Senior Payroll Analyst

Take your career to the next level! In the last few years our goal has been expansion, creating growth opportunities for many of our team members. Not only are we serious about growth, but we are also serious about helping our customers during hard financial times.

We take pride in providing solutions and offering a helping hand, not only to our customers but also to the communities we serve. As we continue to expand and grow into a national leader in consumer financing, we invite you to consider joining our team.

If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in people's lives and bringing a personal touch to finance, we'd love to have you on board!

The Senior Payroll Analyst is responsible for timely and accurate multi-state payroll processing for 2,100+ employees, while following company policy and procedures and federal and state regulations. This is a ‘hands-on’ position, and in coordination with Human Resources, oversees the preparation, documentation and disbursement of all payroll checks, direct deposits, employee and employer taxes, retirement contributions as well as other benefits.

Duties and responsibilities

Processing & Reporting:

• Lead collaborator on payroll processing for 2,100+ employees, payroll records, and payroll audit/data.
• Assist Payroll Manager to ensure accuracy and compliance regarding employee pay, including all wage adjustments, bonuses, garnishments, benefits, and taxes.
• Independently works with third party payroll processor to ensure registration of all cities, county, state, and federal taxes.
• Coordinate with accounting team for payroll-related monthly, quarterly, and year end reporting including payroll G/L account reconciliations.
• Leads the preparation of internal payroll reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, year-end reports, and ad-hoc reports as requested by management (gross payroll, hours worked, PTO accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions, etc.).

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Manage and monitor third party vendors in the preparation and dissemination of payroll, to ensure registration of all cities, county, state, and federal taxes.

• Partner with Human Resources on a regular basis to assure complete coordination of pay, benefits, and deductions procedures.
• Collaborate with 3rd Party Payroll Processor, Treasury, and Accounts Payable on third party remittances (tax agencies, regulatory agencies, benefits/insurance vendors, etc.) to ensure that payments and pay checks are delivered on time and accurately.

Payroll Taxes & Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations on an ongoing basis and take necessary steps to implement change.
• Coordinate with Human Resources, Finance, and external auditors on the annual 401(k) audit to provide information in a timely manner.
• Independently works with OSV to verify IRS reporting, including W-2 worksheets and quarterly tax filings according to the quarterly 941 filing requirements.

Policy & Procedure:

• Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits, and tax procedures to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations.
• Establish procedures for auditing of timekeeping records for compliance.
• Propose, write, and communicate payroll policy to the company to facilitate compliance and efficiency.
• Oversee the documenting of standard operating procedures, ensuring accurate collection of inputs, and monitoring of effective audit controls.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years overall payroll experience.
• Experience managing payroll processing for at least 2,100+ employee, including executive, bonused, exempt and non- exempt employees.
• Payroll Processing experience in a multi-unit, multi-state environment.
• Experience working with a third-party payroll processor.
• Thorough knowledge of statutory requirements related to pay, wage and hour, health and welfare, and multi-state payroll tax.
• Experience with multiple bonus plans.
• Complete understanding and practical application of best practices for all payroll processing, payroll systems, payroll accounting, and payroll tax.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in consumer finance or banking industry.
• Workday payroll processing and/or administration.

Critical Competencies

• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work closely with people at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent communication skills; verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Proven leadership abilities.
• Customer service oriented.
• High level of integrity.

Working conditions

This position primarily works in an office environment, sitting at a desk, working on a computer.

Compensation Range (annual) $62,000-$80,000

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