Senior Payroll Analyst

Rogers Corporation; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Rogers Corporation, headquartered in Chandler, AZ, seeks a seasoned payroll professional to lead North America payroll and shared services growth. You will manage end-to-end payroll processing, ensure tax compliance, and analyze payroll data for improvements.

You will collaborate with Finance, HR, IT and external vendors to maintain accuracy, SOX controls, and efficiency across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field.
• 4+ years of progressive payroll processing and compliance experience.
• Experience with payroll and timekeeping systems, including analysis, integrations, implementations, or enhancements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Serve as payroll systems SME, leading and supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, upgrades and enhancements with quality service.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing of weekly and bi-weekly payrolls for employees in multiple US states and Canada.
• Act as primary contact for payroll tax matters, including notices, registrations, state/local tax compliance, unemployment accounts, and regulatory inquiries.
• Monitor federal, state, and local payroll laws to ensure ongoing compliance and identify process improvements.
• Lead the annual payroll year-end process, including planning, reconciliation, reporting, and completion of year-end activities.
• Reconcile payroll-related GL accounts, bank statements, and transactions, researching/discrepancies as needed.
• Collaborate with Finance, HR, IT, Audit, and external vendors to ensure payroll operations remain accurate, SOX compliant, and efficient.
• Analyze payroll data to identify trends, improve controls, and enhance payroll performance.

Skills

Payroll systems

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

SOX compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ADP payroll

Timekeeping systems

Job description

This role is responsible for the growth and integration of North America payroll and shared services and reports to the Director HR Shared Services. Responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, ensures compliance with tax laws and analyzes payroll financial data.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as the payroll systems subject matter expert, leading and supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, upgrades and enhancements to the payroll and timekeeping platforms with quality customer service.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing of weekly and bi-weekly payrolls for employees in the multiple states in the US and Canada.
• Act as the primary point of contact for payroll tax matters, including agency notices, tax registrations, state and local tax compliance, unemployment insurance accounts, and regulatory inquiries.
• Monitor federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations, ensuring ongoing compliance while identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiency.
• Lead the annual payroll year-end process, including planning, reconciliation, reporting, and successful completion of all year-end activities.
• Reconcile payroll-related general ledger accounts, bank statements, and financial transactions, researching and resolving discrepancies as needed.
• Collaborate closely with Finance, Human Resources, IT, Audit, and external vendors to ensure payroll operations remain accurate, SOX compliant, efficient, and aligned with evolving business needs.
• Analyze payroll data and processes to identify trends, improve controls, and enhance overall payroll performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field. May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
• 4+ years of progressive experience with demonstrated responsibility for payroll processing and compliance.
• Experience working with payroll and timekeeping systems, including system analysis, integrations, implementations, or enhancements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.

Preferred:

• Experience with ADP payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Experience supporting unionized workforces.
• Experience processing shift differentials, complex pay rules, or manufacturing payroll environments.

Additional Qualification Details: No additional requirement needed

Who We Are and What We Are All About:

Rogers Corporation makes tomorrow's innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market-leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best-in-class organization. People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.

Why Work for Rogers:

It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value-driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top-notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!

Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.

About Rogers Corporation:

At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), we're changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem-solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market-leading solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.rogerscorp.com .