Payroll Analyst

Senior Payroll AnalystEastridge Workforce Solutions is committed to connecting skilled professionals with meaningful career opportunities. This is a hands-on role for a payroll professional experienced with complex payroll transactions, reconciliations, tax compliance, audits, and issue resolution.Essential FunctionsProcess and review high-volume, multi-state payroll for salaried and hourly employees.Manage reversals, voids, retroactive payments, overpayments, repayments, manual checks, and off-cycle payrolls.Review payroll inputs, adjustments, exception reports, and employee calculations for accuracy.Serve as an escalation point for complex payroll, tax, and employee pay issues.Perform payroll, tax, benefits, 401(k), deductions, garnishments, bank funding, and general ledger reconciliations.Audit payroll data and investigate discrepancies and data integrity issues.Support federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance.Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end payroll activities.Partner with HR, Benefits, Finance, Accounting, Compensation, and external vendors.Assist with payroll system testing, upgrades, automation, and process improvements.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field.5–8+ years of U.S. payroll experience, preferably in a high-volume, multi-state environment.Strong experience with complex payroll adjustments, reversals, voids, overpayments, and prior-period corrections.Hands-on payroll tax and reconciliation experience.UKG Pro experience strongly preferred.ADP SmartCompliance experience preferred.Intermediate-to-advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, filtering, and large data sets.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.Ability to work onsite five days per week in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.