Brown University Health · 15 hours ago
Senior Payroll Systems Analyst
Providence, RI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$91K/yr - $150K/yr
3+ years expBrown University Health is seeking a Senior Payroll Systems Analyst who will serve as a strategic liaison between payroll and stakeholders. This role is responsible for the technical maintenance, strategic advancement, and operational efficiency of payroll systems, focusing on optimization and project execution for accurate payroll processing for over 20,000 employees.
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Responsibilities
Workday Payroll Governance: Co-drive the payroll systems roadmap; define RACI with Payroll Operations; establish QC checkpoints and KPIs
Configuration Ownership: Design, configure, and test earnings/deductions, eligibility rules, retro and off-cycle controls; steward configuration documentation
Integrations Oversight: Guide functional design and monitoring of inbound/outbound interfaces (e.g., UKG/Kronos → Workday, payroll outputs → Finance/Tax); lead incident triage
Reporting & Analytics: Develop reports and calculated fields; publish dashboards for exceptions, retro, and settlement metrics; ensure data integrity and auditability
Release Management: Lead biannual Workday releases for Payroll/Absence; manage regression suite, test scripts, and feature adoption recommendations
Settlement Controls: Liaise with Treasury on bank files (ACH/positive pay); maintain approval workflows and evidence; triage discrepancies
Controls & Compliance: Enforce fix-at-source standards and segregation of duties; perform quarterly access reviews and maintain audit evidence
Issue Resolution: Provide Tier 2 support for complex defects across configuration, integrations, and data; drive root-cause remediation with cross-functional teams
Documentation & Enablement: Maintain SOPs, runbooks, configuration inventories, and release/validation artifacts; coach Payroll Ops on new controls
Project Management: 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 Health
Brown University Health provides an integrated academic health system offering hospital services, outpatient care and clinical education.
10001+ employees
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