Senior Payroll Analyst

Location

Type, TX | United States

Job description

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work.

UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission.

Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.

Job Summary

Join UT Southwestern as a Senior Payroll Analyst in the Payroll department. The Sr. Payroll Analyst performs a wide variety of payroll activities within the Oracle PeopleSoft 9.2 system, including processing and auditing wage and overtime payments, payroll deductions (manually and via interface), tax adjustments and requests for paycheck adjustments or off-cycle payments. Although duties normally follow established procedures, responsibilities may include routine, minor corrections to make documents acceptable for processing. Works under general supervision of the Payroll Supervisor.

Prior PeopleSoft experience and proficiency in Excel including vlookups and pivot tables strongly preferred. Candidates need to be data-driven and able to analyze data. Experience with creating or editing PeopleSoft queries is a plus.

This position falls under a hybrid work schedule that includes a combination of in-office and remote, with the ability to come into the office at any given time, as needed.

Required Experience and Education

• High school diploma or equivalent, Associate or Bachelor degree preferred, and five (5) years of related experience and normally requires specific accounting/payroll training.
• CPP certification preferred

Job Duties

• Ensure accurate and timely calculation, processing and distribution of UT Southwestern payrolls
• Ensure that transactions are processed in compliance with internal policies and procedures, as well as government agency regulations
• Process and audit UT Southwestern payrolls, including input or upload of approved adjustments to pay, with a strong focus on employee status changes, new hires, terminations, federal/state/local tax changes, 403(b) and other benefit changes, garnishments, and any other adjustments that impact gross-to-net calculations.
• Balance and evaluate federal/state/local tax files, and work with Tax Administrator regarding tax processing and questions and concerns.
• Maintain employee pay records, reflecting all payroll updates and audit changes posted to payroll software
• Maintain the flow of documentation for payroll changes, including communication with internal departments to ensure accuracy and timeliness
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding pay calculations
• Calculate retroactive payments, as required, create manual checks and set up off cycle payrolls, including special bonus and incentive processing
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of all aspects of payroll and tax processing
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook) is required
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated team player mentality, with excellent customer service skills

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit:

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