The Requirements
To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Senior Payroll Analyst opportunity, you will have:- A bachelor’s degree (highly preferred) or the equivalent combination of education and experience Quick question for you - click here
- 3 to 5 years of Human Resources experience including:
- 3+ years of benefits experience
- Experience with payroll and related reporting preferred; experience with sales commission is a plus
- Experience with HRIS software and reporting
- Oracle Fusion and/or ADP WFN experience preferred Quick question for you - click here Quick question for you - click here
- Experience with MS office applications, including hands-on, intermediate level Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas, etc.)
- Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels and titles via phone, email and in person
- Ability to balance multiple priorities, and consistently set and meet deadlines
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Accuracy and strict attention to detail
- A friendly, customer-service-oriented attitude
- A do-what-it-takes approach and a results orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability
The Role
Opportunity SnapshotReporting to the Director of HR and working hand-in-hand with the Payroll Manager, as Senior Payroll Analyst, your primary responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Director of HR with ad hoc projects, reporting, auditing and more
- Supporting the Senior Payroll Manager with all payroll related activities including, preparing key upload files, ensuring accurate data is entered into our timekeeping system, reporting and more.
- Serving as the first and primary point of contact for employees’ payroll, timecard and absence questions. Quick question for you - click here
In this role, you will distribute your time between multiple priorities, balancing deadlines and demands. Strict adherence to deadlines is required to meet payroll and other responsibilities.
In the area of payroll, you will help process data for ADP, moving information from our HRIS system to ADP for 900+ exempt and non-exempt employees. You will prep payroll and audit the data, comparing reports and ensuring payroll processing is correct. On the HR side, ad hoc work may include benefits auditing (ensuring correct deductions) and other auditing work, ensuring systems are aligned, working extensively in the HRIS, creating reports and more.
Specifically, you will:
- Prepare and audit bi-weekly payroll data files for both salary and hourly employees
- Transmit payroll data to the payroll service provider
- Audit payroll quarterly tax returns
- Maintain Payroll Report files by ensuring proper filing & storage of all documents in a timely manner
- Work with Human Resources to resolve issues related to onboarding, terminations, leaves of absence and other payroll, benefits or additional HR related items
- Provide employees and other departments with clearly articulated responses to payroll & reporting questions and issues in a timely manner
- Work closely with auditors and ensure accuracy on required reports
- Serve as backup for payroll processing
- Complete ad-hoc payroll and HR projects as needed (ad hoc work will vary in size and complexity)
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We are a collaborative, people-focused group dedicated to quality and continuous improvement. When you join us, you receive our commitment to your continued development and support. We strive to promote a friendly, fun and open work environment, and our dedication to this is reflected in the tenure of our employees. People like it here and tend to stay.
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The "best of both worlds"
You'll find that working for our company may be a little bit different. We are small enough, with only 1400 employees across our global portfolio, that your hard work will be visible throughout the organization, yet our extensive offering of services and solutions and proven track record of growth; stability and industry-leading innovation give you the resources and tools you need to build a long-term career.
Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive wage and the opportunity to earn some overtime, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes all you would expect, such as a variety of insurances, plus some pleasant surprises, like multiple flexible spending plans, a generous company match on the 401(k) plan, and more.
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Keys to Success
While your auditing skills and HR knowledge will be essential to your success, you'll also need outstanding communication and customer service skills. Daily, you will interact with employees across the organization. Returning calls and answering payroll and other questions accurately and in a timely manner will be essential and help you build credibility across the organization. You'll strive to become the "go-to" payroll resource.To excel in this role you will be upbeat, organized and calm in your approach to your work. You should be a prioritization guru, always aware of deadlines, and consistently delivering accurate and detail-oriented work on time. You'll know you're hitting the mark when you can effectively manage the wide breadth of work you're given and meet all of your responsibilities.
In addition, in order to be an outstanding Senior Payroll Analyst, you will:
- Achieve goals independently but also know when to ask for help or support
- Bring a collaborative approach and develop relationships inside and outside of HR
- Maintain a high degree of accuracy throughout your work
- Consistently meet tight schedules and strict deadlines
- Remain flexible and upbeat in our dynamic environment
- Maintain a strict commitment to confidentiality
About Us
Globally delivering the Right Workload, in the Right Place, at the Right Value℠.Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.
Digital Realty is uniquely positioned to provide a complete range of data center solutions on a global scale that best fit our customers' needs. We can connect them to the cloud and their critical partners on an open platform that includes 156 data centers in 33 global markets on 4 continents.
Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.
Our Mission
To provide our customers with the trusted foundation for the digital world
Our Vision
To build a network of connected campuses and internet gateways that become the heart of the internet and cloud, powering growth and prosperity for customers, employees and shareholders.
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Guide our decisions and actions every day -- above all else, we value customers, excellence, talent, teamwork and success.
Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.
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