Senior Payroll Analyst

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. This role supports a San Francisco-based SaaS company that provides a data connectivity platform, including services such as data onboarding and transferring offline data online for marketing purposes. The company has offices in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

About the role

This is a 9-month temporary remote assignment based in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end processing for assigned payrolls (e.g., multi-state), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Review and approve payroll calculations, including earnings, deductions, overtime, bonuses, commissions, and special payments.
• Validate and reconcile payroll data from HRIS, time and attendance, and benefits systems; research and resolve discrepancies.
• Oversee and perform off-cycle and manual check processing as needed.
• Ensure accurate and timely remittance of payroll taxes, garnishments, benefit premiums, and other statutory or voluntary deductions, partnering with vendors where applicable.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex employee payroll inquiries and issues, delivering timely and accurate resolutions with a high level of customer service.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Benefits, and Business Technology teams as needed.

Compliance & Controls

• Monitor changes in federal, state, and local wage-and-hour laws and payroll tax regulations.
• Maintain internal controls for payroll processes, including segregation of duties, approvals, documentation, and audit trails.
• Support internal and external audits (e.g., SOX, financial, payroll tax, workers compensation), preparing schedules, reconciliations, and explanations.
• Ensure adherence to company policies and regulatory requirements related to overtime, minimum wage, final pay, leaves of absence, and other employment practices.

Analysis, Reporting & Reconciliation

• Prepare and analyze regular payroll reports (e.g., payroll summaries, tax reports, overtime, headcount, labor cost) for Finance, HR, and business leaders.
• Investigate and resolve variances between payroll and General Ledger.
• Support year-end activities, including W-2/1099 review, validation, and issue resolution.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, including complex, multi-state payrolls.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local wage-and-hour laws, payroll tax rules, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated experience working with a major HRIS/payroll system (e.g., Workday, Oracle, SAP, UKG) and time & attendance tools.
• Experience with ADP is required.
• Proficiency with Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, reconciliations) and comfort working with large data sets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, HR, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or similar credential (preferred).
• Experience in a high-growth, multi-entity or multi-country environment (preferred).
• Familiarity with SOX controls and working in a publicly traded or highly regulated environment (preferred).
• Experience with payroll processing through Workday is a plus.

Pay

$38.00 - $47.00 per hour.