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PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc · 1 day ago

Payroll Analyst

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

PCSI is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the lives of people with disabilities through employment, advocacy, partnerships, and innovation. The Payroll Analyst will support the Payroll and Accounting teams by preparing and analyzing payroll reports, ensuring compliance, and improving payroll systems and processes.

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Responsibilities

Prepare accounting journal entries and account analysis

Support payroll audits and provide required documentation and explanations

Reconcile payroll accounts to the general ledger and investigate and resolve discrepancies

Prepare and analyze various payroll and tax reconciliations weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly and annually, to include the labor distribution reporting

Perform detailed monthly budget wage variance analysis for all employee groups

Prepare and review payroll reports for internal and external stakeholders

Assist with year-end processes including reconciliations, payment summary generation and W-2 processing

Assist Payroll Manager in annual audit of financials

Prepare and maintain tracking of departmental goals and objectives

Maintain and update employee payroll records, including earnings, deductions, and taxes

Manage and execute processes with third party service providers accurately and on time

Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations and company policies

Participate in implementing new Payroll management systems or upgrading existing ones

Ensure systems are set-up and updated to reflect the current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time in line with contracts (union and non-union)

Critically review and analyze current payroll, benefits and tax procedures to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations

Troubleshoot payroll system issues, identify root causes, and implement fixes or improvements

Act as a liaison between business units and technical teams to translate business needs into system or application requirements

Provide effective leadership, mentoring, and coaching to the field payroll administrative team

Maintain proactive relationships with People Team, Finance, IT and Legal teams to ensure Payroll processes are designed to meet current and evolving business and legislative requirements

Ensure the availability and timely distribution of relevant and accurate Payroll information to assist strategic and operational decision making

Communicate with People Team and Accounting to review and reconcile cross-departmental data

Support other members of the Accounting department as required

Provide additional payroll processing support, including overpayment recouping and manual payroll inputs (i.e. FMLA, PTO accruals)

Act as backup to Payroll Specialists as needed

Qualification

General accountingPayroll processingHRIS platformsPayroll auditsPayroll tax regulationsDatabase managementMS ExcelProject managementCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills