(High Salary) US Payroll Analyst / Senior Analyst

Job Description :

Under supervision, performs work that is varied and that may be somewhat difficult in character but usually involves limited responsibility. Some evaluation, originality, or ingenuity is required.

Essential Job Duties :

• Processes weekly, biweekly, or semimonthly payrolls in accordance with company policies and regulatory environment requirements.
• Administers paychecks by importing hours from time and production records.
• Determines earnings by calculating gross pay, required withholdings, deductions, and net pay. using established procedures developed in coordination with company policies, regulatory environments, and payroll system provider requirements.
• Distributes payroll reports and checks to various field offices.
• Conducts a final audit of all data received, entered and exchanged between the HRIS and payroll systems.
• Conducts and / or assists in periodic and annual payroll audits in conjunction with state and federal regulations (Bureau of Labor Statistics, MWR, Workers Compensation, etc.).
• Ensures the appropriate new hire and term paperwork is processed and verified in a timely manner to meet the company guidelines for payment.
• Validates the data integrity of new hire information, set-up direct deposit, withholdings and / or deductions in accordance with regulatory environment requirements.
• Reviews documents for completion, coordinating with appropriate HR staff to resolve complicated payroll related issues in conjunction with the HRSC as related to pay.
• Assist functional units with special / exception payrolls and related reporting as needed.
• Prepare general ledger reports and entries to be submitted to corporate / operating units and communicate payroll data as required.
• Conducts and / or assists in periodic, quarterly and annual payroll tax audits in conjunction with state and federal regulations.
• Processing one or more of the following may become a focus : Unions, Garnishments, Tax, and / or banking relationships.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

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