Financial Analyst - Payroll

US Payroll Analyst Contractor
Pay Range: $55.00 - $57.00 hourly
Experience: Mid - Senior

Job Summary:

Join a collaborative seven-person payroll team where you’ll play an important role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payrolls. In this position, you’ll support day-to-day payroll production while using your expertise to research and resolve complex payroll, employment tax, ACH, and reporting issues.

You’ll also help improve payroll processes, procedures, and controls while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys solving problems, working collaboratively, and making a meaningful impact on a critical business function.

Responsibilities:
•Performs daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll production of assigned payrolls including quarterly and year-end activities.
•Reviews payroll adjustment requests to ensure proper authorization and compliance with payroll policies, federal, state, and local tax regulations. Advises management of appropriate corrective action when an error occurs.
•Responds to payroll inquiries to explain pay, adjustments to pay, and impact of policies, tax law and related changes.
•Acquires knowledge of other team members’ payroll activities and performs back up support as needed.
•Analyzes existing policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with federal and state tax laws and regulations. Recommends and implements modifications of existing payroll processes to ensure compliance with requirements.
•Works with vendors and/or reviews payroll systems or applications to ensure changes submitted are correctly reflected on the payroll. May be responsible for system/application testing (e.g. WD new releases) where applicable, and may participate in other payroll and process improvements projects.
•Conducts a second review on the works of others and train other team members
•Researches and monitors regulatory and legislative changes to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
•Participates in payroll meetings, as necessary.

Qualifications /Experience /Skills:
•Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations
•Must be familiar with all aspects of payroll processing including payroll production, quarterly reconciliations, garnishments, year-end processing, tax filings, etc.
•Solid understanding of G/L, payroll accounting, and employment taxes
•Experience with International payroll
•Attention to detail, ability to work independently and collaboratively, strong organizational skills, and deadline driven
•Payroll technical/systems knowledge (e.g., Workday) preferred
•Proficient with MS office (i.e., excel)
•Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement
•Able to multi-task in a high paced environment
•Knowledge of other cross functional areas (i.e., HR, Finance, etc.)
•Excellent oral and written communication skills