Payroll Analyst

About the role

Own end-to-end payroll processing across the U.S. and Canada, drive data integrity, and deliver the reporting and insights that help our Finance and HR teams make smart decisions.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end U.S. and Canadian payroll cycles — including regular, off-cycle, bonus, and stock runs — ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong internal controls
• Prepare payroll journal entries, reconcile payroll-related GL accounts, and support month-end close activities including flux analysis and accruals
• Build recurring and ad-hoc payroll reports covering headcount, labor cost, taxes, overtime, and KPIs, and deliver variance analysis with actionable insights to Finance and HR
• Manage U.S. federal, state, and local tax reconciliations and remittances, and oversee Canadian statutory obligations including CPP/QPP, EI, income tax, T4/T4A slips, and ROE support
• Ensure compliance with evolving U.S. and Canadian payroll legislation, translating regulatory changes into updated processes, system configurations, and communications
• Contribute to payroll system testing and improvement projects, supporting integrations and new functionality across platforms such as Workday, UKG, or ADP

Requirements

• You bring 3+ years of payroll experience with meaningful exposure to both U.S. multi-state and Canadian multi-province payroll processing, including tax reconciliations and year-end filings
• You have solid payroll accounting skills, including journal entries, GL reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close deliverables
• You have hands-on experience with at least one enterprise HR/Payroll platform (e.g., Workday, UKG, or ADP) and are comfortable working within ERP/GL environments such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite. Must have experience in ADP GlobalView
• You are proficient in advanced Excel or Google Sheets (pivots, lookups, large datasets) and ideally have exposure to BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau

Qualifications

• You hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or a related field — or bring equivalent professional experience
• You are detail-oriented and proactive, with strong communication skills that allow you to partner effectively with HR, Accounting, and external providers in a fast-moving, compliance-driven environment

Skills

• Detail-oriented
• Proactive
• Strong communication skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a 401(k) retirement plan
• AI at your fingertips from day one, with access to Claude by Anthropic and SIXTgpt, SIXT's own AI platform
• Paid time off & sick vacation, sick leave, and company holidays to support work-life balance
• Career growth opportunities
• Hybrid work environment with a flexible hybrid model, where applicable, supporting collaboration and focus: 4 days in office, 1 remote day