Payroll Analyst

The Role 

We are looking for a dynamic and innovative Payroll Analyst to join our team in Portsmouth, NH.

****This person must be located in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States****

As a Payroll Analyst, your role is to provide advice, guidance, and administration across the People Success (HR) function, with a specific focus on processing semi-monthly payroll activities. The successful candidate will be accountable for the provision of reliable, accurate and timely data reporting, while building significant process improvements to modernize the function, creating greater efficiency. Additionally, the person will perform duties in support of the compensation function. 

How you’ll contribute 

• Process high volume US and Canada semi-monthly payrolls from start to finish. 

• Educate the business on requirements for timely and consistent submissions. 

• Accountable for providing consistently accurate payroll administration for basic salaries, commissions, overtime, on-call, quarterly bonuses, and other variable pay. 

• Use a strong knowledge of tax legislation to respond to employee and state queries. 

• Employ a strong working knowledge of legislation and associated reporting requirements for payroll. 

• Be accountable for processing 401(k) and assist the benefits team with other deductions such as health care, dental, FSA, vision, and group term life. 

• Produce and validate reporting outputs including analytics. 

• Ensure all data is accurate and within pre-set deadlines. 

• Provide accurate data entry, providing recommendations and process improvements to ensure we are consistently best in class. 

• Demonstrate ongoing compliance, keeping up to date with external development including statutory changes. 

• Complete data inputting to various compensation and pay practice surveys. 

• Analize survey market data in comparison to Bottomline global population. 

• Work with HR business partners to help them understand compensation market competitiveness within their assigned areas of support. 

• Participate in annual compensation cycles. 

  

  

If you have the attributes, skills, and experience listed below, we want to hear from you 

 

• 3+ years of professional experience and a strong knowledge of all payroll matters 

• Compensation experience preferred. 

• A strong knowledge of HR and payroll systems, preferably Dayforce. 

• Experience working within a fast-paced, deadline driven environment. 

• Strong experience reconciling and auditing data. 

• Ability to produce, manipulate and interpret high volumes of complex data. 

• A strong knowledge of payroll, tax and pensions are key to success. 

• Advanced excel skills. 

• An excellent collaborator, building relationships and managing key stakeholders. 

• Meticulous attention to details. 

• Effective communication skills. 

 

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