Position Details

Salary $81K – $121K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years 5-10 years of progressive payroll experience

Education 4-year degree or equivalent experience

Category Finance & Accounting

About this role

This role partners with business and HR to analyze payroll and timekeeping data, identify overtime and labor cost trends, and recommend process improvements. It also supports enterprise payroll/time tracking projects with testing and validation while maintaining strong U.S. payroll compliance across states.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze payroll and timekeeping data for overtime, labor costs, and workforce behaviors
Standardize and optimize payroll processes by reducing manual interventions (e.g., Punch Exception Form volume)
Support enhancements to Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking to improve automation and data integrity
Lead payroll testing cycles (UAT) with test scripts and validation of results
Maintain U.S. payroll compliance by auditing manual timecard entries and meal/break compliance and mitigating multi-state taxation risks

Technical Overview

The technical scope centers on payroll and time tracking systems and testing, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), system testing, validation, and test scripts. The role specifically references Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking and requires translating compliance and complex regulations into operational controls.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level payroll professional with 5-10 years of progressive payroll experience in large, complex, multi-state environments. They have strong U.S. payroll compliance expertise (wage and hour laws and multi-state taxation) and hands-on experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for payroll/time tracking system projects, ideally with Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking.

Must-Have Skills

5-10 years of progressive payroll experience in largecomplexmulti-state payroll environmentsStrong understanding of U.S. payroll compliancewage and hour considerationsand multi-state taxationExperience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT)Advanced analytical capability with the ability to interpret complex regulations into operational controls

Nice-to-Have Skills

CPP certificationWorkday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking experience

Tools & Platforms

Workday PayrollWorkday Time TrackingUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Required Skills

Payroll data analysistimekeeping data analysisovertime trend analysislabor cost managementworkforce data analysisprocess standardizationpayroll complianceU.S. payroll regulationswage and hour lawsmulti-state taxationUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)system testingvalidationtest scriptsmeal/break compliance auditingmanual timecard entry auditingWorkday PayrollWorkday Time TrackingPunch Exception Form volume reduction

Hard Skills

Payroll data analysistimekeeping data analysisovertime trend analysislabor cost managementworkforce data analysisprocess standardizationpayroll complianceU.S. payroll regulationswage and hour lawsmulti-state taxationUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)system testingvalidationtest scriptspayroll testing cyclesmeal/break compliance auditingmanual timecard entry auditingWorkday PayrollWorkday Time TrackingPunch Exception Form volume reduction

Soft Skills

translating complex data into clear recommendationsconsultative partnership with site leadershipstakeholder partnershipproactive identification of compliance risksattention to detailability to interpret complex regulations into operational controlscross-functional project supportclear communication of insights for leaders

Certifications

Preferred

Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Industry & Role

Industry Retail

Job Function Analyze and improve payroll efficiency while ensuring compliance and supporting Workday payroll/time tracking system testing and validation

Role Subtype Financial Analyst

Tech Domains Workday

Keywords for Your Resume

Payroll AnalystPayrolllabor cost managementtimekeeping dataovertimeworkforce behaviorsprocess standardizationsPunch Exception FormWorkday PayrollWorkday Time Trackingsystem testingvalidationUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)UATU.S. payroll regulationswage and hour lawsmulti-state taxationmeal/break compliancemanual timecard entriescompliance risksCPPCertified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Deal Breakers

5-10 years of progressive payroll experience in large, complex, multi-state payroll environments, Strong understanding of U.S. payroll compliance, wage and hour considerations, and multi-state taxation, Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

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