Payroll Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Slovakia.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for the complete payroll processing for designated employee groups, legal entities, or jurisdictions across various pay frequencies.

• Conduct intricate calculations, such as retroactive payments, prorations, severance, relocation, equity compensation, imputed income, gross-ups, and taxable fringe benefits.

• Reconcile payroll with the general ledger, verify funding requirements, and investigate and resolve discrepancies before the close.

• Review and confirm quarterly and annual tax filings and unemployment returns; collaborate with the tax service provider to address agency notices.

• Manage multi-state and local tax configurations, including reciprocity agreements and implications for remote work taxation.

• Audit deductions for benefits, retirement contributions, and leave accruals.

• Oversee the Tier 2 ServiceNow queue and address escalated cases related to pay, taxes, garnishments, and deductions within SLA, ensuring comprehensive documentation.

• Determine and implement case resolutions via off-cycle payments, adjustments, or upstream fixes; identify recurring issues and suggest process enhancements.

• Act as a subject matter expert for designated states/entities.

• Prepare payroll journal entries and assist with internal, external, and SOX audits.

• Engage in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system updates.

• Create payroll funding files and assist Treasury with settlement confirmations.

• Process pay elements related to assignments for globally mobile employees.

• Validate data extracts for pay transparency and pay equity.

• Offer guidance and training to junior team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• 1–3 years of hands-on experience in multi-state/country payroll processing.

• Strong understanding of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, payroll taxation, garnishment management, and year-end obligations.

• Proven experience managing a significant payroll platform throughout the complete payroll cycle.

• Intermediate proficiency in Excel, including the use of pivot tables, advanced lookups, conditional formulas, and reconciling large datasets.

• Background in reconciling payroll to the general ledger and investigating wage and tax discrepancies.

• Experience handling escalated cases within a service management platform, with a preference for ServiceNow.

• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (preferred).

• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation (preferred).

• Practical experience with Oracle, ADP, UKG, Dayforce, SAP, or other top payroll systems (preferred).

• Experience managing equity compensation or expatriate payroll (preferred).

• Familiarity with union environments, collective bargaining agreements, or multi-EIN structures (preferred).

• Exposure to Germany and EMEA payrolls; capability to create custom reports or queries within a payroll or HCM system (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus: 10%