Analyst Payroll FinOps
Target
Bangalore,IndiaPosted 2 months ago
Skill Required
buildingC++Fulltime
Key highlights
- Requires 5+ years of payroll experience with comprehensive knowledge of Federal and State laws.
- Must hold an FPC/CPP/Payroll certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or Human Resources is required.
- Role involves processing payroll with 100% accuracy and meeting strict timelines.
- Flexibility to work extended hours is required.
- Reports to Manager, Payroll Operation and collaborates with multiple cross‑functional teams.
Role overview
Responsibilities
- Processing payroll checks with 100% accuracy and pay on time.
- Working pay run audit reports and ensuring error/issues are fixed before paychecks are printed.
- Analyzing pay run reports and taking proactive steps to identify any issues causing a trend and reporting to partners.
- Work & monitor all payroll mailboxes & ensure 24‑hour SLA is met for all requests/forms.
- Ensure awareness of all policies and compliance relating to US payroll and apply during the execution of daily work.
- Partner with the onshore team to drive volumes during peak and critical times.
- Support the team on ad‑hoc projects for year‑end pay and manage the year‑end calendar change.
- Implement internal audit controls to meet 100% accuracy, draw quality trends, identify opportunity areas and rectify issues.
- Communicate daily with the team on work allocation and workload management to meet business timelines and keep partners updated on status.
- Leverage subject‑matter knowledge to process critical activities during BCP situations to ensure timely TM pay for US and India payroll teams.
- Equip existing team members and train contractors during peak season on high‑volume processes and ensure their quality is audited.
- Take ownership of reducing over‑payments by reconciling unmatched voucher accounts and partnering with the GL team to maintain accurate TM records.
- Identify areas to streamline the process, initiating projects to save time and increase accuracy.
- Build subject knowledge among team members, encourage ideas, and help contribute to process improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Accounting/Business/Human Resources.
- FPC/CPP/Payroll Certification is a must.
- End‑to‑end knowledge of US payroll and taxation.
- 5+ years of payroll experience with excellent knowledge of all Federal and State laws.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Attention to detail, accurate and professional communicator.
- Demonstrated integrity with respect to confidentiality of employer and employee interests.
- Commitment to the principles of coaching.
- Display problem‑solving ability based on the situation.
- Ability to analyze information to drive business decisions.
- Flexibility to work extended hours.
Additional details
- About us: As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.
- Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect, valuing different voices, and building authentic, respectful relationships.
- Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team with more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.
- About the team: Responsible for handling non‑exempt & exempt pay for the US Target team with 100% accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal and state laws; training and developing subject‑matter expertise of existing and new team members; maintaining process documentation in partnership with HQ; communicating with internal and external partners on key process updates and building credibility for the business.
- Reporting/Working Relationships: Reports to Manager, Payroll Operation. Works closely with the Payroll Training and Documentation Team, Payroll Leadership, Internal Communications, Pay & Benefits, HR Operations Center (HROC), HR Field Process Team, and Store and DC Operations.