Senior Associate, Payroll

The Finance team provides a broad range of timely, accurate, relevant, and objective financial information, advice, and services to its business partners, with commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Own end-to-end U.S. payroll processing with minimal supervision, including data gathering, validation, review, and final sign-off
• Lead complex payroll activities such as multi-state tax calculations, W-2 testing and reconciliation, 401(k) processing, salary variance analysis, and retroactive adjustments
• Serve as the U.S. payroll subject matter expert, providing guidance on federal, state, and local tax matters and ensuring compliance and accuracy
• Independently prepare, review, and post payroll journal entries, including accruals, reversals, and adjustments
• Act as the primary point of contact for payroll escalations, employee inquiries, client questions, and external vendor coordination
• Partner with Human Resources (HR), Finance, Tax, and Benefits teams to resolve payroll issues, support audits, and manage cross-functional dependencies
• Review payroll outputs for quality and compliance, proactively identifying, investigating, and remediating discrepancies
• Drive payroll process improvements, automation, system enhancements, and transitions using tools such as Excel, Workday, and other reporting/automation solutions, while mentoring junior team members as needed