Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the environmental services industry, seeking a Payroll Compliance Analyst II. This role involves managing payroll calculations, compliance, and reporting, while collaborating with various teams to ensure operational efficiency and adherence to regulations.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, processes, and reconciles payroll data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance, while meeting contracted deadlines to avoid late fees and penalties
- Reviews and interprets contract information to ensure clear understanding of compliance requirements and deadlines
- Identify, investigate, and resolve complex payroll discrepancies
- Prepare, review, and submit complex payroll reports in accordance with federal, state, and contractual requirements. Maintain comprehensive, audit-ready documentation and support internal and external audits, inspections, and compliance reviews
- Serve as a subject matter resource for compliance, providing guidance, support, and issue resolution to team members and stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with HR Management, Business Unit Finance Staff, HRIS, Field Management, Third Party Representatives to answer any questions related to compliance reporting and requirements
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned including setting up and testing union benefit pay codes for accurate configuration within Workday
- Contribute to the development and improvement of processes, controls, and best practices to enhance compliance effectiveness and operational efficiency
- Support training and knowledge-sharing efforts to promote consistent application of compliance requirements across the team
- Utilizes advanced Excel skills—including PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and data queries—to review, reconcile, and validate payroll data
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent
Skills
- Understanding of contract language and interpretation
- Experience in payroll processing, preferably with exposure to prevailing wage, government or union contracts
- Experience with payroll software (e.g., Workday)
- Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to handle large datasets and identify discrepancies
- Strong organizational, communication and customer service skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Problem solving skills and the ability to work independently with little supervision
- Advance level of Excel with emphasis on pivot tables, v/x look up, data queries
- 2 - 4 years of payroll experience executing and supporting union payroll programs and processes with multi-state operations, compliance knowledge, and experience within a major payroll system (e.g., Workday, ADP, etc.)
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
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