Senior Payroll Analyst

Summary

Join Ro's Accounting team as a Senior Payroll Analyst and help scale payroll operations during a period of exciting growth. Collaborate with the Payroll Manager and cross-functional partners to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing. Support key workflows such as tax registrations, payroll reconciliations, and reporting. Contribute to high-impact projects like system migrations and process improvements. Deepen your payroll expertise while building a best-in-class function with high visibility. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on a growing healthcare company.

Requirements

• 5 + years of hands-on-payroll experience, ideally in a high-growth or complex environment
• Prior experience processing payroll across multiple entities and jurisdictions
• Experience with end-to-end payroll and timekeeping processes, resolving related issues, and ensuring compliance with payroll regulations
• Strong organizational, problem solving skills, and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to cultivate effective working relationships (both remotely and in-person) and communicate cross-functionally across all levels of management
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., functions, pivot tables, macros)

Responsibilities

• Process semi-monthly and biweekly payroll across multiple states and entities
• Support and execute payroll changes, including complex pay calculations, adjustments, deductions, compensation updates, employee status changes, address/work location changes, and wage garnishments
• Execute time and attendance processing, ensuring seamless integration with payroll systems
• Review payroll outputs for accuracy and resolve discrepancies
• Respond to employee inquiries and collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues
• Support payroll tax compliance, including responding to tax notices, maintaining unemployment tax rates, coordinating new state tax registrations (SUI/withholding), assisting with timely filings and remittances, and staying current on U.S. payroll regulations
• Audit 401(k) deferrals each pay cycle and prepare control totals
• Assist with payroll audits, reporting, employment verifications, and administrative tasks
• Assist with special projects, process improvements, documentation, and updates to payroll procedures
• Support year-end payroll activities
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiency, support the implementation of best practices, and collaborate with the Payroll Manager on recommendations to senior management
• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field (preferred)
• Experience with payroll systems such as UKG is a plus

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO
• Wellbeing + Learning & Growth reimbursements
• Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits
• Pet insurance
• Student loan refinancing
• Virtual resources for mindfulness, counseling, and fitness