Payroll Accounting Analyst

Payroll Accounting Analyst

Requirements

• Payroll Accounting experience preferred
• 1 to 3 years’ experience using Workday
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage the workload of the team members for productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Ability to focus on SLA attainment, goal setting, task prioritization and teamwork
• Ability to make timely and complex recommendations using technology, accounting theory and methods
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal teams and clients using consensus when possible
• Ability to identify problems and systematically compile information and address root causes in partnership with internal departments and resources
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines and adhere to client driven, timetables
• Ability to use MS Office suite and to advanced skills using Excel, and related systems
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks
• Flexibility to support a global and fast paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Self-motivated and a willingness to learn
• Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment, as well as independently while adhering to processes and procedures

Responsibilities

• Support Managers with client engagement ensuring all information is accurate and provided on time
• Provide support and guidance for all implementations and go lives
• Provide daily functional support to the teams, to support the successful delivery of General Ledger documents and files
• Performs financial audits, analyze data, reconcile and balance payroll results, payroll postings and GL interface transmittals for all on and off cycle processing’s and adjustment runs
• Reviews all variances through investigation and resolution processes, completes root cause analysis as required, and recommends client intervention procedures and communicates variances
• Analyzes accounting compliance issues and determines financial impacts and risks to client financials/processes
• Facilitates appropriate resolutions based on those impacts, including system configuration changes
• Makes formal recommendations to the client regarding escalated issues and resolves client inquiries based on financial and legal compliance impacts and risks to Alight, Alight’s clients, and funding sources
• Analyzes internal processes, methods, and procedures to ensure appropriate audit controls are in place and being followed
• Responsible for the updating, maintaining, and enforcing of the Defined Work Instructions (DWIs) and other process documentation
• Responsible for the resolution of Technical/Functional issues escalated from the team and ensuring all system issues/defects are reported correctly and tickets are logged with the necessary details and evidence so Application Services and/or Products can investigate
• Contribute to team meetings and raise any issues immediately to your Operations Manager
• Serves as expert responder to all audit requests ensuring the accurate and timely responses
• Provides reconciliations of payroll related balance sheet accounts to clients as required
• Prepare multiple Bank Account Reconciliation along with performing analysis of any outstanding items
• Communicates regularly with various payroll processing teams to resolve escalation issues and to share lessons learned to optimize service delivery
• Communicates with Clients and Vendors to resolve Accounting and Treasury related issues
• Working with Operational Management and Products to implement automation, innovation, and any continuous improvement programs
• Support Year End
• Ability to recognize and deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information
• Proactively identify upsell opportunities
• Support Management with the resolution of client escalations, along with lessons learnt
• Upskill and develop team members through training delivery and coaching to enable them to fulfil their role
• Time Recording to be completed on time and accurately
• Other duties, as assigned by your immediate supervisor and/or manager
• Build good relationships with all lines of businesses where appropriate
• Participates in projects and activities as needed and assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• HRIS knowledge: Workday, SAP, or PeopleSoft knowledge preferred
• Knowledge of Payroll Accounting preferred