The Role
The Sr. Payroll Analyst leads payroll processing and employee file maintenance functions for the U.S. to ensure the accurate and timely payment of wages. This role is responsible for payroll inputs, verification, benefit deductions, reconciliations, garnishments, and year-end processing. The Sr. Payroll Analyst also supports payroll activities related to equity compensation events and employees with global payroll considerations. This role reports to the US Payroll Manager.
The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and solutions-driven, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment This role will develop and maintain strong internal customer relationships by addressing payroll questions and escalations with accuracy, a sense of urgency, and professionalism.
What You'll Do:
Payroll Operations
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Process weekly or bi-weekly multi-state payrolls consisting of non-exempt and exempt employees.
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Ensure compliant, accurate, and timely execution of regularly scheduled and supplemental payrolls.
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Maintain employee master file data including new hires, terminations, status changes, tax updates, benefit deductions, direct deposits, and retroactive adjustments.
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Process time sheet data, special payments, and payroll corrections as needed.
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Generate and distribute employee payments including direct deposits.
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Maintain employee tax records including federal, state, and local tax withholdings.
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Assist with payroll reconciliations and reporting for Finance and Accounting teams.
Equity & Special Payroll Transactions
- Support payroll processing related to equity compensation events such as RSU vesting, stock option exercises, and other share-based awards.
- Partner with the Equity, Treasury, and Payroll Tax teams to ensure accurate taxation and reporting of equity transactions.
- Assist with reconciliation and reporting of payroll impacts related to equity compensation.
- Support payroll processing for special events such as bonus cycles, annual salary adjustments, and year-end processing.
Payroll Compliance & Analysis
- Perform analysis of complex pay transactions to identify issues and discrepancies.
- Partner with internal operational teams to identify root causes of payroll system or process issues.
- Assess risk exposure and implement mitigation plans to minimize or eliminate future occurrences.
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and applicable payroll tax regulations.
- Assist with processing garnishments and other legally required payroll deductions.
Systems & Process Improvement
- Utilize Oracle Fusion Payroll for payroll processing, reporting, and issue resolution.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to streamline payroll processes and reduce turnaround times.
- Assist with payroll system testing, enhancements, and process documentation.
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations and provide high-quality internal customer service.
Collaboration & Support
- Support all payroll-related internal and external audits.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure effective communication and execution of payroll initiatives.
- Collaborate with Payroll Tax, HR Operations, Accounting, Finance, Equity, and external vendors.
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.
What We're Looking For:
- APA Certification (CPP or FPC).
- 5+ years of multi-state payroll processing experience.
- Experience processing payroll in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Exposure to payroll transactions related to equity compensation (RSUs, stock options, or similar programs) is a plus.
- Payroll tax knowledge and compliance experience preferred.
- Experience with enterprise payroll systems such as Oracle Fusion Payroll or similar platforms.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and vendors.
- High level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidential information.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
- Exposure to global payroll processes or employees with international payroll considerations.
- Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
- College degree preferred.
Achieving our goals requires strong collaboration and partnership between our teams and our internal stakeholders. To best support this, the person who accepts this role is expected to be on site, in office four days per week. To provide our employees with flexibility, we offer a unique benefit where employees at Fanatics' corporate entity can work remotely for up to four weeks per year, which can be taken in daily or weekly increments.
The salary range for this position is $88,000 to $100,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.
Top Skills
What We Do
Transforming the licensed sports industry through an innovative vertical e-commerce model that allows Fanatics to quickly design, manufacture and distribute high-quality fan gear across retail channels, better serving the real-time expectations of leagues, teams, fans and retailers in today’s mobile-first, on-demand culture.
Why Work With Us
You don't have to love sports to work here (though we love sports fanatics as well!). Fanatics is an industry leading, multi-billion dollar, international, privately held company with a casual, lofty space in the heart of Downtown Boulder. We have the advantages of a startup, without the pitfalls.
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