Global Payroll Analyst

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• Process multi-state U.S. payroll for exempt and non-exempt employees using Workday Payroll, including regular wages, bonuses, commissions, equity transactions, leaves, and final payments.
• Perform end-to-end payroll activities, including reviewing inputs, validating calculations, running audits, resolving discrepancies, preparing payroll registers, and supporting payroll approval and settlement.
• Coordinate payroll for workers engaged through EOR and PEO providers.
• Support India payroll processing and review, including payroll inputs, statutory deductions and contributions, employee changes, terminations, reconciliations, and coordination with local payroll partners.
• Monitor payroll cases and ticket queues; respond to employee questions regarding pay, taxes, deductions, benefits, time off, and payroll timing with accuracy, empathy, and clear ownership through resolution.
• Partner with payroll vendors and internal teams to investigate and resolve payroll issues, track open items, meet cutoffs, and ensure timely follow-through.
• Support payroll accounting activities, including payroll journals, accruals, and investigation of payroll-to-general-ledger differences.
• Maintain payroll documentation, calendars, checklists, standard operating procedures, and country-specific process information to support controls and cross-training.
• Assist with internal and external audits, SOX controls, year-end activities, statutory reporting, and other payroll compliance requirements.
• Contribute to payroll implementations, integrations, testing, process improvements, and automation initiatives across Workday and the broader global payroll environment.
• Build trusted relationships with HR, HRIS, Accounting, Finance, Tax, Benefits, Equity, Legal, and external payroll partners across regions and time zones.

• 5+ years of payroll experience, including hands-on responsibility for payroll processing, audits, reconciliations, and employee support.
• 3+ years of hands-on U.S. payroll processing experience using Workday Payroll and Workday Time Tracking.
• Working knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local payroll taxation and wage-and-hour requirements, including multi-state payroll.
• Hands-on India payroll experience, including familiarity with common statutory payroll requirements and local payroll practices.
• Experience supporting payroll through EOR and/or PEO providers across multiple countries.
• Experience managing employee inquiries through a case-management or ticketing system and communicating complex payroll topics clearly.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, data validation, and reconciliation of large data sets.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and success meeting multiple payroll deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across time zones.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.
• Ability to work a schedule that provides regular overlap with U.S. Pacific or Eastern business hours.
• Experience with ADP SmartCompliance.
• Experience supporting payroll operations in