Senior Payroll Analyst

Company Description

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20 plus manufacturing facility and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

Job Description

MasterBrand is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Payroll Analyst to join our talented team. The ideal candidate will bring extensive payroll and tax expertise, a keen eye for process improvement and efficiency, and a customer-centric approach to delivering payroll services. The Senior Payroll Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring accurate and timely end-to-end payroll processing for 10,000+ employees, in 36 States, and 4 Canadian provinces, on a weekly and bi-weekly basis. The candidate should be enthusiastic about leveraging technology to streamline operations and collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams.

This is a remote position, with a preference for candidates available to work Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours and ability to meet at our offices in Cleveland, OH or Jasper, IN.

Responsibilities:

• Independently navigate and fully utilize the payroll system (Workday) for research, reporting, analysis, and payroll processing.
• Create, gather, and upload payroll data into HCM (i.e., EIBs into Workday).
• Analyze payroll data to ensure accuracy as part of the validation process of payroll, for hourly and salaried employees.
• Identify, clean, analyze, interpret data, and effectively present to interested parties.
• Prepare settlement and funding documentation.
• Conduct thorough audits to identify and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Run off-cycle payrolls as needed, including equity related compensation and year-end reporting.
• Perform quarterly and annual tax reconciliation between payroll system and external tax filing cloud instance (ADP Smart Compliance), including W-2 production.
• Understand federal requirements for tax liability analysis and meet semi-weekly depositing deadlines.
• Monitor and update SUI tax rates in payroll system, and external tax filing system; as well as registering with new tax jurisdictions for withholding and reporting.
• Adhere to established SOX controls and provide documentation for internal and external auditors.
• Test software update releases, configuration changes, business processes, and other changes in sandbox environment as needed.
• Prioritize a customer-focused approach to payroll services, ensuring a positive experience for employees.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, Finance, IT, and others, to address payroll-related challenges and initiatives.
• Provide guidance and support to team members and stakeholders regarding payroll matters.
• Identify areas for improvement in payroll processes and systems, and lead initiatives to streamline and automate processes to enhance efficiency.
• Support ad hoc request and special projects as needed.
• Participate in rotating team coverage of centralized payroll inbox and phone line.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, HR, or related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of payroll and payroll tax experience; as well as multi-jurisdictional processing (Mexico and Canada experience are a plus).
• Strong understanding of payroll regulations, compliance, and tax laws.
• Skilled in navigating ADP Tax Services and SmartCompliance Ecosystems
• Exceptional acumen with payroll technology and business systems, Workday experience required.
• Proficiency in Excel, including Lookups and Pivot Tables.
• Proven experience in process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform duties with timely and accurate delivery under rigid weekly deadlines.
• Occasional travel, and ability to work late on Mondays and Tuesdays as needed.

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/