Payroll Analyst, Remote

Overview

Full-time position supporting payroll shared services across all functional areas of payroll. This role works closely with Payroll Managers/Representatives of Regional Health Ministries to ensure accurate employee payroll processing and information, while maintaining compliance with Federal and State Regulations. The position requires a high degree of confidentiality for payroll and human resources information.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and apply the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values in day-to-day behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Maintain accurate payroll procedures in compliance with Federal and State Regulations, including analysis and monitoring of payroll functions such as tax setup/withholding, banking, garnishments, and general processing.
• Support relationships with contracted vendors and internal departments by participating in regular auditing activities, implementing procedures, and ensuring accurate payroll withholdings, processing, and payments.
• Review and balance payroll tax information; complete payroll tax reports, including multi-state tax payment and reporting.
• Stay current with payroll tax laws to ensure accuracy of employee earnings and tax data; apply knowledge of wage and hour issues.
• Ensure all aspects of the payroll cycle are processed, reconciled, audited, and transmitted accurately and timely (including tax, benefits, wage attachment, and banking).
• Complete quarter-end and year-end payroll activities and assist Regional Health Ministry (RHM) Payroll Managers to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Run reports and perform audits to support data accuracy.
• Load EIBs to make employment records adjustments as appropriate for accurate payroll processing.
• Support the payroll production process.
• Maintain confidentiality of all payroll and human resources information.
• Participate in special projects related to system enhancements and quality improvements; assist with coordination of policy and procedure implementation.
• Maintain working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws/regulations, the Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, and other policies/procedures to ensure adherence through honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree with major coursework in bookkeeping, accounting, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of comprehensive knowledge with progressively responsible payroll experience in a multi-entity and multi-state organization handling:
  • Payroll and payroll processes
  • Payroll tax and state reciprocity rules
  • Garnishments
  • Payroll-related regulatory compliance, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Banking ACH/settlement
  • Internal controls for the payroll cycle
• An equivalent combination of education and related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Payroll Tax Experience.
• Experience with Workday, Kronos timekeeping, and ADP tax services.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; comfortable communicating with all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to develop methodologies for collecting, summarizing, analyzing, and evaluating data.
• Detail-oriented with strong ability to meet established deadlines; excellent follow-through.
• Strong personal computer skills, particularly Excel.
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles of accounting.
• High professionalism and customer focus; ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Highly motivated self-starter with good judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

Physical and Mental Requirements and Working Conditions

• Ability to set and organize own work priorities and adapt to frequent changes.
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple tasks/projects in a potentially stressful environment with diverse personalities and work styles.
• May need to travel to various sites (less than 20%) as needed.
• Ability to comply with organizational policies and procedures.
• Overtime may be required during peak periods.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided description.

Location

Not specified in the provided description.