Financial Applications Specialist II, Payroll

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Financial Applications Specialist II, Payroll

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: We are hiring a Specialist II, Financial Applications to join our Payroll team in Finance.

Role Overview:

Responsible for payroll systems development through to production implementation.
• Properly record, approve and generate payments for more than 23,000 employees.
• Maintain integrity of all interfaces between payroll systems and internal and external systems.
• Ensure compliance with all MSK, statutory and regulatory requirements.

Key Qualifications:

• At least 4 years experience in payroll and/or time & attendance, preferably in a Healthcare/Not-For-Profit setting.
• Project/program management experience in healthcare.
• Experience with Symplr Workforce Management or similar Time & Attendance software such as Kronos is helpful.
• Workday Payroll configuration, reporting experience is essential.

Core Skills:

• To be successful in this role. You will become proficient in operational processes to fully understand how our systems can optimize our operations.
• Ability to navigate through various applications/databases.
• Ability to learn on the job and stay up to date on the new developments in Payroll domain and the ERP system
• Able to embrace new technologies and implement new HR policies in system.
• Strong oral and written communication skills required, including ability to synthesize and clearly present complex information.
• Track record of developing strong relationships of trust and confidence with senior leaders, peers, and colleagues.
• Ability to influence, and effectively engage with a wide variety of team members.
• Ability to take initiatives to challenge the status quo and drive change for process optimization and business process transformation .
• Driven optimization and innovation efforts by continuously adapting to changing dynamics.
• Analytical skills to assess operational challenges and opportunities through the use of data.

Additional Information:

• Location: Hybrid - 2 days on site monthly at 633 Third Avenue in NYC
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
• Reporting to the Associate Director, Finance Technical Operations

Pay Range: $118,800 - $196,200.00/annually

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