Sr. Payroll Compliance Analyst

Job Summary: The Sr Compliance Analyst oversees regulatory and business compliance practices. Uses functional and technical expertise to evaluate day-to-day operations, establishes robust auditing procedures, guides stakeholders, and partners with the Payroll Manager to sustain a comprehensive payroll compliance operations program. Collaborates with multiple stakeholders, technology partners, and other shared services team members.

Responsibilities: 25% Provides subject matter expertise for payroll practices and processes while participating in evaluation, design, implementation, and support of auditing and oversight activities.  

25% Nurtures strong bilateral partnerships with stakeholders. Elicits and evaluates operational deficiencies and recommends business process adjustments for planning and prioritization.

20% Liaises with Legal, TR Compliance programs, HR Systems (GHRS), Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), and other internal and external partners to extract, interpret, and operationalize system and behavioral updates. 

10% Leverages and coaches pay and time performers during testing and analysis activities and assists with day-to-day escalations for troubleshooting and resolution. 

10% Identifies and analyzes metrics to support KPIs and OKRs then monitor, measure, and provide feedback on performance to help evaluate compliance gaps and successes.

10% Monitors regulatory changes that affect related processes and coordinates updates to the knowledge base, SOPs and resource information for processing and ensuring those requirements are met through business practices.    

Works with limited supervision, escalating only the more complex matters to leadership team members for direction and guidance. 

5% Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience. • Typically requires 5-10 years of professional experience and strong competency with the various tools, systems, or procedures required to accomplish the job. • Bachelor’s Degree specializing in HR, Business or related field, OR equivalent work experience in human resources/payroll within a business environment • 6+ years’ experience with large company, working directly in a Payroll environment  •Strong coordination skills are essential to success • Must have excellent writing and communication skills. Above average ability to read, write, and speak English.  Multilingual a plus.   • Ability to manage multiple, often complex, tasks at the same time.  • Ability to stay focused on key timeline/deliverables.  • Strong project, time management, and organizational skills. • Advanced technical capability producing complex reporting, dashboards, and other analytical visuals for stakeholders • Experience in RPA, AI or other advanced technical process capability desired • Intermediate experience utilizing ITSM or related inquiry management tools. • Proactive, consistently anticipates stakeholders needs, self-motivated, accountable, and goal oriented. • Expert level knowledge of Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams. • Travel: Occasional - 10% • Work Schedule: Standard Hours   Career Band: Professional Jobs on this career band have a knowledge management focus and are primarily responsible for results achieved through their own work. Requires the application of theoretical knowledge, typically gained through formal education or equivalent work experience that provides knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts of a defined profession. Jobs at higher career levels may guide small teams in their area of subject matter expertise. Jobs at the at the most senior levels of this career band set disciplinary strategy within their areas of expertise.

Criteria & Management Requirements: • Problem Solving: Solves complex problems and develops independent creative solutions based on the evaluation of multiple options. • Decisions: Independently analyzes issues of a diverse scope and functions with a moderate degree of autonomy. Receives minimal direction, seeks guidance for highly complex issues. • Knowledge: In depth knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories within own discipline and working knowledge of related disciplines. Applies broader knowledge of industry standards/practices to assignments and others. • Business Acumen: Understands best practices; is aware of the differences between the company and its competition in the supported function. Understands how their own functional area integrates with others to deliver results. • Communication & Influence: Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. May provide process and subject matter advice. • Impact: Work performed will have impact on cross-functional projects beyond the department. • Leadership: No supervisory responsibility. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead projects with manageable risks and resource requirements. May contribute input to the performance review of other team members.

Work Environment: Typical Office

Other Work Environment Requirements:  Typical Office: Operates in a typical office environment, routinely uses computer and other standard office equipment.

Other Physical Requirements:  Typical Office: Generally sedentary for prolonged periods, may occasionally require ability to move about or adjust/move items weighing up to 10 lbs. in all directions; Constantly requires collaboration and the ability to communicate with others to exchange information while in a typical office setting. Collaboration is generally conducted in person unless the role has been pre-approved for remote work. #LI-SA1

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.