Lead Payroll Analyst (Contract)
Lead Payroll Analyst (Contract)
Lead Payroll Analyst
Lead Payroll Analyst (Contract)
Job Description
Req ID
FY25|G&A|#6722
Location(s)
Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Austin, Texas, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; Sacramento, California, USA; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; San Diego, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA; Vancouver, Washington, USA;
Work arrangement(s)
Fully Remote (works exclusively from home)
Your opportunity
The Payroll Analyst Lead is a senior level role that is responsible for proactive collaboration with customers and key internal business partners while assisting in leading the team. The role requires outstanding customer service skills, independent thinking in handling payroll analysis and validations in a challenging, fast-paced and high-growth environment.
This role will be accountable for global payroll-related functions in Workday. A successful candidate will be extremely detail driven and organized, delivering timely and accurate payroll and record keeping. They should be able to determine process improvements, work with system integrations, develop and implement action plans across end-to-end methodology. The individual must be able to handle ambiguity, easily adapt to changes within the organization, be self-motivated, and possess strong leadership skills.
This role is a 6-month contract with the potential to extend.
What you'll do
- Lead payroll operational tasks including auditing reports, computing gross to net calculations, reconciling errors, and performing root cause analysis
- Train and educate the team on payroll processes and/or new wage and labor laws
- Review and approve the work perform by the Payroll Analyst(s)
- Ensure sufficient controls are in place and implemented for SOX Compliance
- Create and write Standard Operating Procedures in a clear and organized manner
- Work with HR partners and external payroll providers / vendors to ensure consistent and accurate flow of information
- Communicate effectively with various levels of management to ensure a high level of customer support and positive customer interactions are met
- Work with Accounting in Month End, Quarter End, Year End payroll reporting
- Work with internal and external audit to ensure the integrity of payroll reports
- Working knowledge of Workday payroll processing
- Special projects as assigned
This role requires
- 8+ years experience of payroll experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Possess a positive attitude and willingness to learn new things
- Must be self-motivated and able to work independently
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Bonus points if you have
- Experience in a fast-growing company
- CPP designation
- Workday HCM and Payroll experience
Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics' different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us - including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We're looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please visit https://newrelic.avature.net/accommodations to submit your request.
We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.
Our hiring process
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers' means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.
New Relic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, free from all types of discrimination, so our Relics can thrive. We hire people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.
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