JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: Payroll and Compensation Analyst
Location: Burbank, CA (hybrid)
Compensation: $85,000 - $100,000
COMPANY
Pixelogic Media Partners, LLC provides technology solutions to the entertainment industry. We are responsible for helping Hollywood studios and content owners get their content to global audiences by providing all language services including scripting, subtitling, access services, and dubbing. Our products and services span the digital spectrum, from enhanced extras packages promoting digital purchase to physical disc authoring.
Our clients include major Hollywood studios and dozens of independent studios. To date, we’ve delivered thousands of titles to iTunes, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and others. We’ve created a large percentage of iTunes Extras titles available on the App Store, developed the specification of and delivered the first Cross-Platform Extras titles, authored more than eight-thousand DVDs, two-thousand Blu-rays, as well as award-winning tablet and mobile apps.
JOB SUMMARY
- Compensation Analysis: Participate in salary surveys, analyze market trends, and benchmark jobs internally and externally to determine competitive pay.
- Merit Increase: Assist with merit increase process; develop input sheets.
- Data Analysis & Compliance: Conduct equity analyses to ensure pay fairness and ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws.
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Cleaning and analyzing data from ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems), payroll, and employee surveys to identify patterns in turnover, hiring, and performance.
- Metric Development: Developing HR dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and visualizations to track workforce metrics.
- Strategic Insights: Providing insights for HR leaders on recruitment effectiveness, employee engagement, and potential risks.
- Process Improvement: Using findings to recommend optimizations for recruiting, training, and talent management.
- Payroll Processing: Processes payroll on regular cycles (bi-weekly) including calculating wages, overtime, and deductions. Benefits billing reconciliation and processing bank wires.
- Compliance & Tax: Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws, and prepares year-end filings.
- Reporting: Prepares payroll reports for finance and HR and assists with audits.
Requirements
- Education: A bachelor's degree in finance, human resources, accounting, or a related field is typically required.
- Technical Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills (modeling, formulas, pivot tables) and experience with HRIS or compensation software. Proficiency in V-look-up and pivot tables is required.
- Analytical Skills: Strong ability to identify performance drivers, interpret trends, and perform variance analysis.
- Detail-Oriented: Exceptional accuracy in data entry and calculations.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP) and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive financial and personnel information.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance.
- Communication: Clear verbal and written skills to explain pay details to employees.
Benefits
Equal Opportunity Employer
Pixelogic Media Partners, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, citizenship, veteran, military, or any other legally protected status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance, human resources, accounting, or related field
- Advanced Excel skills (modeling, formulas, pivot tables)
- Proficiency with V-look-up and Pivot Tables
- Experience with HRIS or compensation software
- Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP)
- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) data for analysis
- Strong analytical skills, including variance analysis and trend interpretation
- Exceptional accuracy in data entry and calculations
- Knowledge of payroll regulations, federal/state tax laws, and compliance
- Ability to handle confidential financial and personnel information
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
What We Do
Pixelogic provides next-generation distribution solutions for studios, broadcasters and digital retailers. OUR MISSION To help our media and entertainment customers build more efficient supply chains, more valuable products, and larger global audiences. WORLD CLASS TEAM Our team is comprised of subject matter experts and industry craftsmen who are passionate about their work, each having an extensive background working on the world’s most respected feature and episodic titles. We cultivate an open and transparent atmosphere that values integrity, continuous improvement and achievement. Our clients benefit from our forward looking approach and relentless commitment to customer service. SECURITY FIRST Our commitment to content security is foundational to our company. Every employee is involved in our security program, which includes hundreds of physical and electronic security controls. We are directly engaged with the various security organizations within the media and entertainment industry including the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) and now the Trusted Partner Network (TPN). Our research and development group builds proprietary content protection solutions to fortify our overall security mission. Net-net, we are fully committed to the safeguarding of our customer’s content and our security program is constantly evolving and continuously improving.
