Payroll Analyst - AI-Driven, US/Canada, Contract-to-Direct

Aleron; Scottsdale (AZ); Sur place; USD 85 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Acara Solutions in Scottsdale, AZ is seeking a Payroll Analyst for a contract-to-direct hire role overseeing payroll for approximately 3,500 employees across the US and Canada. You will ensure accurate processing, compliance, and reconciliations, while driving process improvements with AI-enabled tools.

This position reports to the Payroll Manager and collaborates with HR, Benefits, Finance, IT, and external vendors.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience processing payroll in a large, multi-state environment, including pay data entry and data validation.
• 4+ years of experience with Excel Pivot table
• 4+ years of experience performing payroll reconciliations, audit support, and payroll data analysis in a complex payroll environment.

Responsabilités

• Support bi-weekly payrolls to ensure timely and accurate payment of wages for approximately 3,500 employees across the US and Canada.
• Research and resolve employee inquiries relating to payroll questions and issues, via email, phone and in person.
• Respond to inquiries to internal groups such as HR Shared Services and HR Benefits.
• Partner with Human Resources to maintain payroll system data integrity and ensure accurate calculation of pay rates, taxes, and other payroll-related transactions.
• Develop, analyze, and maintain complex payroll reconciliation workbooks utilizing intermediate to advanced Excel functionality; prepare audit and reconciliation reports, validate payroll results, and research discrepancies.
• Support payroll-related general ledger reconciliations and ensure alignment between payroll and financial reporting.
• Analyze payroll data, trends, and anomalies to identify discrepancies, control gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve payroll accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Support ongoing federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Support year-end payroll activities, including W-2, T4, tax reconciliation, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Support internal, external, SOX, financial, and regulatory audit requests and reporting requirements.
• Support workers' compensation, 401(k), state and local tax, and other payroll-related audits, reviews, and inquiries.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for payroll systems, including troubleshooting system issues, testing enhancements, validating payroll system updates, and supporting process improvements.

Connaissances

Payroll processing

Excel Pivot Tables

Payroll reconciliations

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Outils

ADP Vantage

Workday

UKG/Kronos

Oracle HCM

SAP SuccessFactors

Description du poste

Acara Solutions in Scottsdale, AZ is seeking a Payroll Analyst for a contract-to-direct hire role overseeing payroll for approximately 3,500 employees across the US and Canada. You will ensure accurate processing, compliance, and reconciliations, while driving process improvements with AI-enabled tools.

This position reports to the Payroll Manager and collaborates with HR, Benefits, Finance, IT, and external vendors.