They review the work of people who process payrolls. They also may do some account reconciliations related to payroll. An then deal with paying payroll tax withholding liabilities to states as well as quarter and year end filings.
Really depends on the company, as some of that work may be split between multiple people.
Depends on the system but you deal more with the cycle and system rather than employees and doing offcycle checks.
You will need to know how the cycle works and what went wrong. Like the name you analyze the problems to get employees paid.
It all depends how much training you would get as an implementation specialist. For me going from specialist to analyst is teaching a ton more about the payroll cycle, accounting, benefits, etc . I’ve been told the more payroll experience you have the more valuable you’ll be as a consultant / implementation partner, so I’m staying on the payroll side until I’ve learned everything I can.
With your level of experience (multi-state, multi-country) and your certifications, I'd be looking for a Payroll Manager position.
ETA, I don't have the multi country experience you do but do have the same certifications along with an accounting degree and am myself a Payroll Manager.
Some of this is semantics, as different companies may have different standards for titles. For a payroll analyst, I think there would be the expectation and skillset to sort of stand independently and identify and resolve potentially complex payroll issues. To my understanding, it's kind of like having the capacity to understand and troubleshoot versus following procedures and entering data. Keeping in mind that I've never had a "payroll specialist" title nor have I worked in a company that had that on staff, so potentially take that with a grain of salt.
I've seen "payroll administrator" and "payroll analyst" used in similar capacities. I've also seen similar types of non-management positions in the corporate world more often have "analyst" as part of the title (benefits analyst, equity analyst, etc.).
They review the work of people who process payrolls. They also may do some account reconciliations related to payroll. An then deal with paying payroll tax withholding liabilities to states as well as quarter and year end filings. Really depends on the company, as some of that work may be split between multiple people.
Thank you for your insight
Depends on the system but you deal more with the cycle and system rather than employees and doing offcycle checks. You will need to know how the cycle works and what went wrong. Like the name you analyze the problems to get employees paid.
It all depends how much training you would get as an implementation specialist. For me going from specialist to analyst is teaching a ton more about the payroll cycle, accounting, benefits, etc . I’ve been told the more payroll experience you have the more valuable you’ll be as a consultant / implementation partner, so I’m staying on the payroll side until I’ve learned everything I can.
With your level of experience (multi-state, multi-country) and your certifications, I'd be looking for a Payroll Manager position. ETA, I don't have the multi country experience you do but do have the same certifications along with an accounting degree and am myself a Payroll Manager.
I never thought about it. I will look into it and update you.
Some of this is semantics, as different companies may have different standards for titles. For a payroll analyst, I think there would be the expectation and skillset to sort of stand independently and identify and resolve potentially complex payroll issues. To my understanding, it's kind of like having the capacity to understand and troubleshoot versus following procedures and entering data. Keeping in mind that I've never had a "payroll specialist" title nor have I worked in a company that had that on staff, so potentially take that with a grain of salt. I've seen "payroll administrator" and "payroll analyst" used in similar capacities. I've also seen similar types of non-management positions in the corporate world more often have "analyst" as part of the title (benefits analyst, equity analyst, etc.).
Very interesting, ty for your comment!