Payroll Analyst
Overview
Join a collaborative payroll team as a Payroll Analyst responsible for processing accurate, timely payroll for approximately 1,000 employees across multiple states. In this role, you will independently manage U.S. payroll operations for both hourly and salaried employees, support multiple payroll cycles, audit payroll data, resolve discrepancies, and help ensure compliance with applicable tax and payroll requirements.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented payroll professional who takes ownership, works effectively in a deadline-driven environment, and is interested in developing broader experience supporting international payroll operations.
Required Skills
- 4+ years of payroll processing experience
- Experience supporting multi-state and multi-location payrolls
- Experience processing payroll for both hourly and salaried employees
- Ability to process:
- Biweekly payroll
- Semimonthly payroll
- Off-cycle payroll
- Hands-on experience with ADP, preferably ADP Workforce Now
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including:
- VLOOKUPs
- PivotTables
- Formula functions
- Experience auditing payroll data and performing reconciliations
- Knowledge of payroll taxes, garnishments, and compliance requirements
- Experience resolving payroll discrepancies and employee inquiries
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage multiple payroll cycles and competing deadlines
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Key Responsibilities
- Process biweekly, semimonthly, and off-cycle payrolls
- Audit employee changes, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, and corrections
- Create payroll batches and validate payroll calculations
- Reconcile payroll data and verify payroll outputs
- Manage payroll-related reporting and system navigation
- Resolve payroll discrepancies and respond to employee payroll inquiries
- Support payroll taxes, garnishments, compliance requirements, and audits
- Assist with year-end payroll activities
- Support W-2 preparation and reconciliation
- Partner with Human Resources on new-hire support and payroll-related onboarding activities
- Collaborate with Accounting on payroll reconciliations and reporting
- Support international payroll processes as business needs evolve
- Identify process improvements and communicate issues proactively
- Ensure all payroll deadlines are met accurately and efficiently
Nice-to-Have Skills
- ADP Celergo experience
- Vistra OsC experience
- International payroll, tax, or compliance experience
- Experience supporting global payroll operations
- New-hire orientation or onboarding experience
- Year-end payroll processing experience
- W-2 preparation and reconciliation experience
- Experience supporting payroll for international locations
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education is preferred
- At least 4 years of hands-on payroll processing experience
- Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven payroll environment
- Experience supporting a growing or multi-location workforce
Other Requirements
- Work arrangement: Hybrid; onsite three days per week, Monday through Wednesday, with the option to work from home two days per week
- Schedule: Full-time, approximately 40 hours per week
- Employment type: Contract-to-hire opportunity
- Must successfully complete required background and drug screening before starting
- Must be willing to learn and support international payroll processes as needed
- Must remain highly accurate, organized, responsive, and composed during payroll processing periods
