Senior Payroll Analyst

The Senior Payroll Analyst is responsible for various aspects of the client's payroll, including administration, distribution, and record-keeping. S/he is responsible for providing accurate data in the preparation of the client's payroll and requires an individual who can work well in a fast-paced, high volume environment. The Senior Payroll Analyst assists the Payroll Manager with department and process management. S/he relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

This role can work anywhere within the U.S.

Essential Job Functions

• Leadership: Assist Payroll Manager with oversight of payroll processing and work of Payroll Analyst I and Payroll Analyst II. Contribute to firm payroll committees and teams. Participate in service calls with payroll software vendors.
• New business: Contribute to proposals and establishing fee quotes. Asist with onboarding of new clients and business including the interpretation of a variety of client data.
• Payroll Processing: Input, verify and transmit payroll data for firm clients. Requires communication with clients to gather necessary information. Payrolls will be complex in nature and involve reviewing work of the Payroll Analyst I and II. Process bonus payments and other special payrolls upon request. Prepare check requests for payroll reimbursement, taxes due, child support payments, etc. Deliver reports and checks to clients. Set up new earnings codes, deductions and accumulators as required. Prepare schedules for file. Update payroll software with any tax rate changes and update G/L interface as needed.
• Employee File Maintenance: Update the payroll system for new hires, terminations, salary changes, department changes, or any other pertinent payroll information received from the client. Process requests for payroll deduction changes, including changes to tax withholding amounts, garnishments or fringe benefit deductions. Update account information and amounts for direct deposit as necessary. Coordinate deduction changes with any annual limitations on cafeteria and retirement plan limitations. Retain client and employee change information in accordance with firm policies.
• Reports: Review quarterly payroll tax reports as needed. Prepare payroll journal entry reports as needed. Assist with verification and distribution of W-2s at yearend. Process FMLA and LOA correspondence each pay period during duration of FMLA/LOA, for correct hours/dollars paid, and manually adjust deductions accordingly.
• Income Verifications: Complete mortgage and SUI verifications, if requested.
• Other: Assist with workers' compensation audits, preparation of employee census data, uploading retirement plan contribution data to TPA or custodian, process year end fringe benefit additions, and respond to tax notices as necessary. Consult on compensation and benefits questions from clients.

Requirements

• Experience: 5 years of experience in payroll processing.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, human resources or related field required or high school diploma or equivalent and 6 years experience in payroll processing with 2 years supervisory experience working with complex payrolls, implementations and other advanced payroll issues.

Compensation strategy statement:

Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range. These same factors may cause starting pay to be below or above the posted range. For Colorado, the range for this position is $55,000 - 75,000.

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