Payroll & GL Analytics Analyst

Strada; United States; Remote; USD 62,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Wellbeing programs

Paid leave

Retirement plans

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Strada is a leading HR BPO offering payroll, benefits, and workforce management solutions. We are seeking an HR BPO Delivery Analyst to provide payroll accounting and funding expertise to Strada clients, working with internal teams, vendors, and auditors to resolve issues and minimize risk.

The role supports client implementations, go-lives, and year-end activities, ensuring accurate payroll accounting and GL files are delivered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with accounting experience required.
• Payroll accounting, payroll financial reporting, or payroll funding experience preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience with Workday or a similar ERP/accounting system.
• Strong understanding of General Ledger accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and payroll accounting processes.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office and related financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform payroll-to-General Ledger (GL) reconciliations, including payroll activity, GL postings, balance sheet accounts, and interface error reports, and identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare bank and funding reconciliations by comparing payroll, banking, and third-party payment data and taking appropriate action to clear reconciling items.
• Analyze payroll variances, accounting discrepancies, and compliance issues; perform root cause analysis and recommend appropriate resolutions.
• Assess financial, legal, and operational risks associated with escalated issues and make recommendations to clients and internal management.
• Prepare or support journal vouchers, reclassifications, and other accounting adjustments and understand their impact on the General Ledger.
• Provide functional and technical support for payroll accounting and funding issues, including researching system defects, documenting evidence, and coordinating resolution with Application Services and Product teams.
• Support client implementations, go-lives, year-end activities, and ongoing delivery of accurate payroll accounting and GL files and documents.
• Respond to client, vendor, and internal inquiries related to payroll accounting, funding, treasury, and financial processes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for audit requests, ensuring accurate and timely responses and that appropriate audit controls are established and followed.
• Maintain and enforce Defined Work Instructions (DWIs), process documentation, and other controls to support consistent and compliant service delivery.
• Partner with payroll processing teams, Operations, Product, and other internal groups to resolve escalations, share lessons learned, and identify opportunities to improve service delivery.
• Identify opportunities for automation, innovation, process improvement, and enhanced controls, and support implementation of approved solutions.
• Support team development through knowledge sharing, training, and coaching, and provide guidance on complex issues and escalations.
• Build effective relationships with clients, internal teams, and vendors while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive payroll and financial information.

Skills

Payroll accounting

General Ledger

Excel

Communication

Analytical thinking

Time management

Stakeholder management

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Accounting/Finance

Tools

Workday

Job description

Strada is a leading HR BPO offering payroll, benefits, and workforce management solutions. We are seeking an HR BPO Delivery Analyst to provide payroll accounting and funding expertise to Strada clients, working with internal teams, vendors, and auditors to resolve issues and minimize risk.

The role supports client implementations, go-lives, and year-end activities, ensuring accurate payroll accounting and GL files are delivered.