Payroll Analyst

The Payroll Analyst for the Shared Services Center is a professional position personally responsible for initiating and/or monitoring the multiple processes required to successfully complete a payroll cycle for multiple Universities within the UNC System. The Payroll Analyst completes all core payroll processing tasks in an accurate and timely manner, including paying third party providers, handling payroll tax processing, and performing account reconciliations. The Payroll Analyst provides guidance and support to campus HR/Finance/Payroll staff regarding improvement of their processes and their ability to provide accurate and timely inputs to transaction processing. The Payroll Analyst communicates across SSC payroll and campus teams to meet deadlines and resolve issues and must stay current on all applicable payroll rules, regulations, and tools. The Payroll Analyst will periodically review existing systems to assess the possibility of streamlining processes and procedures and analyze proposed system changes to provide necessary feedback to technical staff for both required changes and enhancements. The Payroll Analyst will also test the system and process changes to ensure accuracy of all payroll-related calculations.