Systems Analyst, HR and Payroll

Role overview Support the systems and operational processes behind payroll across multiple countries, helping ensure employees are paid accurately and on schedule. The work spans platform configuration, integrations, production issue resolution, release testing, and controls for sensitive payroll and banking information, in close partnership with global payroll teams and external providers.

Responsibilities - Translate payroll needs into system requirements, configuration changes, integration updates, and stronger controls. - Triage issues during payroll runs, correct data problems, validate results, and coordinate urgent fixes before processing deadlines. - Monitor and troubleshoot data exchanges among payroll, HR, finance, banking, benefits, equity, time, and tax systems. - Coordinate payroll calendars, approvals, funding timelines, bank files, payslips, reporting, and reconciliations with regional teams. - Configure payroll rules and elements, and lead testing for releases, country launches, regulatory updates, and process changes. - Reconcile outputs, investigate variances, maintain operating documentation, and improve audit controls for employee and banking data.

Requirements - At least seven years of experience with payroll systems, HR systems, or payroll operations in a multinational organization. - Hands-on experience with an HCM and payroll platform such as Workday, including worker data, security roles, payroll inputs, and results. - Experience supporting outsourced payroll providers, covering input validation, previews, variance review, approvals, statutory outputs, banking files, or payslips. - Strong understanding of multi-country payroll, including gross-to-net calculations, taxes, benefits, pensions, garnishments, retroactive and final pay, and year-end processing. - Ability to troubleshoot integrations involving data files, secure transfers, application interfaces, field mapping, effective dating, error handling, and reconciliation. - Knowledge of payroll privacy, approval controls, separation of duties, audit trails, statutory deadlines, and secure data handling. - Experience gathering requirements, supporting configuration, writing test scripts, coordinating user acceptance testing, managing releases, and providing post-launch support. - Strong communication and stakeholder skills across regions and time zones, with sound ethical judgment.

Benefits and work setup - Benefits include fully paid healthcare, parental and family leave, wellness programs, tuition assistance, volunteer opportunities, affinity groups, and a retirement savings plan with employer match. - The stated annual base salary range is $150,000–$225,000, with discretionary bonus compensation and benefits separate. Actual offers may vary by location and candidate experience, education, and skills.