Payroll Analyst - II

Payroll Analyst - II Pay Rate: $32.50/HR Location: Rahway NJ Qualifications: Skills & Experience: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Required): Graduate with 3 years of experience working in a strong (fast-paced environment) payroll position. Strong in-depth understanding of compliance related to payroll processing, including wage and hour laws (Federal, State, Local). Ability to prioritize effectively and work under tight deadlines. Experience in high-volume processing. Strong experience in Excel and PowerPoint. Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills along with high personal integrity, credibility, and energy. Experience with ADP Enterprise System. Time and attendance support via entries, edits, and configuration. Comprehensive Outsourcing Experience. Union payroll processing experience. Education / Experience (Preferred): Experience using Workday HR Information Systems (HRIS) for both data storage and analysis. Experience working with payroll processing vendors, coordinating, and monitoring payroll processing functions or vendors performing these functions. Knowledge of HR business processes and working with independent groups (e.g., Finance and Human Resources) through experience working with interdependent groups impacted by the payroll process. Bachelor's degree in related discipline. Experience with Service Now. Union CBA and time configuration experience. NOTES: Candidate can be local to either Charlotte, NC site or Rahway, NJ site. Responsibilities: The Payroll Specialist is responsible for payroll operation tasks ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local payroll tax and garnishment regulations for the US. Key responsibilities include: Partnering with ADP's managed payroll services teams to ensure accurate data entry for multi-state payroll under strict deadlines while ensuring all entries and system outputs are in compliance with state and federal laws. Ensuring payroll processes follow existing regulations and that new regulations are identified and implemented promptly by our company and/or ADP. Researching payroll-related cases and providing remediation, while resolving escalated employee cases and inquiries. Supporting other payroll team members with processing when necessary. Processing bi-weekly multi-state payrolls for more than 30,000 US/PR employees. Reviewing payroll inputs from various internal sources to ensure accurate payroll processing for multiple payrolls. Working with the HR team to aggregate employee data relating to new hires, terminations, and bonus payments during each pay period to accurately process payroll for that period. Auditing current processes to reduce the number of payroll-related errors. Validating and balancing Rapid Pay Data entries and submitting Batch Totals to ADP per pay group. Completing Action Items in the ADP portal with a list of Rapid Pay Data and flagged items to be reviewed by ADP during processing. Processing legal payment agreements. Processing vacation for immediate pay state terminated employees. Handling complex transactions including, but not limited to, Inpats, Expats, and Stock Options. Supporting internal/external audits. Managing service tickets via Service Now. Participating in projects including mergers, acquisitions, and process improvements. Managing time and attendance systems. Handling union CBA and time configuration. Demonstrating strong analytical skills and attention to detail. Working in a shared services HR environment. Continuously recommending process improvement initiatives. Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Internal Company Processes & Policies: Work independently or as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to deliver results to deadlines. Interface directly with ADP to ensure that all payroll-related actions are provided accurately and efficiently. Respond promptly to employee inquiries, which may be in the form of audits or correspondence. Provide support on all mergers and divestitures. Serve as backup to the Puerto Rico team and non-exempt payroll. Internal Controls: Monitor internal controls to verify that input and processing of all payroll data, including wages, garnishments, applicable wage taxes, and other miscellaneous wage/benefit programs, calculations, and deductions meet expectations, in conjunction with best practices. Create and review audit and management reports at the appropriate time in accordance with the production schedule. Participate in ADP/company meetings for the development and ongoing administration of payroll, providing documentation on issues and working collaboratively with ADP, third-party vendors, and internal company divisions toward timely resolution. Ensure internal controls established related to payroll are maintained and monitored on a continuing basis. Research, investigate, and report all problems, corrections, and changes related to ADP payroll programs, and respond to related inquiries and escalations in a timely manner. Participate in making updates to Payroll Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and Process Mapping. Support the Payroll Manager in all internal/external audits. Ongoing Process Improvements: Assist the Payroll Manager with the development and maintenance of internal client policy documentation related to payroll processing. Provide recommendations on changes to policy, procedures, or rules that influence or affect the administration of payroll and communicate recommendations and business decisions to the Payroll Manager, as appropriate. Work with ADP on changes, updates, and/or additions to any current processes, including areas of processing, Employee Service Center impact, and updates to the COS Knowledge Base. Other Duties (as necessary): Work with ADP to research and deliver data related to activities that occurred prior to the start of ADP service delivery. AA2IT