Job Title: Payroll Analyst
Pay Rate: Up tp $42.18/hr. W2
Location: Irvine, CA 92606
Contract: 6 months, possible temp to hire
Job Description: Summary:
Ensure the most efficient means are employed to produce an accurate timely payroll, as well as providing up to date guidance on potential impact to management and employees.
Key Responsibilities:
* Independently seek, develop, and propose improvements to efficiently process high-volume bi-weekly payroll cycle including overseeing system upgrades, releases, patches, enhancements, and new versions in either areas:
* Developing spreadsheets for independent determination of payroll requirements, (e.g., LOAs, retroactive termination payments, anticipated severance payments, and garnishments) that cannot be handled by the system; this includes ongoing reviews of compensation payments prior to system entry.
* Time Management System (TMS): Identifying business solution improvements; establish vendor requirements to ensure the delivery of solutions
* Lead portions of projects including developing and delivering training, communication, and ensuring adoption by users
* Develop and analyze queries and ad hoc reports to meet data request specifications from internal and external sources, as well as determining most efficient and effective software for report production
* Determine need for and provide guidance to employees to ensure their understanding of a variety of payroll implications, e.g., multi-state taxation, relocation, LOA
* Represent Edwards to third-party vendors to ensure services provided meet company standards
* Other duties as assigned by leadership
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in human resources, Accounting, Computer Systems, or related field, 4 years' experience in Payroll analysis required
Additional Skills:
* Proven expertise in MS Office Suite and payroll related systems
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills
* Proven success adhering to and leading project schedules and managing moderate sections of projects
* Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships
* Advanced knowledge and understanding of payroll analysis
* Advanced understanding of payroll principles, practice and standards
* Good negotiation and conflict resolution skills
* Good leadership skills
* Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization to influence change
* Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
* Ability to assess risks, analyze situations and determine next course of action
* Strict attention to detail
* Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
* Ability to manage confidential information with discretion
* Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams and representing the organization on specific projects
* Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships
Must haves:
-Seasoned payroll processor with the history of generating payroll form the beginning to end, processing timecards for hourly population, issuing manual payroll checks, and checks/balances.
-Experience with UKG Pro, and Kronos Time and Attendance.
-Strong Excel & MS Office skills.
-Generating LOA worksheets for calculations for future payroll payments
-Applications include but not limited to Workday, ServiceNow Ticketing.
-Familiar with establishing garnishments for payments and agency responses.
-Understanding the
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