Senior Labor Cost Analyst - HR & Operations

Miami, FL area (within ~1 hour). Flexible hybrid with occasional in-office days

Long-term contract-to-hire

• Run monthly, quarterly, and year-end labor cost allocations across departments, cost centers, projects, entities, and funding sources.
• Allocate fully loaded labor costs (salary, bonus, benefits, taxes, equity), and maintain and document the allocation methods and drivers.
• Reconcile allocations to payroll, the GL, and HRIS, and resolve any variances.
• Deliver allocation journals and schedules for month-end close, and support audit, tax, and compliance needs such as R&D credits and capitalized labor.
• Build labor cost and headcount reports and dashboards, and partner with FP&A on forecasting and budget-to-actuals.
• Keep employee data clean at the source by working with HRIS, Payroll, and managers, and maintain controls and process documentation.

• 7+ years in data, financial, payroll/HR analytics, or accounting roles
• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets and working SQL, with comfort handling large, messy datasets
• A strong reconciliation track record across multiple systems
• Ability to explain methodology clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Discretion with confidential compensation data

• Labor cost allocation, cost accounting, or month-end close experience
• Workday, ADP, HiBob, or Net Suite
• Experience building controls and audit-ready documentation
• Multi-entity or multi-country allocations