Senior Payroll Analyst: Workday, High-Volume Union Payroll

Soni; New York (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst in New York to join the payroll team on a temp-to-perm basis following a retirement. The role focuses on day-to-day payroll operations, supporting bi-weekly union and student payroll as well as semi-monthly staff payroll processing.

The ideal candidate will have strong Workday payroll experience, advanced Excel skills, and a solid understanding of high-volume payroll operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with Workday payroll in a high-volume environment.
• Proficient in Excel and payroll reconciliation.
• Experience with bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll processing.
• Union payroll exposure preferred.
• Experience handling payroll escalations and case management (ServiceNow) is a plus.
• Leadership or managerial exposure preferred (not supervisory).

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day payroll operations for bi-weekly union and student payroll and semi-monthly staff payroll.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations, overpayment reviews, escalated inquiries, approvals, and reporting.
• Partner with payroll leadership and internal stakeholders to ensure timely processing.
• Support payroll case management through ServiceNow.
• Collaborate in a high-volume, in-house payroll environment.

Skills

Workday payroll experience

High-volume payroll processing

Advanced Excel

Payroll reconciliations

Payroll escalations & case management

Union payroll exposure

Leadership exposure

Tools

ServiceNow

Workday

Job description

Soni is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst in New York to join the payroll team on a temp-to-perm basis following a retirement. The role focuses on day-to-day payroll operations, supporting bi-weekly union and student payroll as well as semi-monthly staff payroll processing.

The ideal candidate will have strong Workday payroll experience, advanced Excel skills, and a solid understanding of high-volume payroll operations.