Job Title: Payroll Analyst
Pay Rate: $42.18/hr. W2
Location: Parkway Irvine, CA 92606
Contract: 9 months
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 importance of SOX narratives and business process/IT controls.
-Familiar with payroll data analytics and developing reports to support analysis
Soft Skills:
-Team player, who has worked in a highly collaborative environment previously.
-Highly organized, detail orientated, with strong time-management skills.
-Proven communicator.
Location:
-Onsite 5 days a week at Irvine, CA location
Schedule:
-8 am PST to 5 pm PST
Duration:
-6 months (strong chance of temp to hire based on performance)
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.