Payroll Analyst

PayrollPayrollFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 10,001+Since 1929H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Michigan

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$49.5K - $77.7K / year

Seniority

Senior

Associate Degree3 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Payroll Analyst

Masco Corporation

• Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for US business units ensuring accurate hours, earnings, fringes and deductions according to company guidelines. • Assists with payroll funding, balancing, and reconciliation activities. • Partner with the Tax Accountant on tax research and filings. • Assists with General Ledger entries, reconciliations, and research. • Collaborate with the HRIS team on payroll configuration, testing, implementations, and system upgrades. • Serve as subject matter expert to ensure company compliance with payroll as applicable to withholdings, payment of wages, garnishment, child support and voluntary deductions. • Collects, coordinates and enters payroll data and maintains related payroll records. • Resolve escalated/complex employee issues that require managerial intervention or involve other process areas. • Back up to the payroll team for other pay groups. • Responds to and assembles data as needed for various external audits. • Sets up, processes and responds to child support and wage garnishments. • Responds to verifications of employment and unemployment notices. • Implement process improvements where opportunities for increased efficiencies are discovered. • Troubleshoot payroll and tax issues to help find and implement resolutions. • Verify and process employee purchase rebates. • Other tasks/functions/projects as assigned.

Job Requirements

  • Payroll processing experience in a large multi-state, multi-company environment
  • Workday experience is required
  • Experience with UKG Timekeeping (Kronos Dimensions) preferred
  • Canadian Payroll experience preferred
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, with solid analytical capability
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
  • Excellent communication skills and customer service focus
  • Exhibit confidence, energy and enthusiasm
  • High attention to detail and ability to stay organized in a fast-paced work environment
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Demonstrated ability to identify process improvement opportunities and lead or contribute to cross-functional initiatives.
  • Minimum three years’ experience in payroll data processing and analysis
  • Associate’s or applicable college course work preferred.

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