Senior Financial Analyst, Payroll Operations

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Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Position Overview:

The Senior Financial Analyst role is responsible for the day to day payroll operations function. This includes but is not limited to supervising and working Versant’s day-to-day time and attendance processes, operations tasks such as, adjustments, one-time payments, researching and resolving customer service and employee issues/questions, handle Contract/Union/PH&W process from dues deductions through payment to vendors, etc…

The Operations team is responsible for the ingestion of data into the time & attendance systems, auditing, working with leaders and managers to process adjustments, and performing tasks and calculations that lead to the transfer of a payroll file that will result in a net payroll.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Expectations:

• Coordinate with Payroll Operations Teams, HR, HRC, Labor Relations and Business units on all time & attendance payroll matters,
• Work with the Payroll IT team on time & attendance system issues, enhancements, and testing,
• Manage local payroll teams and Accenture offshore team in day-to-day time & attendance operations,
• Assist in the time & attendance processing of on and off cycle payrolls on a weekly and bi-weekly basis for approximately 5,000 non-union, union and daily hire employees and on-demand off-cycle payrolls,
• Assist the team to address any time and attendance issues,
• Provide time & attendance system configuration and wage & hour subject matter expertise to Labor Relations, HR, Business Units, and Senior Management,
• Ensure Operations processes and procedures are fully documented
• Identify, develop, and lead continuous process improvement initiatives to include proposals, project plans and charters,
• Support internal and external union payroll audits and implement recommendations where appropriate,
• Be prepared to support various Payroll Operations Projects in the following roles: project management, subject matter expertise, project team, or UAT design and testing.
• Ensure payroll policies related to time tracking and earnings reported through the time and attendance system.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of hours and earnings for all employees.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal payroll regulations and tax laws, as well as company policies.
• Support accurate payroll records are retained in accordance with retention policies.
• Support the processing of on and off cycle payroll exports on a weekly basis.
• Perform audits of Timekeeping activities to ensure compliance.
• Identify data issues and resolve as needed.
• Ensure team and employee inquiries are addressed timely and accurately and escalate issues as necessary.
• Provide time & attendance system configuration and wage & hour subject matter expertise.
• Effective organization and planning skills.
• Must be detailed oriented.
• Commitment to customer service and ability to work in team-oriented environment.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, prioritization and communication skills.
• Manage email communications sent to the payroll operations team.
• Analyze payroll inconsistencies to find root cause and solutions.
• Work with cross functional counterparts to understand and resolve issues.
• Provide payroll operational subject matter expertise to resolve employee issues.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with process partners and/or other points of escalation to provide research and information to resolve an issue.
• UAT Participation to test any upgrades, ASR’s, and/or new implementations before they go to the production database to ensure everything is working properly.

Key Competencies:

• Commitment to customer service with a “can do” attitude focused on overcoming and solving problems.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to balance stability and predictability with the need to constantly improve and adapt to the changing work environment.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Provide stability and instill confidence to staff members.
• Effective organization and planning skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyze union pay rules.
• Must be detailed oriented.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and develop mitigation plans to minimize risk to the organization.
• Experience with enterprise payroll and time & attendance systems.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll laws,
• Advanced level competency with Microsoft business programs such as Excel, Word, Outlook, Sharepoint, Visio, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field or equivalent
• 2-5 years’ experience in leading payroll operations teams
• Experience with Time & Attendance enterprise systems
• Experience working with SAP Payroll Module.
• Certified Payroll Professional designation a plus

Additional Information:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the Orlando office, a minimum of three days per week.
• Must be willing to work in the Orlando, FL office.
• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other benefits and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. 

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.