Senior Payroll Analyst

📋 Description

• Process and review multi-state biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly payrolls for accuracy
• Maintain payroll records for employee earnings, deductions, taxes, and benefits; conduct periodic
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll accounts, benefits, and tax
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including W-2 processing and payroll
• Help ensure compliance with payroll tax regulations and reporting requirements; enter federal
• Partner with HR on employee changes, compensation adjustments, and benefits administration.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent
• At least five years of direct payroll processing experience or a combination of payroll and
• Experience processing multi-state payroll and supporting audits and monthly close.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll administration, federal, state, and local tax regulations, and
• Experience with SOX compliance and designing, implementing, and operating internal controls.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, data validation, conditional