PAYROLL ANALYST

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood; Pine Island (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team as a Payroll Analyst in a dynamic environment where your contributions will be valued. This role is pivotal in ensuring accurate payroll processing for a large workforce, requiring a blend of technical skills and effective communication. You'll work closely with various teams to enhance payroll operations and support exciting initiatives, including a major payroll overhaul. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative setting and are eager to learn, this opportunity offers a rewarding career path in a company that values diversity and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of full payroll cycle processing experience required.
• Experience with Workday or ADP is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing for approximately 25,000 team members.
• Maintain confidentiality and support payroll operations and audits.

Skills

Payroll Processing

Communication Skills

Project Management

Customer Service

Education

Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Tools

Workday

ADP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Overview

As a Payroll Analyst on our team, you are an essential part of the Global Payroll Shared Services team, which provides payroll to approximately 25,000 team members. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining payroll procedures and system configuration and providing dedicated quality processing services and error-free payroll to our team members.

Responsibilities

• Accurate, consistent, and timely payroll processing in accordance with established deadlines and policies.
• Effective communication to all team members and outside vendors.
• Respond in a professional and timely manner to all payroll-related questions.
• Ensure payroll information is kept confidential at all times.
• Reconcile various types of income, including tips.
• Configure Deduction and earning codes within the proper Pay Component Groups.
• Conduct monthly analysis of earnings and deduction code usage to determine any variances that may result in a payroll adjustment or correction.
• Maintain Checklists and SOPs.
• Assist with UKG Time Keeping Pay rules and Business Structure maintenance.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll issues or concerns.
• Assist the managers in devising the processes and controls to operate effectively while managing risk.
• Assist in the day-to-day payroll operations for all areas covered by the team, coordinating with the vendors and the internal team to deliver pay accurately, timely, and effectively within all regulatory, labor, and tax guidelines.
• Assist with any internal and external audits and examinations, including internal audit, SOX, tax audits, etc.
• Assist and work closely with HR on regional initiatives, ensuring they are rolled out with a coordinated effort between the teams.
• Maintain strong and productive relationships with the People team, including Benefits, Global Mobility, Operations, Finance, Shared Services, and other internal stakeholders and partners.
• Support administering the payroll function through acquisitions and expansion initiatives.
• Assist with documenting and training payroll processes.
• Help with the handling of new system implementations.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of full payroll cycle processing.
• Workday or ADP experience.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred but not required.
• Previous payroll processing experience within multi-state and union environment required.
• Experience and knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook software.
• Project management skills to execute while navigating through a variety of different tasks.
• Professional presentation of written information, that is clear and effective for your success with your clients.
• Collaborative, team-minded, successful attitude to deliver exceptional customer service.

Work Environment:

Payroll at Hard Rock is weekly, which makes it high volume, fast pace, but rewarding. The team is fun and energetic and always willing to teach. We are looking for a dedicated team member who is excited to learn and join a diverse team of fun individuals. Next year, we will be going through a complete payroll overhaul, which will require fresh, new band members that will help contribute to the growth of our department and Hard Rock Brand. We want the best and hope it will be you!

Pre-Employment Process:

Employment with Hard Rock International requires the successful completion of the pre-employment process; to include a satisfactory background check and drug test.

Closing:

Hard Rock International is an equal opportunity employer. We live our motto LOVE ALL – SERVE ALL, and strive to foster an inclusive workplace culture for every team member. Hard Rock welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Disclaimer: While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).