Join our team as a Payroll Governance Data Analyst where you can make a difference by analyzing data and ensuring data integrity, while providing guidance and support to help us maintain our reputation as a leader in the industry.

As a Data Analyst on the Payroll Data Governance team, you will be providing support by analyzing and reporting data, evaluating existing processes, identifying process gaps, identifying areas for improvement, and developing the appropriate controls for each.

Job responsibilities

• Support the corporate Risk and Control Model. Coordination of Sarbanes Oxley testing, Payroll Controls testing, and any additional audit requests
• High volume data reconciliation, audit and analysis - Identify root cause of problems and implement appropriate corrective action
• Preparation and analysis of monthly KPI’s and metric scorecards to be presented to senior management
• Apply quality improvement techniques by developing analytics where necessary
• Maintain, evaluate and revise SOP’s to improve efficiency, provide excellent service, and support the department’s business resiliency model
• Administrative oversight to JPM Access/JPM Platforms - setup of new users, removal of users, edit profiles/ based on needs of US Payroll users
• Assist and perform day-to-day project management and administration tasks in support of department-led projects and initiatives in a collaborative, team-based environment
• Provide high level of customer focus by ensuring all Payroll Governance inquiries are researched and responded to on a timely basis and regular interaction with all business areas to address inquiries and issues as they arise

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3 years Payroll and/or Compliance analyst experience
• Exceptional analytical skills (ex. root cause analysis), attentiveness to detail and the ability to handle complex issues accurately and timely
• Experience collecting, transforming, analyzing, and reporting data to drive business decisions
• Understands key controls and how they impact the business from an operational and/or systems perspective
• Problem solving, problem identification and reasoning skills
• Ability to collaborate in a team-oriented environment across teams
• SOX Controls, Internal and External Audit experience
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency with Alteryx 
• Prior Oracle HCM Payroll experience