What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Analyst position at Boston Children's Hospital?
Position Description
Collaborates with the Payroll leadership to evaluate payroll processes and develop, implement and test advanced payroll systems. Provides training and guidance to payroll staff members. Performs payroll logistics/processing activities to ensure timely and accurate crediting of payment to accounts, reconciliation and confirmation payroll through the generation and analysis of reports.
The Payroll Analyst will be responsible for:
- Participating in the development of advanced payroll systems, such as employee self-service and conversion of absence management to third-party administration.
- Planning, developing, testing, and implementing system enhancements in accordance with project plans.
- Attending payroll project planning or payroll policy meetings and providing input into planned system enhancements, alerting implementation teams to potential issues as they arise, and offering input into policy guidance.
- Receiving, reviewing, and responding to wage and child support and other notices. Balancing, preparing, and submitting payment for all withholding orders.
- Verifying and recording payroll information and obtaining hours confirmation to release payment as needed.
- Arranging inter- and intra-hospital payroll methodologies for department managers. Documenting and following-up on all discrepancies, including missing hours, taxes, wages, and required authorizations/approvals for paycheck disbursements, ensuring compliance with hospital personnel policies.
- Verifying adjustments for voided, manual, or special check requests.
- Performing payroll logistics/processing activities to ensure timely and accurate crediting of payments to accounts, reconciling, and confirming payroll through the generation and analysis of reports.
- Funding tax accounts, ensuring direct deposit and check issuance transmission are processed to banks.
- Performing compliance and functional audits. Ensuring compliance of hospital personnel, payroll, and benefit policies with federal and state requirements.
- Maintaining all appropriate tax information for employees and the hospital in accordance with IRS code and filing requirements. Verifying biweekly Patient Services payroll file processing and reconciling related variances.
- Reviewing exception reports prior to pay sheet load, calculating pay sheets, and correcting exceptions as needed.
- Scheduling check disbursements for employees and department managers, coordinating earned time payouts, procedures, or documentation with other departments or institutions.
- Training payroll staff on daily activities and providing guidance and direction as assigned on payroll operations and procedures.
To qualify you must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in the field Business or Finance is required
- Two years of payroll administration experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Status Full-Time
Standard Hours per Week 40
Job Posting Category Finance
Regular, Temporary, Per Diem Regular
Office/Site Location Boston
Remote Eligibility Full-Time Remote
