Senior Payroll Systems Analyst

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

📋 Description

• Lead data-centric payroll operations and provide actionable insights across payroll, timekeeping, and labor distribution.

• Work in collaboration with customers and Payroll Reporting team members to design, develop, implement, and support intricate BI solutions.

• Create, maintain, and oversee metrics, dashboards, and recurrent reports.

• Examine payroll, timekeeping, and labor distribution data, offering technical support in interpreting the results.

• Generate and maintain technical documentation, specifications, and process flows.

• Equip leadership with accessible, actionable data and analytics.

• Identify reporting opportunities and draft proposals with both technical and functional specifications.

• Establish and uphold standardized payroll, timekeeping, and labor distribution reports and metrics.

• Provide data for financial modeling, payroll accruals, forecasting, and budgeting.

• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data across payroll systems and reporting outputs.

• Address information requests, collective bargaining agreement inquiries, and public data requests.

• Develop and maintain SQL queries and reports to support reviews and pay-period processing.

• Oversee small systems and reporting projects utilizing waterfall and agile methodologies.

• Create project plans, timelines, risk assessments, milestones, and status reports.

• Coordinate project communications and the deployment of deliverables.

• Enhance payroll, timekeeping, and labor distribution data structures and reporting capabilities.

• Identify process improvements through automation, system enhancements, and data integration.

• Collaborate with HRIS, Finance, and IT teams on implementations and upgrades.

• Develop compliance queries and reports aligned with federal, state, collective bargaining, and OHSU requirements.

• Assist with internal and external audits.

• Monitor and improve controls to reduce operational and financial risks.

• Analyze trends, variances, and anomalies, and conduct root-cause analysis on payroll discrepancies.

• Create and deliver presentations, educational materials, and training resources.

• Document business requirements, data architecture, processes, and training materials.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in payroll, timekeeping, and labor distribution data.

• Collaborate on reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.

• Translate complex data into clear insights for informed decision-making by leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education/experience.

• Five years of experience with database querying, analytics, and reporting tools.

• Three years of experience managing technical projects as a project manager.

• Two years of payroll experience with an understanding of administrative systems, processes, and human resources functional areas.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.

• Proficient in using enterprise BI tools to write complex reports integrating data from various systems and external sources.

• Ability to build interactive dashboards.

• Capable of providing data-driven insights to non-technical audiences, including senior executive leadership.

• Competent in planning, organizing, and delivering training and presentations to diverse employee groups.

• Advanced proficiency with the MS Office suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio, and Project.

• Ability to map Payroll, Timekeeping, or Labor Distribution processes and comprehend source-system data storage, ETL, and Framework Manager reporting structures.

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, follow-through, and time-management skills.

• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and maintain composure in high-pressure and changing conditions.

• Experience in establishing effective working relationships across various professional backgrounds and organizational levels.

• Preferred: Experience with Power BI.

• Preferred: Familiarity with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence tools.

• Preferred: SQL/Database experience, including Oracle or SQL Server.

• Preferred: Technical documentation skills for reports and data/report models.

• Preferred: Advanced expertise with Oracle payroll and UKG Kronos systems.

• Preferred: Experience with data modeling tools.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and procedures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare for full-time employees fully covered and 88% coverage for dependents.

• $50K in term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.

• Two distinct above-market pension plans available for selection.

• Paid time off totaling 208 hours per year, prorated for part-time employees.

• Extended illness bank of 64 hours per year, prorated for part-time employees.

• Nine paid holidays each year.

• Significant discounts on Tri-Met and C-Tran services.

• Employee Assistance Program available.

• Discounts on childcare services.

• Tuition reimbursement offered.

• Employee discounts at local and major businesses.