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Senior Payroll Analyst
Business Wire
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Manage full-cycle payroll processing for international employees with partial U.S. oversight
- Analyze payroll data, identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and provide actionable recommendations
- Interpret payroll policies and ensure compliance with U.S. federal, state, local, and international tax requirements
- Advise leadership on compliance risks and recommend process enhancements
- Design, implement, and maintain payroll processes, internal controls, and reporting standards
- Lead process improvement initiatives, including automation, to enhance operations and controls
- Stay current on global payroll legislation and implement changes proactively
- Partner with global payroll vendors to ensure accurate wage and tax administration across jurisdictions
- Provide strong communication and interpersonal engagement across all levels of the organization
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, and external auditors on reporting, reconciliations, and system integrations
- Research payroll issues with strong analytical ability
- Provide prompt, accurate customer service to resolve payroll inquiries
- Conduct regular audits of payroll records to ensure accuracy
- Set up new payroll tax accounts and provide information to ADP for processing
- Support the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting and Payroll, on ad-hoc projects
- Support Workday payroll setup, testing, troubleshooting, and enhancements
- Maintain accurate employee and payroll data in Workday and international payroll portals
- Identify automation opportunities and implement best practices to improve payroll accuracy, efficiency, and service
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or related field
- 7+ years of progressive payroll experience
- 5+ years with U.S. and international payroll
- 3+ years with Workday payroll modules
- Workday Payroll certification or Certified Payroll Professional designation strongly preferred
- Experience in public accounting and/or corporate accounting within a large publicly traded company preferred
- Strong expertise in U.S. and international payroll tax compliance
- Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills (advanced PivotTables, VLOOKUP, database creation)
- Strong report writing and data analysis skills
- Proven ability to manage complexity in a global payroll environment with attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Commitment to confidentiality and integrity
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, global workplace and build strong cross-cultural partnerships
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Business Wire will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position
- A pre-employment background check will be required after the acceptance of an offer
