Position: Payroll Tech Lead

Location: New York, NY (Remote)

Salary: $120K – $135k + Bonus

Successful professional services firm seeks a new Workday experienced Payroll Professional to join their team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Payroll Processing & Operations:

Execute end-to-end payroll processing using Workday Payroll, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Assist Payroll Manager with payroll cycles including earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, and off-cycle payments.
Ensure payroll data integrity across systems and interfaces.

Reconciliation & Financial Accuracy

Perform detailed reconciliation of payroll results to GL, Tax filings (federal/state/location/internation) & cash disbursement and bank funding
Investigate and resolve variances across payroll, tax, and finance systems.
Partner with Finance to support month-end and year-end close activities.

Tax & Compliance Management

Utilize ADP SmartCompliance for tax filing, reporting, and compliance activities.
Ensure accurate and timely submission of payroll taxes and regulatory filings.
Monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting payroll.
Support audits (internal and external) by providing documentation and analysis.

Systems & Technical Expertise

Serve as the technical lead for Workday Payroll, including configuration support, testing, and issue resolution.
Troubleshoot payroll system issues, integrations, and data discrepancies.
Support Workday releases, enhancements, and payroll-related projects.

Reporting & Analytics

People Function Partnership

Collaborate closely with the People Function for employee data changes, benefit comp alignment & employee inquiries for issue resolution.
Act as a trusted advisor on payroll implications of People policies and programs.

Process Improvement & Controls

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or equivalent certification preferred.
10+ years with hands-on processing (end-to-end) payroll.
Advanced Workday software Payroll processing and reporting experience required.
Experience with ADP SmartCompliance (strongly preferred).
Experience working in a complex, multi-state or global payroll environment a plus.
Advanced Excel skills (reconciliations, pivot tables, data analysis).

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