Senior Labor Cost Analyst - HR & Operations

ASCENDING; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ASCENDING in the Miami area seeks a Senior Labor Cost Analyst to manage labor cost allocations across departments and funding sources. You will reconcile to payroll, GL, and HRIS, and support audits, tax needs, and capitalized labor.

You will build labor cost reports, partner with FP&A on forecasting, and maintain data quality and controls across multiple systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data, financial, payroll/HR analytics, or accounting roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Economics, or related field (or equivalent).
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets and working SQL; comfortable with large datasets.
• Strong reconciliation track across multiple systems.
• Ability to explain methodology clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Discretion with confidential compensation data.

Responsibilities

• Run monthly, quarterly, and year-end labor cost allocations across departments, cost centers, projects, entities, and funding sources.
• Allocate fully loaded labor costs (salary, bonus, benefits, taxes, equity) and document drivers.
• Reconcile allocations to payroll, GL, and HRIS; resolve variances.
• Deliver allocation journals and schedules for month-end close; support audits and tax needs (R&D credits, capitalized labor).
• Build labor cost and headcount reports and dashboards; partner with FP&A on forecasting and budget-to-actuals.
• Keep employee data clean at source via HRIS, Payroll, and managers; maintain controls and process documentation.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Data analytics

Reconciliation

Clear stakeholder communication

Confidential data handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Economics, or related field

Tools

Workday

ADP

HiBob

NetSuite

Job description

Senior Labor Cost Analyst
Location: Miami, FL area (within ~1 hour). Flexible hybrid with occasional in-office days
Type: Long-term contract-to-hire

About the Company

Our client builds power infrastructure for the AI era. Their technology is proven at gigawatt scale, deployed across 2.5 GW of hyperscale campuses, validated by top U.S. national labs, and certified for grid-safe operation by major utilities. Leading cloud and AI companies rely on it to scale faster than the grid allows.

What You ll Do

• Run monthly, quarterly, and year-end labor cost allocations across departments, cost centers, projects, entities, and funding sources.
• Allocate fully loaded labor costs (salary, bonus, benefits, taxes, equity), and maintain and document the allocation methods and drivers.
• Reconcile allocations to payroll, the GL, and HRIS, and resolve any variances.
• Deliver allocation journals and schedules for month-end close, and support audit, tax, and compliance needs such as R&D credits and capitalized labor.
• Build labor cost and headcount reports and dashboards, and partner with FP&A on forecasting and budget-to-actuals.
• Keep employee data clean at the source by working with HRIS, Payroll, and managers, and maintain controls and process documentation.

What You Bring

• 7+ years in data, financial, payroll/HR analytics, or accounting roles
• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets and working SQL, with comfort handling large, messy datasets
• A strong reconciliation track record across multiple systems
• Ability to explain methodology clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Discretion with confidential compensation data

Nice to Have

• Labor cost allocation, cost accounting, or month-end close experience
• Workday, ADP, HiBob, or NetSuite
• Experience building controls and audit-ready documentation
• Multi-entity or multi-country allocations