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Emerson College · 1 month ago

Lead Payroll Analyst

Boston, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$72K/yr - $89K/yr

5+ years exp

Emerson College is seeking a Lead Payroll Analyst to join their Payroll Operations team. The role involves overseeing payroll processing, ensuring compliance with tax regulations, and managing audits while collaborating with various departments to enhance payroll practices.

Education

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Oversee the preparation and processing of the payroll; validates changes, gross to net; deductions, makes pay adjustments, resolves payroll problems, remits taxes, 403(b) payments, garnishments, and union dues. Ensure accuracy of employee records. Cross train in order to prepare and process semi-monthly, and weekly payrolls. Acts as liaison to Student Employment Office to coordinate student payroll processing and resolve issues

Reconcile, and prepare for accounting review all required federal and state quarterly and annual taxes and reports, social security contributions, and voluntary and involuntary deduction reconciliations. File monthly and quarterly tax returns. Ensure proper tax treatment for tuition remission, non-resident alien taxes, non-comp benefits and other taxable items. Prepares quarterly and year-end balancing and auditing reports and assists in validating and issuing W-2 and 1042 forms

Assembles and validates information for fiscal and calendar year-end audits including but not limited to internal and external audit, 403(b) audit, workers' compensation, federal or state audits. Prepare and research data for union information requests. Prepare and research data for abandoned property filing

Oversee and manage foreign tax compliance; develop process for collecting, validating and entering individual information into Sprintax, reconcile taxes and validate 1042-S information and reporting

Assist with implementing and testing payroll modules and tax updates. Assist in training departments' supervisors and employees in payroll processes as it relates to time collection and employee self-service. Recommend internal best practices. Develop annual payroll calendar in Workday. Will take a lead role in Workday testing and training of various users

Qualification

Payroll processingTax complianceAccounting reconciliationCPP certificationWorkday experienceCustomer serviceProblem solvingAttention to detailCommunication skillsTeamwork

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business or equivalent experience in any of these fields required

5+ years of prior in-house payroll experience required

Preferred

CPP certification preferred

Prior payroll experience in higher ed environment preferred

Experience with third party tax preparation providers preferred

Benefits

Outstanding health plans with limited out-of-pocket expenses

Dental plans

Generous time-off programs

403(b) retirement benefit with a 9% employer contribution once eligible

Life and disability coverage

Commuter offerings

Company

Emerson College

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Emerson College, Boston is a school in Boston.

Founded in 1880

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.emerson.edu/

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