Payroll System and Solutions Analyst

Description
Leidos has an immediate opening for a Payroll Systems and Solutions Analyst to join a team of Payroll Systems professionals focused on data reconciliations, enhancements, and configurations in the payroll system. In this role, you will seek ways to implement system efficiencies, provide ongoing support for documentation of process improvements, provide support for special projects and vendor integration coordination.

Responsibilities and duties include the following, but not limited to:

• Provide detailed data analysis to identify and correct discrepancies in employee demographic & benefits data within the payroll system
• Reconcile foundation data in the payroll system to assign locations to tax codes as appropriate
• Identify process improvements, review system configurations and evaluate system functionality, making recommendations for enhanced solutions.
• Participate in the investigation of vendor related issues and communicate to vendor the associated corrective action, ensuring timely solution and escalation as required.
• Provide guidance to the vendor on Leidos payroll policies & procedures.
• Create and present complex ad-hoc data analyses and reports to proactively identify errors, deficiencies, areas of risk/non-compliance.
• Partner with the Payroll Operations team to implement any process improvement or corrective measures identified.
• Work with project teams to develop test strategy and implementation timeline, enter test scripts into test environments, promote into Production, monitor through Warranty period to ensure desired results are achieved.
• Review SaaS vendor release notes to identify changes in the payroll system & potential impact to existing configuration
• Perform complex analysis of payroll issues that may impact a single employee or groups of employees to determine root cause and implement sustainable system solutions in UKGPro.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, business partners & key stakeholders.
• Create & schedule ad hoc custom reports in the payroll system using Business Intelligence applications for various clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of corporate payroll experience or High School Diploma / GED with 6+ years of corporate payroll experience.
• Working knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing cycle from time entry to general ledger file creation.
• Proficiency with data analytics to monitor work performance information is required.
• Proficiency with UKGPro vendor management and payroll systems or related systems experience is required.
• Working knowledge of GUI for payroll systems such as UKGPro or ADP.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite - Excel, Word, PowerPoint is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FPC or CPP certification.
• Experience with Deltek T&E for time reporting & Costpoint ledger system a plus.
• Experience with processing payrolls outside of the US a plus.
• Familiar with Microsoft Power tools applications (Teams, SharePoint, Vizio, Power BI) is plus.

Professional Skills Needed:

• Ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines.
• Enjoys collaborating with people in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
• Organized individual.
• Strict Attention to detail.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with both functional & technical personnel.
• Demonstrate resourcefulness; ability to identify, analyze & assess problems for resolution
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders.

Please note that actual salary will be closer to the midpoint of the pay range.

Original Posting Date: 2024-08-09While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $55,250.00 - $99,875.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
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