Senior Payroll Specialist

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

A well-established organization is seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst to join its payroll team on a temp-to-perm basis due to a long-term employee retirement. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to step into a highly visible role supporting a large, in-house payroll operation within a collaborative team environment. The Senior Payroll Analyst will play a key role in day-to-day payroll operations, supporting bi-weekly union and student payroll as well as semi-monthly staff payroll processing.

This individual will assist with payroll reconciliations, overpayment reviews, escalated payroll inquiries, approvals, and payroll-related reporting while partnering closely with payroll leadership and internal stakeholders. The role will also support payroll case management activities through ServiceNow and help ensure accurate and timely payroll processing across multiple pay groups. The ideal candidate will have strong Workday payroll experience, advanced Excel skills, and a solid understanding of payroll operations within a high-volume environment. Union payroll exposure is preferred, and candidates with prior leadership or managerial experience are highly encouraged to apply, although this is not a supervisory position.

Requirements

• Strong Workday payroll experience required
• Experience supporting high-volume bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll processing
• Advanced Excel skills and strong reconciliation experience
• Union payroll exposure preferred
• Experience handling payroll escalations and case management systems such as ServiceNow is a plus
• Prior leadership or managerial exposure preferred

Compensation: $30-35/hr

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.