Columbia University Irving Medical Center · 12 hours ago
Senior Analyst, HR/Finance Ops
Columbia University Irving Medical Center is seeking a Senior Analyst for HR/Finance Operations. This role involves coordinating finance and human resources processing, including payroll and funding changes, while ensuring compliance with university policies.
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Responsibilities
Performs reconciliation of salaries between the University's financial system (ARC) and CDM payroll budget
Completes salary projections, including prorating salaries as needed
Interprets and process allocation updates to ensure alignment with effort allocations
Collaborates with the Research Team to monitor salary spending on grant projects in accordance with grant budgets, keeps track of subsequent changes, and makes necessary adjustments to funding profiles
Assist in the preparation and completion of the annual rosters
Works with Central Payroll to process and reconcile overpayment recovery entries and any other payment issues
Lead special projects related to improving efficiencies in payroll processing and process improvement
Collaborate with finance leadership to validate and refine revenue and expense budget baselines and targets
Meets regularly with the finance team and reports any issues, problems, or potential problems that could affect employee's salaries and/or salary accounts
Special projects, reports, and ad hoc analyses, as needed
Assists with onboarding efforts including creating new hire profiles in Kronos, provide training to staff regarding payroll process and protocols
Reviews and approves bi-weekly payroll for the SEIU 1199 staff
Responds to employee inquiries regarding payroll and resolves problem (e.g. over/under payments)
Troubleshoots and solve complex payroll problems and analyze information in multiple campus systems
Monitors and processes casual and work-study payroll timekeeping in accordance with policies
Tracks and clears payroll suspense reports
Processes additional compensation payments for faculty and staff
Provides data management uploads for the University & Service Corp Roster submission
Assists in the preparation of salary surveys, reviewing and updating salary reports for CDM sections, maintaining payroll data, and preparing reports associated with compensation as needed
Coordinate financial transactions required for HR processes such as leaves, new hires, terminations and compensation changes
Works collaboratively with administrative leadership, business office personnel and other external partners including central payroll, controllers office as needed
Performs Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus three years of related experience
Preferred
Must have experience in payroll and accounting; advanced skills in Microsoft Excel required; excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and oral) required
Must have discretion in compensation communications and must have the ability to take initiative and interact effectively with others
Must be detail-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
Experience working within a large healthcare system
Knowledge of financial and administrative systems preferred, such as PAC and ARC systems
Familiarity with Kronos electronic timekeeping
Company
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Columbia University Irving Medical Center is a clinical and educational enterprise that offers medical, dental, and nursing services. It is a sub-organization of Columbia University.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-10-17
2025-10-06
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