Lead Payroll Business Analyst

ABOUT THE POSITION
The Lead Payroll Business Analyst provides team oversight and process support within Payroll Operations. Applies expert-level working knowledge of pay and time best practices to day-to-day activities, executing on complex processes and troubleshooting escalated matters. Offers regular guidance and support to Payroll team members, driving and coordinating processing day activities and overseeing execution of critical payroll functions.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Coordinates and monitors end-to-end activities for on-and-off cycle processing for multi-company, multi-state payrolls.

• Coordinates routine activities and follows through on task assignment, completion, and guidance for earlier team members.

• Collaborates with internal and external cross-functional partners to execute and reconcile more complex pay data inputs such as expatriate data, stock equity, payroll accounting, abandoned property, imputed income calculations, gross-ups, and special bonus programs. Consults with stakeholders on process development and strategies for execution.

• Monitors for and resolves complex payroll issues as reported by stakeholders and escalated by Payroll team members, ensuring support resources, coaching, and process documentation are up-to-date and working efficiently.

• Manages stock equity input and reconciliation of RSU and Non-Qual options, ensuring timely capture and reporting of taxes.

• Performs routine review and validation to ensure accurate taxes are calculated and withheld, and reporting in a timely manner.

• Prepares reporting and develop regular auditing procedures to ensure compliance with various tax, wage, and benefit reporting regulations, overseeing Retirement Plan, Worker's Comp, and other reporting each period.

• Identifies and drives enhancements and updates that affect processes and partners with Payroll Manager, vendors, and other stakeholders to execute updates and support resources.

• Partners heavily with Compliance and Business Analyst teams to collaboratively monitor and resolve ongoing updates.

• Assists Payroll Manager with vendor oversight and management, monitoring compliance and SLAs for outsourced services such as wage garnishment, unemployment claims, and tax filing. Monitors for and elevates support trends and issues to Manager for guidance.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor's degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience.

• typically requires 8+ years of professional experience and mastery of relevant technical or business skills required to accomplish the job.

• ADP Expertise

• UKG/Kronos Expertise

• Microsoft Office Suite Expertise

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.