Senior Payroll Analyst | PAM Health Corporate

Overview

The Senior Payroll Analyst is responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll operations across the organization, including multi-state payroll tax compliance, data analysis, system support, and reporting. This position plays a critical role in streamlining processes, ensuring regulatory adherence, and supporting payroll-related projects in a complex healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

Position Responsibilities

• Compliance: Ensure adherence to all applicable federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations.
• Tax Compliance: Manage multi-state payroll tax registrations, monitor payment services, and research tax variances or discrepancies
• .Data Analysis: Analyze payroll data to identify trends, potential issues, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Auditing and Reconciliation: Conduct payroll audits and reconciliations to ensure data accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
• Reporting: Prepare and distribute internal and external payroll reports, including regulatory submissions (e.g., BLS, OEWS).
• Process Improvement: Recommend and implement process enhancements to increase payroll efficiency and accuracy.
• System Support: Support payroll system upgrades, testing, and implementations to ensure functionality and data integrity.
• Collaboration: Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, and other departments to maintain accurate payroll data and ensure smooth operations.
• Training and Support: Provide training and assistance to payroll team members as needed.
• Special Projects: Lead or support payroll initiatives and special projects as assigned.

Leadership

• Inclusiveness: Promotes cooperation, fairness and equity; shows respect for people and their differences; works to understand perspectives of others; demonstrates empathy; brings out the best in others and in his/her team
• Managing Staff: Coaches, evaluates, develops, and inspires staff; sets expectations; recognizes achievements
• Stewardship and Resource Management: Demonstrates accountability and sound judgment in managing company resources; appropriate understanding of confidentiality and company values; adheres to and supports company policies, procedures and safety guidelines
• Problem-Solving: Identifies problems and involves others in seeking solutions; conducts appropriate analysis and searches for best solutions; effectively and efficiently implements appropriate responses to correct problems; responds promptly and effectively to new challenges
• Decision-Making: Makes clear, consistent decisions; acts with integrity in all decisions; distinguishes relevant from irrelevant information; makes timely, appropriate decisions.
• Strategic Planning and Organizing: Understands company vision and aligns priorities accordingly; measures outcomes; uses feedback to redirect as required; evaluates alternatives; appropriately organizes complex issues to desirable resolution
• Communication: Connects with peers, subordinate employees and all customers; actively listens; clearly and effectively shares information; demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills; negotiates effectively.
• Quality Improvement: Strives for efficient, effective, high-quality performance in self and in the department; delivers timely and accurate results; resilient when responding to matters that are challenging; takes initiative to make improvements
• Leadership: Motivates others; accepts responsibility; maintains high morale in department; develops trust and credibility; expects honest and ethical behavior of self and staff
• Teamwork: Encourages cooperation and collaboration; builds effective teams; works in partnership with others; is flexible; responsive to the needs of others
• Development: Maintains up-to-date skills through involvement with professional organizations and/or continuing educatio

Customer Service

• Maintains the highest level of customer service via courtesy, compassion and positive communication.
• Promotes the mission and vision of PAM Health within the work environment and the community.
• Respects dignity and confidentiality by adherence to all applicable policies and procedures.
• Must possess interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills required for effective interaction.
• Must communicate frequently in a tactful and diplomatic manner with c