Senior Payroll Business Analyst

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Corporation

Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Payroll Business Analyst will serve as a key resource for supporting the development and execution of consistent, efficient, and sustainable processes across Payroll Shared Services. The Senior Payroll Business Analyst will also provide functional Workday Payroll and Time and Attendance support, analytical and process support, and ad-hoc internal payroll reports and play a key role in delivering and supporting Payroll initiatives across Payroll Shared Services. This position requires a personable individual who is highly focused on operational excellence and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of two days working onsite in the Los Angeles office.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with divisional Payroll teams to review and document their current payroll processes
• Assist in defining a common set of standard policies and procedures, optimizing existing divisional payroll best practices
• Assist in ongoing process improvement initiatives across Payroll Shared Services and related compliance processes
• Work closely with Payroll leadership to identify payroll reporting/analytic needs
• Provide support for all Workday implementations, upgrades, and testing of new functionality and system changes
• Provide ad-hoc analysis as requested by the Payroll leadership team
• Provide support from initiation to completion for Workday issues and change requests submitted by Payroll Shared Services, including participation and/or support of user acceptance testing
• Support end-to-end payroll processing in compliance with company policies, tax regulations, and labor laws
• Work with the Payroll team to ensure all Payroll issues are recorded, prioritized, and tracked
• Document and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and flowcharts for all Payroll Shared Services processes to ensure complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes
• Serve as a functional Workday Payroll and Time and Attendance SME. Analyze current Workday payroll and time and attendance processes and make recommendations for improvement or simplification
• Develop, report, and review payroll metrics to identify trends and process improvement opportunities, escalating issues, and propose solutions as appropriate
• Assist in the development of a payroll metrics dashboard
• Manage specific project assignments and participate in functional or cross-functional task groups and project teams as assigned
• Build strong working relationships with teammates, cross-functional departments, and management

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• 5+ years of experience as a Workday gross to net core functional matter expert
• 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, preferably in the union and entertainment industry
• Experience with case management tools and metric reporting
• Hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, and EIBs
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills to effectively research and extract pertinent data and information from multiple sources to provide guidance and/or resolve issues
• Effective communication, documentation, and flowcharting skills
• Familiarity with Workday integrations (payroll providers, banking systems, benefits)
• Familiarity with SOX compliance and payroll audit controls
• Intermediate Excel using VLOOKUP’s, pivots, and charts
• Ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
• Recent and relevant experience supporting high-volume, multi-state, and multi-entity payroll environments.
• Technical knowledge of Payroll functions and laws and regulations impacting payroll
• Working knowledge of online meeting and collaboration tools (Zoom, Slack, etc.)

#LI-DNI

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $85,000.00-96,000.00 annually for high cost labour markets such as but not limited to New York City and Los Angeles, $70,800.00-80,000.00 annually for all other US locations. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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