Payroll Systems Analyst

Role overview

Payroll and systems responsibilities

• Process payroll end to end, validate data, analyze variances, and distribute pay on time.
• Prepare special-project reports using Cognos, including labor, deductions, historical, and forecast reporting.
• Resolve complex payroll inquiries and discrepancies with the payroll processing team.
• Configure UKG WFM settings, processes, pay rules, and hyperfinds for timekeeping, scheduling, and attendance.
• Identify bottlenecks, automate workflows, and eliminate manual payroll workarounds.
• Lead UAT and validate software updates, patches, and tax table changes.
• Provide audit data extracts, audit trails, and documentation.
• Provide Tier 2 support, coordinate across HR, IT, and Finance, and train end users on platform updates.
• Cross-train in tip pools, commission calculations, basic timekeeping, and reporting.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of payroll experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or a related field; 5 years of relevant work experience may substitute for education.
• Experience with complex payroll systems, such as Workday or UKG configuration, or HRIS analytics.
• Advanced Microsoft product proficiency, including Excel lookups, pivot tables, and formulas.
• Understanding of payroll tax compliance, wage-and-hour laws, and payroll accounting.
• Hands-on system implementation or migration experience.
• Database reporting tools or basic SQL queries preferred.
• CPP or FPC certification preferred.
• Ability to meet deadlines, multitask with minimal supervision, and maintain confidentiality.

Benefits

• Full-time team members are offered park admission, discounts, medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) contribution, and paid time off.

Job demands

• The role involves frequent sitting, hand-eye coordination, and finger dexterity, with occasional standing, walking, bending, stooping, lifting up to 10 pounds, and stair climbing.
• Requires detailed close-distance visual work and regular verbal communication by phone or in person.