Compensation & Payroll Analyst

Jobtailor; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in California is seeking a Compensation Analyst to join our HR analytics team. You will drive compensation benchmarking, equity analyses, and payroll processes while ensuring compliance with labor laws.

You will develop HR dashboards, analyze payroll and survey data, and provide strategic insights to HR leadership on recruitment effectiveness, engagement, and risk. This role emphasizes accuracy and confidentiality in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, HR, accounting, or related field.
• Advanced Excel skills with modeling, formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP.
• Strong analytical ability to identify drivers, trends, and variance analysis.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy in data entry and calculations.
• Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP) and MS Office.
• Ability to handle confidential financial and personnel information.
• Knowledge of payroll regulations and tax laws.
• Strong communication to explain pay details clearly.

Responsibilities

• Participate in salary surveys, analyze market trends, and benchmark jobs internally and externally.
• Assist with merit increase process; develop input sheets.
• Conduct equity analyses to ensure pay fairness and legal compliance.
• Clean and analyze ATS, payroll, and employee survey data to identify turnover, hiring, and performance patterns.
• Develop HR dashboards, KPIs, and visualizations for workforce metrics.
• Provide insights on recruitment effectiveness, engagement, and risks to HR leaders.
• Recommend process improvements for recruiting, training, and talent management.
• Process payroll on bi-weekly cycles, including wages, overtime, deductions, and benefits.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws; prepare year-end filings.
• Prepare payroll reports for finance and HR and assist with audits.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Confidentiality

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or HR or accounting

Tools

ADP

HRIS Software

Microsoft Office Suite

V-Look-Up

Pivot Tables

Job description

• Compensation Analysis: Participate in salary surveys, analyze market trends, and benchmark jobs internally and externally to determine competitive pay.
• Merit Increase: Assist with merit increase process; develop input sheets.
• Data Analysis & Compliance: Conduct equity analyses to ensure pay fairness and ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Cleaning and analyzing data from ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems), payroll, and employee surveys to identify patterns in turnover, hiring, and performance.
• Metric Development: Developing HR dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and visualizations to track workforce metrics.
• Strategic Insights: Providing insights for HR leaders on recruitment effectiveness, employee engagement, and potential risks.
• Process Improvement: Using findings to recommend optimizations for recruiting, training, and talent management.
• Payroll Processing: Processes payroll on regular cycles (bi-weekly) including calculating wages, overtime, and deductions. Benefits billing reconciliation and processing bank wires.
• Compliance & Tax: Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws, and prepares year-end filings.
• Reporting: Prepares payroll reports for finance and HR and assists with audits.

Requirements

• Education: A bachelor's degree in finance, human resources, accounting, or a related field is typically required.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills (modeling, formulas, pivot tables) and experience with HRIS or compensation software. Proficiency in V-look-up and pivot tables is required.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to identify performance drivers, interpret trends, and perform variance analysis.
• Detail-Oriented: Exceptional accuracy in data entry and calculations.
• Software Proficiency: Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive financial and personnel information.
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance.
• Communication: Clear verbal and written skills to explain pay details to employees.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced analytical skills and technical proficiency in data analysis, payroll processing, and compliance with labor laws. Capable of developing HR dashboards and providing strategic insights to enhance recruitment and employee engagement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Advanced Excel Skills
• Payroll Processing
• Data Analysis
• Compliance Knowledge
• HRIS Software Proficiency

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Data Analysis
• Payroll Processing
• Compensation Analysis
• Metric Development
• Variance Analysis
• Excel Modeling
• Pivot Tables
• V-Look-Up
• Equity Analysis
• KPI Development

Soft Skills

• Detail-Oriented
• Communication
• Confidentiality

Industry Keywords

• Labor Laws
• Payroll Regulations
• Market Trends
• Employee Engagement
• Recruitment Effectiveness

Tools & Technologies

• ADP
• HRIS Software
• Microsoft Office Suite