Senior Payroll Analyst

General Motors • Warren, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Global Payroll and timekeeping are a highly efficient and vibrant team of professionals focused on creating an environment dedicated to providing seamless, accurate and timely pay delivery to our employees globally. The team offers a collaborative, challenging and fast paced work environment with ample opportunities to pursue growth and learning. The incumbent will be responsible for driving end-to-end payroll improvement initiatives including process optimization, compliance improvements, quality refinements and technology enhancements. This role partners closely with Payroll Operations, HR, IT, Finance and external vendors to deliver scalable, accurate and compliant payroll solutions while improving efficiency, quality and employee experience. We are looking for someone with an in-depth experience in payroll operations and a solid background in leading payroll transformation initiatives. A proven ability to drive stakeholder engagement, lead change management and design and deliver strategic improvements to payroll operations, quality and governance in complex payroll environment.

Requirements

• Advanced payroll operations experience required
• Thorough knowledge of payroll processes and systems
• Proven ability to lead payroll transformation, modernization and standardization
• Expertise in current-state assessment and future-state process design
• Familiarity with AI concepts/tools and its practical business application
• Strong project and change management skills
• Data storytelling: ability to analyze data and communicate insights
• Ability to lead cross functional project teams and balance multiple projects
• Strategic problem solving and decision making
• Strong relationship management and collaboration skills
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Self-starter capable of taking initiative and proactively driving solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, IT
• Experience working with Payroll/HR systems such as ADP, SAP, Workday, UKG
• Basic understanding of AI concepts and tools
• 5 to 8 years of experience leading payroll improvement initiatives

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifies process improvement opportunities
• Lead end-to-end payroll process redesign, standardization and simplification
• Identify inefficiencies, control gaps and error drivers
• Reduce manual work, cycle time and operational complexity
• Lead change management efforts including communications, training and adoption strategies
• Align payroll initiatives with broader HR, Finance and Digital strategies
• Contribute to the strategic direction based on internal and industry knowledge
• Build productive working relationships with end-to-end process stakeholders such as HR, Benefits, IT, Finance and external vendors
• Develop enhanced quality controls and monitoring solutions to strengthen payroll operations
• Partner with HRIS, IT and external vendors to optimize systems and integrations

Benefits

• From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level