Location: Denver CO or Minneapolis MN
Potential Hybrid
Job Description
We are looking for a Payroll Analyst to support our client in either Denver or Minneapolis for a 8 month contract assigment. As a Payroll Analyst you will provide expertise and lead projects to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing and financial reporting in a multi-state and multi-company environment. Research and resolve complex payroll and timekeeping issues. Provide payroll/timekeeping system support including reporting auditing and testing. Ensure compliance with multiple bargaining agreements Federal/State/local tax regulations and Company policies. Partner with cross-functional teams and various business areas on payroll and system related projects interfaces upgrades and enhancements. Define payroll processes and internal controls and implement appropriate process improvements. Maintain current knowledge of tax laws and policies interpret organizational impact and implement required process and systems changes to remain compliant and efficient.
Essential Responsibilities
- Responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing (regular off-cycle and annual) in accordance with all federal state and local regulations and tax standards bargaining agreements and company policies. Calculate and process complex and high-visibility transactions including multi-state taxation adjustments incentive taxation retroactive adjustments year-end tax reconciliations and unique bargaining payouts.
- Research and analyze complex payroll issues including reconciliations overpayments taxation and adjustments. Provide technical payroll processing calculation and consulting expertise on business and technology issues that impact how/when employees are paid. Communicate research and analysis results to a wide variety of audiences including senior executives timekeepers employees and external agencies and vendors.
- Provide support for timekeeping systems and payroll administrators including training managing system access delivering reporting supporting processes and procedures researching issues reconciling data with other systems leading special projects.
- Partner with HRIS Supply Chain and Finance to ensure all inbound outbound and core HRM systems are configured to be current and compliant with all federal state and local regulations as they perform all necessary timekeeping pay and taxation calculations and transactions.
Job Requirements
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- 8 years of payroll experience
- Analyst with payroll processing experience
- Analyze data
- WorkDay experience highly desired but not required
- Experience with large pay processing groups like Unions.
- Multi pay groups
- Microsoft Excel pivot tables V lookups required
- UKG desired but not required
- Customer service ticketing system such as Salesforce desired but not required
EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability
Required Experience:
IC