Sr Analyst, Payroll Operations

CarMax • Richmond, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

CarMax is seeking a Senior Analyst to support the Payroll department located at the CarMax Home Office in Richmond, Virginia. This role is responsible for performing key system configurations and facilitating a variety of Payroll operations functions including operational audits, SOX control governance, and report development for usage across the enterprise. The position collaborates with cross-functional teams across Accounting, Technology, and Operations to ensure payroll systems and processes meet the needs of the business. Successful candidates will combine strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving capabilities with payroll expertise to transform the organization through innovation and data-driven decision making.

Requirements

• Hands-on skills and work experience in Workday and/or Dimensions required.
• Proficiency in performing system configurations and developing and executing test plans for new system releases preferred.
• Experience in Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and the tools with Alteryx such as Parsing, Transforms and Predictive preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights required.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and/or projects simultaneously to deliver within tight deadlines and drive to achieve team goals independently required.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present technical details to a non-technical audience and good written skills with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation required.
• Ability to consider long- and short-term impact of decisions required.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions required.
• Motivate and lead effectively and drive for results in challenging conditions required.
• Build and keep strong relationships throughout the organization and collaborate with other departments and teams required.
• Train, develop and mentor other associates, including providing guidance on elevated support issues required.
• Understanding of accounting principles and SOX controls preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Technology or Business (i.e., Accounting, Finance, Economics) or equivalent practical experience required
• 3+ years of experience in Payroll, Technology, Accounting Systems, or similar function required
• 2+ years of related experience with Workday and/or Dimensions applications required
• 3+ years of relevant experience in implementation, administration, design, testing, deployment and troubleshooting enterprise-level systems preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel preferred
• Advanced knowledge of SQL preferred

Responsibilities

• Support the design, configuration, and administration for Payroll systems.
• Facilitate payroll processing through the completion of payroll audits and defensive audits to ensure data accuracy, identify potential issues, and mitigate payroll risks prior to processing.
• Leverage technical ability to drive configuration architecture and design decisions for applications and systems used by the Payroll department.
• Oversee and facilitate compliance with key and non-key Payroll SOX controls.
• Perform completeness checks and validation activities to ensure payroll processes and controls comply with SOX requirements and established company standards.
• Create and update documentation such as best practices, technical specifications, implementation guides, architecture diagrams and design documents.
• Develop comprehensive configuration and testing strategies.
• Serve as a Payroll point of contact for system upgrades and implementations.
• Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot workflows and datasets in Alteryx for analysis, forecasting, and report delivery.
• Provide technical insight and influence others with recommendations when faced with decisions to ensure system configuration and training supports compliance, policy changes and the needs of the business.
• Periodically present recommendations to Sr. Leadership.
• Perform complex analysis, design, development and unit testing of various software and applications.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, automate manual processes, optimize data delivery process, and re-design infrastructure for greater scalability.
• Act as a liaison with various business areas by discussing their concerns, performing root cause analysis, providing recommendations, and implementing solutions.
• Lead, mentor, develop and train other Analysts in the Payroll department.
• Use business and technical knowledge to make recommendations to improve Payroll experiences and processes; influence management and champion change.
• Create project plans and lead resources to execute the plan when serving as the tactical project owner or strategic project track owner.

Benefits

• Paid sick time
• Vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Floating holiday
• Holiday Premium Pay
• Paid time away with no specified limit as needed for sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, floating holiday, etc. subject to manager approval.

What This Job Offers

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