Payroll Business Analyst
Job Description:
We have an exciting new opportunity to join our North America Payroll team. The Payroll Business Analyst is a critical partner to the business and identifies, elicits, documents, and communicates Payroll system requirements based on the strategic plans defined on the Plan of Record for the Americas Payroll organization. The ideal candidate has strong (5 years +) experience with Ultimate Payroll software.
What You'll Be Doing
- Serve as subject matter expert with a deep level understanding of US and Canadian Payroll and Ultimate software configuration. Ability to conduct investigation into configuration and/or data to determine root level causes and recommend solutions
- Utilize Payroll and Ultimate analytical skills to liaise between Payroll and internal and external stakeholders to vet business requirements and translate into design documents that can be executed internally, by Ultimate or internal HR Technology team
- Bridge the gray space between systems, projects, and operations to deliver well designed and thoroughly tested solutions to business problems that will reduce churn and increase employee and manager satisfaction
- Utilize project management background to lead or participate in Payroll projects including evaluation of upgrades, new legislation, changes in HR policy from initial review to deployment
- Ability to execute or provide supervision in test planning, test case creation, and test execution
- Recommend process improvements and opportunities for automation to reduce manual work and improve payment processing accuracy and timeliness
What You'll Need
- Educational requirement: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Professional experience: At least five years of experience with Ultimate Payroll Software
- Technical skills required: Sharp problem-solving, analytical and innovation skills; proficiency with Excel spreadsheets including functions, MS Project, Word, and PowerPoint; ability to translate complex ideas into simple language for non-technicians
- Soft skills required: Excellent communication skills: ability to facilitate requirements gathering sessions; ability to persuade and negotiate partners to a consensus
What Will Help You Be Even More Successful
- Knowledge of Latin America payroll is a plus
- Strong team-player and positive attitude
Arrow is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. (Arrow EEO/AAP policy)