Job Description:

Our client is seeking an Payroll Analyst to join their team. As the Payroll Analyst you will be responsible for supporting a variety of special payroll functions on a rotating basis and provides ongoing customer service/processing support for an assigned employee population. Payroll Analyst level projects are a part of this role’s responsibilities, along with other duties assigned from or assisting the Payroll Manager.

As the Payroll Analyst, you will address inquiries from various taxing jurisdictions, perform tax audits, and conduct risk assessments. Other duties you may take up include assisting the Payroll Tax Manager with the research, development, and implementation of payroll tax strategies.

Payroll Analyst will be a dependable resource for payroll leadership to trust and lean on for support. The candidate will need to be agile to change but detailed in providing quality results. This role requires someone who has the desire to forward thinking and is excited about finding ways to improve processes to help make not just the payroll department’s experience and processes better, but those of the business partners as well.

Responsibilities:

• Process US & CAN Bi-weekly Hourly payroll for review & payment
• Process 1099 payroll for review & payment
• Manage uploads, audits & reviews of incoming and current Wage Garnishment Orders and Notices
• Manage employee inquiries, help emails & Workday Help Cases
• Run and format worksite reporting detail totals by state for upload to BLS requests, record keeping of submitted details.
• Run and format worksite position details for upload to each state worksite reporting request per their state template, record keeping of submitted details.
• Run new hire reporting details in Workday and upload company spreadsheet every 21 days for 2 separate companies, record keeping of submitted details.
• Respond to verification of earnings that are received from various companies (i.e. mortgage lenders), record keeping of responses.
• Respond to separation info requests to provide wage detail parts in collaboration with HR, record keeping of responses.
• Respond to Unemployment wage verifications/claims, record keeping of responses.
• Respond to general employee wage audit requests, record keeping of responses.
• Agency logins to retrieve and save electronic notices received on portals.
• Agency logins to update company contacts and set up additional users as needed.
• Record keeping of any agency login updates occurring during process of new hire uploads or in process of retrieving notices.
• Download, review and save scanned mail received in payroll to the network for the team’s review.
• Download, review and re-route scanned mail received in payroll belonging to another department.
• Retrieve payroll department voicemails and resolve and/or re-route to appropriate contact.
• Assist in 401k and Workers Comp Audits
• Assist in year-end review for US and Canada to include W2’s, 1099’s, T4’s and RL-1's.
• Completion of employee T2200 tax form requests.
• Respond to password expiration notices emailed from agencies and record keeping of new credentials.
• Various workday audit or report requests.
• Collaborate with Accounting to investigate and reconcile discrepancies between Workday and SmartCompliance impound balances.
• Assist with special research projects.
• Be a dependable resource to leadership on driving and executing department initiatives.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or other related business preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong working knowledge of advanced Excel functions to include Vlookup, pivot tables, data analysis, data sets and performing reconciliations.
• Experience in Workday is required.
• Experience in ADP SmartCompliance and CIC+ is preferred.
• Excellent research, analytical, and data management skills.
• Familiarity with US and Canada payroll policies and tax regulations.
• Strong accounting skills, detailed oriented.
• Demonstrate ability to lead, challenge, and positively influence a group of peers and business partners in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
• Strong analytical and communication skills to convey information effectively.
• Flexibility in responding to unanticipated situations.
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability.
• Team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks with strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintain the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality.

Salary/Rate: $25-35/HR (depends on experience level). This is a contract position with candidates expected to work 40 hours/week.

About Us

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

For more than 28 years, PTP has operated as one of the top IT staffing and recruiting firms in the USA—built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.

Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to:

• Helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible
• Matching professionals with the right IT jobs and career opportunities

As part of that commitment, we believe in providing clear information about how our hiring technologies work and how your data is used. The following section outlines our AI-assisted interview process and your rights as a candidate.

AI-Assisted Interview Experience (Pete & Gabi – Rebecca):

To provide a consistent, fair, and flexible experience for all candidates, we use AI-assisted tools to support parts of the interview process. This includes our proprietary AI platform Pete & Gabi, which includes AI recruiter Rebecca.

These AI hiring tools help us:

• Conduct recorded video interviews
• Transcribe interviews
• Summarize candidate responses
• Generate job-related insights
• Streamline communication and scheduling

Please note that:

• The AI does NOT make hiring decisions; all decisions are made by our human recruiters, hiring managers, or client partners.
• The AI does not evaluate facial expressions, emotions, or physical traits; it is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.

If you prefer a non-AI interview format, we will gladly provide an alternative.