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