Payroll Analyst

Inspire-Brands; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Brands in Atlanta is seeking a Payroll Analyst to resolve payroll issues for restaurant teams, managers, and support staff worldwide. You will audit, process, and reconcile payrolls, ensuring accuracy and compliance across locations and time zones.

The role emphasizes problem solving, attention to detail, and excellent communication as you collaborate with HR, finance, and operations to maintain confidentiality and deliver timely payroll support.

Qualifications

• Payroll processing experience is required.
• Experience with Workday preferred.

Responsibilities

• Audit, review, and reconcile payrolls weekly.
• Distribute weekly audit reports to Payroll Specialists & Coordinators.
• Assist in the training of Payroll Specialists & Coordinators.
• Maintain a high level of customer service through timely responses to emails and tickets.
• Execute all payroll processes while complying with local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Run and analyze payroll audits & reporting.
• Process end to end payroll while coordinating with team members globally.
• Assist with research and resolution of payroll related matters.
• Document and maintain best practices for payroll processing and implement new procedures as needed.
• Act as Payroll subject matter expert across payroll processes and payroll compliance.
• Maintain documentation and SOPs for all payroll processes.
• Execute end to end Payroll testing.
• Support international payroll processing.
• Support Payroll tax processes.
• Maintain confidentiality for all payroll/HR items.

Skills

Payroll processing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Education

High school diploma or GED

Undergraduate degree in business or accounting

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

Inspire Brands is a fast-growing company with significant opportunity for growth and advancement. The company offers a team-oriented culture, dynamic working environment, and work life balance. As a Payroll Analyst, you will be responsible for solving Payroll issues, stemming from restaurant team members, managers, and Support Center staff globally. Successful candidates are passionate and enthusiastic about helping others, eager to learn new skills, and are detail oriented. They enjoy problem solving in a fast-paced environment based in Atlanta.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Audit, review, and reconcile Restaurant, International and Support Center payrolls on a weekly basis
• Distribute weekly audit reports to Payroll Specialists & Coordinators
• Assist in the training of Payroll Specialists & Coordinators
• Maintain a high level of customer service through timely response to emails and tickets
• Execute all payroll processes while complying with local, state, and federal laws and regulations
• Run and analyze payroll audits & reporting
• Process end to end payroll while coordinating with team members globally
• Process complex off-cycle payments (Reversals, Overpayments, Duplicate Employee Merges)
• Assist with research and resolution of payroll related matters
• Document and maintain best practices for payroll processing and implement new procedures as needed
• Act as Payroll subject matter expertise across payroll processes and payroll compliance
• Maintain documentation and SOPs for all payroll processes
• Execute end to end Payroll testing
• Support international payroll processing
• Support Payroll tax processes
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality for all payroll/HR-related items
• Interact professionally and effectively through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with emphasis on company interests
• Work closely with HR and business teams, including but not limited to Benefits, Compliance, HR Transformation, Organization, Change Management, Operations, Accounting and Finance Complete ad hoc projects and other duties as assigned by leadership

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED required
• Undergraduate degree in business, accounting, or related field preferred
• Payroll processing experience required
• Experience with Workday preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES

• Strong computer skills
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills: VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail
• Ability to use sound judgement and maintain confidentiality of information
• Experience working in a fast-paced, customer-oriented culture and meets critical deadlines
• Ability to work in a highly structured team environment
• Ability to maintain strict adherence to outlined procedures
• Ability to have a flexible work schedule due to work volume fluctuations

Inspire is a multi‑brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin‑Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences. Inspire is a multi‑brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,400 Arby’s, Baskin‑Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants across 55 global markets. In an industry facing increasing disruption, our leaders saw an opportunity to build a restaurant company unlike any other – one that brings together differentiated yet complementary brands and aims to make them stronger than they would be on their own. Found inherently in the purposes of our family of brands, we identified a common thread between our restaurants – the capacity to inspire. From guest experience to career development to community well‑being, Inspire plays a role in the lives of millions of people every day. Our brands are diverse, distinctive, and fan favorites. In a sense, you could say we seek those who provide something different than the norm.