Brown University · 17 hours ago
Senior Payroll Systems Analyst
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$91K/yr - $150K/yr
3+ years expBrown University Health is seeking a Senior Payroll Systems Analyst to serve as a strategic liaison between payroll and stakeholders. This role focuses on the technical maintenance and optimization of payroll systems, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for over 20,000 employees.
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Responsibilities
Co-drive the payroll systems roadmap; define RACI with Payroll Operations; establish QC checkpoints and KPIs
Design, configure, and test earnings/deductions, eligibility rules, retro and off-cycle controls; steward configuration documentation
Guide functional design and monitoring of inbound/outbound interfaces (e.g., UKG/Kronos → Workday, payroll outputs → Finance/Tax); lead incident triage
Develop reports and calculated fields; publish dashboards for exceptions, retro, and settlement metrics; ensure data integrity and auditability
Lead biannual Workday releases for Payroll/Absence; manage regression suite, test scripts, and feature adoption recommendations
Liaise with Treasury on bank files (ACH/positive pay); maintain approval workflows and evidence; triage discrepancies
Enforce fix-at-source standards and segregation of duties; perform quarterly access reviews and maintain audit evidence
Provide Tier 2 support for complex defects across configuration, integrations, and data; drive root-cause remediation with cross-functional teams
Maintain SOPs, runbooks, configuration inventories, and release/validation artifacts; coach Payroll Ops on new controls
Plan and deliver initiatives using intake scoring, RAID logs, stakeholder cadence, and measurable outcomes
Translate business requirements into system designs; configure and unit-test complex payroll business processes and validations
Design and validate EIB templates for mass data updates; ensure format, integrity, and successful posting
Partner with Integration, Reporting, and Security workgroups on architecture decisions and change impacts
Define retro pay governance and clawback configurations aligned to policy and audit standards
Implement monitoring and alerting for time feeds and payroll postings; maintain SLAs for incident response and resolution
Publish authoritative payroll datasets to Finance for reconciliations across the payroll→finance posting bridge
Lead optimization sprints/Tiger Teams; prioritize backlog via risk/value metrics and throughput targets
Champion QC culture and shared accountability across partner teams; eliminate 'throw-over-the-wall' behaviors
May support other systems and perform other duties as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
3+ years of experience with Workday Payroll & Absence (or comparable ERP payroll systems) in complex, multi-entity environments
Proficiency with Workday reporting (including calculated fields) and EIBs; familiarity with integration monitoring and error handling
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, and MS Teams
Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause skills; ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Experience with process improvement (Lean/Six Sigma) and audit/control frameworks; understanding of SoD and access governance
Preferred
Project management and/or process improvement certification/training (such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) preferred
Experience with additional Microsoft 365 apps preferred
Company
Brown University
Brown University is an Ivy League research university that provides undergraduate and graduate programs. It is a sub-organization of Brown University Health.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$860.76MKey Investors
RI Life Science HubNASADepartment of Energy & Environment
2025-07-28Debt Financing· $500M
2025-04-11Debt Financing· $300M
2024-08-08Grant· $0.01M
Leadership Team
Sylvia R. Carey-Butler
VP for institutional equity and diversity
Diane Lipscombe
Professor of Neuroscience
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