JOB DESCRIPTIONTitle: Payroll and Compensation Analyst
Location: Burbank, CA (hybrid)
Compensation: $85,000 - $100,000
JOB SUMMARY- Compensation Analysis: Participate in salary surveys, analyze market trends, and benchmark jobs internally and externally to determine competitive pay.
- Merit Increase: Assist with merit increase process; develop input sheets.
- Data Analysis & Compliance: Conduct equity analyses to ensure pay fairness and ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws.
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Cleaning and analyzing data from ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems), payroll, and employee surveys to identify patterns in turnover, hiring, and performance.
- Metric Development: Developing HR dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and visualizations to track workforce metrics.
- Strategic Insights: Providing insights for HR leaders on recruitment effectiveness, employee engagement, and potential risks.
- Process Improvement: Using findings to recommend optimizations for recruiting, training, and talent management.
- Payroll Processing: Processes payroll on regular cycles (bi-weekly) including calculating wages, overtime, and deductions. Benefits billing reconciliation and processing bank wires.
- Compliance & Tax: Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws, and prepares year-end filings.
- Reporting: Prepares payroll reports for finance and HR and assists with audits.
Requirements- Education: A bachelor's degree in finance, human resources, accounting, or a related field is typically required.
- Technical Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills (modeling, formulas, pivot tables) and experience with HRIS or compensation software. Proficiency in V-look-up and pivot tables is required.
- Analytical Skills: Strong ability to identify performance drivers, interpret trends, and perform variance analysis.
- Detail-Oriented: Exceptional accuracy in data entry and calculations.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP) and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive financial and personnel information.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance.
- Communication: Clear verbal and written skills to explain pay details to employees.
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