Dayforce Payroll Analyst

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs a variety of statistical tasks and clerical duties required to prepare payroll data for computer input.  
• Reviews timekeeping records.
• Processes exception items requiring special handling.
• Responds to inquiries from employees regarding deductions, calculations, and changes in compensation.
• Prepares, compiles and maintains various statistical and payroll records.
• May manually calculates wages and post wage data for temporary work, bonuses, vacations, terminations, and special payroll requirements.
• May maintain employee records on company's human resources information system (HRIS).
• May perform analyses and reviews of data, develop reports for supervision review.
• Analyzes, audits, reconciles and resolves complex payroll processing and employee payroll issues to ensure smooth payroll processing.
• Ensures payroll reporting and payments are compliant with company policy, generally accepted accounting principles, and federal, state and IRS regulations.
• Researches and interprets federal and state regulatory requirements and resolves tax, withholding, garnishment, and wage/hour issues for payroll processing.
• Responds to auditing and regulatory inquiries.
• May work with system programmers to achieve solutions or administer company payroll system with outside service provider.

Qualifications

Required:

• AA + 5-8 yrs related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong experience with outsourced 3rd party payroll services.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately prepare, process, and audit automated payrolls.
• Strong organizational ability to meet time schedules and deadlines, and to multi-task in a dynamic and demanding environment.
• Exhibits sound judgment, excellent analytical skills, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Possesses very strong computer knowledge for both online and PC computer systems.
• Strong knowledge of federal and multiple state payroll tax laws.
• Technical experience with various payroll systems and time and attendance systems. 
• Use of Peoplesoft and Ceridian HPW a plus.  Ability to perform complex calculations related to LOA, Retro and terminations. 
• Ability to research federal and state regulations as related to payroll. 
• Excellent communication skills.  Good team player. 
• Attention to detail. 
• Advanced use of Excel and other Windows based programs.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "