Senior Payroll Analyst

General Summary

The Senior Payroll Analyst is responsible for overseeing the Payroll, Accounting and reporting activities for a company of over 65 entities, in 49 states. The Senior Payroll Analyst will partner with operations personnel, Human Resources, Finance, Tax and the Accounting departments to ensure that proper payroll accounting and reporting is efficient and accurate while maintaining UFP Policy and values.

Location

This role will be fully on-site, based out of our Grand Rapids, MI location.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Partners with HR Payroll Manager to enhance and improve efficiencies in overall payroll processing and reporting.
• Partners with Tax, Finance, Treasury and Plant personnel with analysis of payroll inquiries.
• Manages the withholding and unemployment tax compliance, including monthly, quarterly and annual tax filings and registrations.
• Ensures the proper taxation of company provided employee fringe benefits.
• Handles all Department of Labor (DOL) inquiries and reporting.
• Assists Sr. HR Manager with gathering, verifying, and submitting HR information to UFP's independent auditors/third party on an as needed basis.
• Gather and provide third party sick pay information to payroll for processing.
• Project Management as they are assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in business, Accounting, HR, Finance, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of payroll reporting (Accounting/Tax) required, 10 years preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of payroll and accounting
• Advanced knowledge of ADP Smart Compliance
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel and Word.
• Working knowledge of Workday HCM preferred.

Skills and abilities

• Proficiency in the use of the English language in reading, writing and speaking
• Strong communication skills, written and oral
• Ability to successfully interact with all organizational levels and the public
• Ability to work in an environment of growth and continuous improvement
• Ability to manage several activities/projects at once, to organize and prioritize work, and to meet deadlines
• Ability to be mobile in the work environment
• Ability to pass a drug test

Conduct

• Self-starter; works well under little supervision
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Assertive and persuasive
• Good reasoning and sound judgment
• Highly empathetic to employee issues while enforcing sound business principles
• Discretion in handling confidential information
• Understands, embraces and promotes Company culture

Working Conditions

Working environment is favorable. Talking, hearing and seeing are essential duties of the job; requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time.