Senior HR Finance Analyst

Job Summary The Senior HR Finance Analyst serves as the financial and accounting liaison between Human Resources and Finance, providing dedicated ownership of the accounting, reconciliation, analysis and financial controls associated with employee-related costs and programs.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, with dotted-line relationships to Finance and Human Resources leadership, this role connects employee and payroll data maintained within HR systems to the company’s financial records, planning processes and reporting. The Senior HR Finance Analyst ensures payroll, benefits, incentive compensation and other employee-related transactions are accurately reflected in the general ledger while providing Finance and HR with reliable financial information to support workforce planning and decision-making.

This role connects these functions by ensuring employee-related activity is accurately translated into the company’s financial records, reporting and planning processes.

This position requires a combination of accounting discipline, analytical capability and cross-functional partnership. The Senior HR Finance Analyst is expected to identify discrepancies, understand their root cause and coordinate resolution across HR, Payroll, Finance and external providers.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities Payroll and Employee-Related Accounting Own the accounting and reconciliation of payroll and employee-related transactions, ensuring amounts recorded in the general ledger are complete, accurate and properly classified.

Reconcile payroll activity to general ledger accounts, including wages, payroll taxes, bonuses, commissions, deductions and employer-paid costs.

Review payroll-related journal entries, accruals and account activity and coordinate required corrections with the appropriate functional owner.

Maintain and reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts, including payroll liabilities, accrued compensation and employee deductions.

Support month-end and year-end close activities associated with payroll, compensation and employee-related expenses.

Benefits and Retirement Plan Accounting Reconcile employee benefit expenses, deductions and liabilities to payroll records, vendor invoices and general ledger activity.

Maintain accounting and reconciliations for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, FSA and other employee benefit programs.

Reconcile employer and employee retirement plan contributions between payroll records, plan administrators and the general ledger.

Support financial accounting and reporting associated with employer retirement contributions and other company-sponsored benefit programs.

Partner with HR and external administrators to investigate and resolve discrepancies involving benefit deductions, contributions, invoices and financial records.

Support financial information requests associated with plan audits.

Workforce Planning and Analysis Reconcile employee-level information between HR systems, payroll systems, financial systems and workforce planning models.

Support headcount, compensation and benefit forecasting.

Analyze actual employee costs against budget and forecast and identify drivers of material variances.

Support annual people planning, merit, bonus and benefit budgeting processes by providing accurate financial data and analysis.

Develop recurring reporting that provides visibility into headcount, compensation, benefits and other workforce-related costs.

Partner with FP&A to ensure workforce assumptions and employee-related costs are accurately incorporated into budgets and forecasts.

Controls, Compliance and Data Integrity Establish and maintain appropriate financial controls over payroll and employee-related accounting processes.

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