Associate Financial Analyst

Associate Financial Analyst-Payroll

In the role of Associate Financial Analyst-Payroll, you will support the accurate, timely, and compliant processing of payroll across North America. As part of the Global Business Services (GBS) Payroll team, you will assist with payroll administration, reporting, issue resolution, compliance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with Payroll managed services providers, HR, Finance, Tax, GPO, IT, and Legal to ensure payroll compliance and accuracy.

What You'll Be Brewing:

• Support the accurate and timely processing of payroll across U.S. and Canadian operations while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Perform payroll accounting activities, including payroll reconciliations, balance sheet account analysis, general ledger review, accrual validation, and preparation of payroll-related journal entries to ensure financial accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Review, validate, and reconcile payroll data, identifying and resolving discrepancies prior to payroll processing.
• Research and resolve payroll inquiries from employees, managers, HR, and business stakeholders, providing a high level of customer service.
• Support compliance activities, SOX controls, audits, and maintenance & retention of payroll documentation and procedures.
• Participate in payroll system enhancements, testing, process improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Other duties as assigned

Key Ingredients:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field preferred.
• 1-3 years of payroll, accounting, finance, human resources, or related experience.
• Experience supporting multi-state, multi-province, or multi-entity payrolls preferred.
• Experience with payroll systems such as Dayforce, UKG, ADP, Workday, or SAP is preferred.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC), or Canadian Payroll certification is a plus.
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and you provide a high level of customer service
• You can work with minimal supervision in a team setting
• You can work with and maintain confidential documents and information
• You have excellent organizational skills to complete a large volume of work timely and accurately and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• You love a challenge. You complete complex projects quickly and adeptly with your understanding of the business priorities
• You build relationships and collaborate to get to the desired outcome
• You take accountability for results – acting with integrity and honoring commitments
• You have a thirst for learning – you are always looking for ways to learn and help one another grow
• You exhibit our core values